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Venezuela holds referendum over Essequibo land dispute with Guyana
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» CARACAS - Venezuelans began voting Sunday in a referendum that the government hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighboring Guyana.
ICC prosecutor vows to 'further intensify' Gaza probe
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» THE HAGUE: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court vowed Sunday to step up efforts to investigate alleged war crimes, as he wrapped up a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Erdogan weighs in on bank scam involving Turkish stars
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip on Saturday urged Turks to steer clear of pyramid schemes as a scandal raged at a top bank that allegedly defrauded celebrities and football stars of millions of dollars.
Longtime US justice Sandra Day O'Connor: the power of moderation
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the US Supreme Court, wielded enormous influence as the key centrist on a sharply divided bench, where she often displayed a preference for pragmatism over ideology.
Pioneering US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor dead at 93
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Retired US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the nation's highest court and a noted pragmatist in an age of deep division, died Friday. She was 93.
Tantric yoga sect guru to appear before France judge
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» PARIS: The leader of a controversial tantric yoga sect was to go before a French judge on Friday, a judicial source said, after he was arrested in a probe along with over a dozen others on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and people trafficking.
US judge halts pending TikTok ban in Montana
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a ban on TikTok set to come into effect next year in Montana, saying the popular video sharing app was likely to win its pending legal challenge.
Russia bans 'international LGBT movement' for 'extremism'
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday banned the "international LGBT movement," claiming it was an extremist group in a move that cements a long crackdown on the community as the Kremlin pushes ultra-conservative social values.
German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» CELLE (GERMANY) - A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist.
German govt loses key climate court case
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» BERLIN - The German government on Thursday lost a key climate case brought by environmental groups, in an embarrassing slap down the day before Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due to travel to the COP28 climate summit.