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French ex-senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker

AFP, Published on 28/01/2026

» PARIS — A French court Tuesday found a former senator guilty of drugging a woman lawmaker with ecstasy with intent to sexually assault her, and sentenced him to four years in prison, of which 18 months must be behind bars.

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Drug claims overshadow Musk's Oval Office farewell

AFP, Published on 31/05/2025

» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk faced accusations Friday that he used so much ketamine on the 2024 campaign trail that he developed bladder problems, as the billionaire prepared to give a farewell press conference with Donald Trump.

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'Unprecedented' Europe raids net 200 arrests, drugs haul

AFP, Published on 15/04/2025

» ISTANBUL - Police in Europe staged "unprecedented" raids against four organised crime groups on Tuesday, arresting more than 200 people across five countries, primarily in Turkey, in a "massive blow" against drug-trafficking networks.

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Death-row Frenchman flies home from Indonesia

Reuters, Published on 04/02/2025

» JAKARTA - A French man on death row for drug offences left for his home country on Tuesday night, the latest in a series of foreign drug convicts repatriated from the Indonesia.

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Kratom now a $1-billion industry in the US

Bloomberg News, Published on 03/10/2024

» In Southeast Asia, people for centuries have chewed the leaves of the kratom tree — part of the coffee family — as a pain-relieving, energy- and mood-boosting remedy.

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France arrests guru, 40 others in raids on yoga sect

AFP, Published on 28/11/2023

» PARIS - French authorities on Tuesday arrested 41 people in raids against a controversial yoga sect, including its leader, the guru Gregorian Bivolaru, a source close to the case told AFP.

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Australia legalises psychedelics for medical use

Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2023

» Psychedelics can now be legally used as medicine in Australia in a world-first approval that is aimed at treating acute mental health conditions.

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Agony, ecstasy as Erdogan wins historic Turkey runoff

AFP, Published on 29/05/2023

» ISTANBUL - The dreams of Turkey's opposition gave way to crushing disappointment on Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028.

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3 decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellin

AFP, Published on 10/05/2022

» MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

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Matthew McConaughey weighs 'outlaw' bid for Texas governor

AFP, Published on 04/11/2021

» LOS ANGELES - Matthew McConaughey's transformation from rom-com heart-throb to serious Oscar-winning actor for "Dallas Buyers Club" was so remarkable it earned its own neologism.