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Google touts progress in fight against piracy
AFP, Published on 07/11/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google said Wednesday it is making strides in helping internet users legitimately get songs, films and apps while choking off revenue to websites with stolen digital content.
Security aide scandal upends French parliament
AFP, Published on 22/07/2018
» PARIS: A dismissed security aide for French President Emmanuel Macron was to face a judge Sunday over his alleged assault of a protester, a scandal which has forced the government to suspend parliamentary proceedings.
Macron under fire as security aide detained in assault inquiry
AFP, Published on 20/07/2018
» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron, trying to curb what has become the most damaging scandal of his presidency, on Friday fired a top security aide who has been taken into custody after videos emerged showing him strike a young man during a demonstration in Paris in May.
Macron aide who struck protester to be fired
AFP, Published on 20/07/2018
» PARIS - The office of French President Emmanuel Macron told AFP on Friday that it has begun dismissal proceedings against a top security aide who violently struck a protester during a demonstration in Paris in May.
Fake Prince Albert 'cons Monte Carlo high-flyers'
AFP, Published on 17/03/2018
» NICE (FRANCE) - Crooks are impersonating top personalities in Monaco, including even Prince Albert II, to scam money from high-flying victims, according to reports Saturday in the Mediterranean principality.
Troll, fake, demonise: Be a media owner
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» LONDON: Trolling, impersonating, demonising: these are just some of the behaviours encouraged in a new online game launching Tuesday in which young players become "fake news tycoons" - to counter growing misinformation.
Drag queens raise holy hell in Jerusalem's only gay bar
AFP, Published on 06/05/2016
» JERUSALEM - In conservative Jerusalem, the last thing you might expect to find in the cramped back of a bar is a clutch of amateur drag queens railing against political and religious taboos.
French ex-budget minister goes on trial for tax fraud
AFP, Published on 09/02/2016
» PARIS - France's former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who stashed millions abroad while cracking down on tax cheats at home, went on trial Monday for tax fraud.
Putin calls Elton John - and this time it's real says Kremlin
AFP, Published on 24/09/2015
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin called pop star Elton John and suggested a meeting, his spokesman said Thursday, after the British singer was tricked last week by a prankster impersonating the Russian leader.
Shane Warne insists it really is him on dating app
AFP, Published on 20/06/2015
» LONDON - Australia cricket great Shane Warne has women on the dating app Tinder believe he is impersonating himself.