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Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country's rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for thousands of US dollars.
Prison looms for Brazil's Bolsonaro after court rejects his appeal
AFP, Published on 15/11/2025
» BRASíLIA — Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid.
UN rights council orders probe of Sudan atrocities
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to probe alleged atrocities in El-Fasher in Sudan and to seek to identify perpetrators so they can be brought to justice.
Democrats: Epstein alleged Trump ‘knew about the girls’
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Democrats released emails on Wednesday in which Jeffrey Epstein suggested that Donald Trump was aware of the financier’s sexual abuse and definitely “knew about the girls”.
Humans ‘can no longer tell AI music from the real thing’
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS — It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and that created by humans, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
AI agents open door to new hacking threats
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» NEW YORK — Cybersecurity experts are warning that artificial intelligence (AI) agents, widely considered the next frontier in the generative AI revolution, could wind up getting hijacked and doing the dirty work for hackers.
France's Sarkozy says prison a 'nightmare' as prosecutors seek his release
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dead at 97
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» NEW YORK - James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
UK's Andrew asked to testify over Epstein as he formally loses titles
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» LONDON - US lawmakers wrote to Britain's disgraced former prince Andrew on Thursday requesting he sit for an interview about his friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mexican president files complaint against groper
AFP, Published on 06/11/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for sexual harassment to be made a crime nationwide after being groped on the street in an attack that underscored the dangers women in the Latin American country face.