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Ex-husband jailed 20 years in French mass rape trial
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» AVIGNON, France - A court on Thursday sentenced a French man to the maximum term of 20 years in jail for committing and orchestrating the mass rapes of his now former wife, Gisele Pelicot, with dozens of strangers he recruited online.
'The Rock' waxwork in Paris retouched after skin tone complaints
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» PARIS - A famed Paris museum said it would on Wednesday reinstall a waxwork of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with a more true-to-life look after it was taken off public show for additional work when the US actor complained about its pale skin tone.
Madonna on 'road to recovery' after hospital stay
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» NEW YORK - Madonna said Monday she's on "the road to recovery" after a bacterial infection that required hospitalization, in the US pop icon's first statement since landing in the intensive care unit late last month.
Madonna home from hospital following illness: source
AFP, Published on 30/06/2023
» NEW YORK - Madonna has gone home after a several-day stay in the hospital and was "feeling better," a source close to the matter told AFP Thursday.
Madonna hospitalized for several days, tour postponed
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» NEW YORK - Madonna is recovering after falling ill with a "serious bacterial infection" that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days, her manager Guy Oseary said in a statement Wednesday.
Charles III coronation a must for foreign royal fanatics
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» LONDON: Harking from Canada, Australia, France and beyond, many international royal fans are celebrating King Charles III's coronation by heading to London, a city that knows how to capitalise on its most famous residents.
Amsterdam at war over 'erotic centre' plan
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» AMSTERDAM - The atmosphere was tense as residents confronted Amsterdam's mayor on a controversial plan to move legal prostitution from the city's historic red light district to a suburban "erotic centre".
Women march as rights under threat across the globe
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» Women were taking to the streets from Kabul to Bangkok on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and defend rights that are coming under increasing attack.
Man held after eggs lobbed at King Charles
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» YORK (UNITED KINGDOM) - King Charles III and his wife Queen Consort Camilla narrowly avoided being hit with eggs thrown at them during a visit to northern England on Wednesday, leading to one arrest.
King Charles waxwork smeared with cake
South China Morning Post, Published on 26/10/2022
» A wax statue of Britain's King Charles III at Madame Tussauds in London has become the latest target of widening climate protests aimed at expensive artwork.