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Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in his yard
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see.
Taiwan's Lai, Rubio vow to 'never forget' Tiananmen victims
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed Wednesday to preserve the memory of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown 36 years ago, echoing rhetoric by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
France's far-right, leftwingers rally supporters after Le Pen conviction
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» PARIS - France's far right planned to rally supporters on Sunday after their leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office, a move that set the country's political scene alight ahead of 2027 presidential elections.
EU rules don't prohibit Musk's German far-right chat on X
AFP, Published on 06/01/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Elon Musk's controversial plan for a live chat with a German extreme-right leader on X this week is allowed under European Union laws but will be scrutinised for potential violations of electoral interference rules, Brussels said on Monday.
Korean president faces impeachment vote on Saturday
Published on 05/12/2024
» SEOUL - South Korean opposition lawmakers said on Thursday they would vote this weekend to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to impose martial law, while the defence minister blamed for advising the move resigned.
Calls grow for South Korean president to quit
Published on 04/12/2024
» SEOUL — South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday proposed impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for his sudden decision to declare martial law, which he rescinded after a chaotic standoff between parliament and the army that damaged the country’s standing.
US-funded broadcaster exits Hong Kong
Published on 29/03/2024
» HONG KONG — The US-funded news service Radio Free Asia said on Friday that it had closed its office in Hong Kong because of concerns about the city’s recently enacted national security law that targets so-called foreign interference.
Pro-Kremlin maestro Gergiev named head of Bolshoi Theatre
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia's government on Friday appointed controversial maestro Valery Gergiev, who is an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.
US prisons ban 'staggering' number of books: campaigners
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Tens of thousands of books are banned from US prisons, a new report said Wednesday, including a primer on drawing, a book about tying knots and textbooks teaching inmates foreign languages.
Trump given partial gag order in election conspiracy trial
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump's trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election imposed a partial gag order on the former president on Monday.