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Latest Epstein file dump rocks UK royals, politics
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» LONDON — Britain's former prince Andrew, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and a former UK ambassador to Washington were on Monday thrust back into the eye of the Jeffrey Epstein storm, as shocking emails with the late sex offender rocked political and royal circles.
Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» EUROPE - Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.
Shutdown-hit US federal employees line up for food
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Standing in the middle of a parking lot in suburban Washington, surrounded by hundreds of federal employees waiting for food handouts amid the US government shutdown, Diane Miller summed it up simply.
More Chinese leave the knot untied as marriage registrations drop
South China Morning Post, Published on 28/04/2025
» As marriage registrations in China continued to decline in the first quarter of the year, local governments have dangled cash rewards as high as 40,000 yuan (US$5,487) in front of young couples in a bid to rekindle the will to wed and stave off the worst of a demographic crisis.
Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman pop up in Hong Kong's English exam
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/04/2025
» Students and teachers received a surprise on Thursday when celebrities such as singer Taylor Swift and actor Hugh Jackman appeared in the reading section of Hong Kong's Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) English exam.
French divorcee who stopped having sex with husband wins court appeal
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2025
» PARIS - A woman, who was blamed by French courts for her divorce because she no longer had sex with her husband, has won an appeal in Europe's top human rights court, the court said on Thursday, reigniting a debate in France over women's rights.
China executes driver who killed 35 in car attack
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/01/2025
» ZHUHAI — The driver behind a deadly car attack in China's southern city of Zhuhai in November last year was executed on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
French woman cyberbullied after falling for fake Brad Pitt
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» PARIS - A French woman who revealed on TV how she had lost her life savings to scammers posing as Brad Pitt has faced a wave of online harassment and mockery, leading the interview to be withdrawn on Tuesday.
‘Catwoman’ famed for plastic surgery dies at 79
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» PARIS - Swiss socialite Jocelyne Wildenstein, also known as "catwoman" due to her extensive plastic surgery, has died aged 79, her partner said on Wednesday.
Driver who killed 35 in China sentenced to death
News Agencies, Published on 27/12/2024
» BEIJING - The driver who rammed his car into a crowd in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, killing 35 people, has been sentenced to death, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.