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Namibian independence leader Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» WINDHOEK - Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma, who led his country's fight for independence from South Africa, died Saturday aged 95, the presidency announced.
Bishop lectures stony-faced Trump in church
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump was forced Tuesday to sit through a sermon by a bishop begging him to have "mercy" on gays and poor immigrants as the Republican celebrated the start to his second term as US president.
Ukraine aid an issue as Slovaks vote
AFP, Published on 30/09/2023
» BRATISLAVA - Slovaks voted on Saturday in a tight early election seen as key to whether the country will keep supporting neighbouring Ukraine after a campaign marked by disinformation.
Slovakia campaign rhetoric raises LGBTQ concern
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» BRATISLAVA - A year after a homophobic double murder, Slovakia's LGBTQ community is concerned about the increase in hate speech ahead of elections on Saturday in a country where gay people have few legal rights.
TV preacher Pat Robertson dies at 93
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: Pat Robertson, the fire-and-brimstone televangelist who brought the religious right wing into the mainstream of US politics, died on Thursday at the age of 93, his organisation announced.
Former PM joins mass rally against Israel govt
AFP, Published on 22/01/2023
» TEL AVIV - Former Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid joined tens of thousands of protesters in Tel Aviv Saturday, as frustration mounts over a raft of controversial moves by the new administration.
US high court to review refusal to provide service to same-sex couple
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - Can a business owner cite her religious convictions in declining to provide service to a same-sex couple?
US LGBTQ club shooting suspect is non-binary, had troubled past
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Lawyers for the 22-year-old accused of murdering five people at a Colorado LGBTQ club said their client is non-binary ahead of an initial court appearance Wednesday, as details emerged of a chaotic past including family breakdown and a name change.
Report calls out rising extremism in Canada military
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» OTTAWA - The number of white supremacists and other violent extremists within Canada's military is growing at an "alarming rate" and commanders are not doing enough to root it out, a report said Monday.
Hungary passes law banning 'promotion' of homosexuality to minors
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BUDAPEST - Hungary's parliament on Tuesday passed a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality to minors in what critics have slammed as a crackdown on LGBTQ rights.