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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.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific seeks police help in removing 'intoxicated' passenger
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/09/2025
» Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways called for police to help remove a passenger who was reportedly intoxicated and behaving in an unruly manner, resulting in a flight delay of nearly two hours.
Justin Timberlake arrested for drink driving
Reuters, Published on 19/06/2024
» Pop singer Justin Timberlake was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after failing to obey a stop sign and twice veering from his lane in the upscale Hamptons seaside area of New York, authorities said on Tuesday.
Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» SANTO CORAZóN (BOLIVIA) - The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps.
Under Taliban, Kabul's drug addicts forced into withdrawal
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» KABUL - With shaved heads, oversized tunics and the terrified gaze of the hunted, the drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful withdrawal.
Rocker Bruce Springsteen arrested on intoxicated driving charge
AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» NEW YORK - Rocker Bruce Springsteen was arrested in New Jersey in November on a charge of driving while intoxicated, authorities said Wednesday.
Autopsy finds cop suffocated black man as US braces for more fury
AFP, Published on 02/06/2020
» MINNEAPOLIS - An autopsy found Monday that an African-American man whose death has set off nationwide unrest was suffocated by a police officer, contradicting a preliminary ruling, as cities including New York imposed or toughened curfews in expectation of fresh fury.
Little Richard, rock's flashy founding father, dies at 87
AFP, Published on 09/05/2020
» NEW YORK - Little Richard, whose outrageous showmanship and lightning-fast rhythms intoxicated crowds in the 1950s with hits like "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally," has died. He was 87 years old.
Founding father of rock Little Richard has died: Rolling Stone
AFP, Published on 09/05/2020
» NEW YORK - Little Richard, whose outrageous showmanship and lightning-fast rhythms intoxicated crowds in the 1950s with hits like "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally," has died. He was 87 years old.
Coronavirus pause could force global football to change
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» PARIS - Football has ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the immediate concern is the simple survival of many clubs because of the financial impact, but there is hope that the global game could ultimately emerge better from this crisis.