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‘Diddy’ guilty of prostitution offences, cleared of more serious charges
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2025
» NEW YORK - Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty on Wednesday of prostitution-related offences but cleared of more serious charges, in a blow to prosecutors who had urged a jury to find him guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Russia forces mass in the east as air strikes hit western Ukraine
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» Air strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine's western city of Lviv on Monday, as Russia pounded targets across the country while massing forces for an expected all-out assault in the east.
Ukraine says Russia wants to 'destroy' Donbas, Mariupol readies final defence
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.
Japan condom-makers fear anticlimax at Olympics
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» TOKYO - For Japanese condom makers, the Olympics was supposed to be a golden opportunity, with hordes of eager tourists and tens of thousands of their innovative, ultra-thin prophylactics given to athletes.
Sri Lankan officials brace for oil spill
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities said Thursday they are preparing for the worst-case scenario of a possible oil leak from the burnt-out cargo ship sinking off Colombo's main harbour.
Sri Lankan officials brace for oil spill from sinking ship
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» COLOMBO - Sri Lankan authorities said Thursday they are preparing for the worst-case scenario of a possible oil slick from the burnt-out cargo ship sinking off Colombo's main harbour.
Teetotallers emerge from the shadows in hard-drinking Japan
AFP, Published on 04/10/2020
» TOKYO: At a trendy Tokyo cocktail bar, customers sip brightly coloured beverages with sophisticated flavour profiles, designed for a small but growing market in hard-drinking Japan: teetotallers.
At Paris' Orly airport, a daily duel between customs and Guiana drug mules
AFP, Published on 29/10/2019
» ORLY, France: Every day they come. Drug mules from French Guiana in South America, carrying cocaine in their luggage or their stomachs, playing a cat-and-mouse game with customs officials at Paris' Orly airport.
UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate Brexit deal
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal.
UK's Boris Johnson says would withhold Brexit bill as PM
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» LONDON - Boris Johnson, considered the frontrunner to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Saturday he would refuse to pay the country's Brexit bill until the EU agrees better withdrawal terms.