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Jury finds Epstein’s ‘madam’ Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on sex trafficking charges in a high-profile trial Ghislaine Maxwell, a former confidant of sex trafficker and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been found guilty on five of six counts linked to helping the late financier groom and recruit teenage girls for abuse. The British socialite was convicted […]
Shortly after assuming the post, Germany’s foreign minister has called into question Berlin’s arms sales outside the EU and NATO, calling for a rethink of military contracts. Annalena Baerbock told Germany’s dpa news agency that the traffic light coalition, which is currently at the helm, has “made it clear that it will reexamine the arms […]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will run for senator in the general election of May 9. The decision was announced hours before the candidates’ registration deadline and follows months of media speculation. Earlier, Duterte, who is not eligible for reelection to the presidency of the Philippines, said that he would take part in the election but […]
The European Commission was right to fine Google €2.4 billion over an antitrust breach, a top EU court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting an appeal by the US tech giant. Google went to the EU General Court after the European Commission ruled in 2017 that the company was squeezing out rival shopping services on its search […]
A Spanish bookstore that only stocks works by women authors has come under fire over “sexism” and “censorship” for deshelving novels by Carmen Mola – after it emerged that the name was a pseudonym adopted by three male writers. Over the weekend, the Madrid-based store, named Mujeres & Compania (Women & Company), had posted a TikTok […]
The French government has said it is slashing the number of visas available for people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, complaining that those countries are not taking back the migrants that France does not want to keep. On Tuesday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told French Europe 1 radio that Paris was taking action against its […]
France’s foreign minister has spoken of his “anger” and “bitterness” and has criticized the US and Britain, after the allies agreed a deal to supply nuclear submarines to Australia, undoing Paris’ $40-billion deal for French subs. “I am angry and bitter. This isn’t done between allies,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told franceinfo radio on […]
The Chinese foreign ministry has registered its anger and disappointment over Japan’s decision to revise textbook language on so-called comfort women, victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and other forced workers. Speaking on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing that abuses against comfort women were a serious crime […]