A fellow actor filed a sexual assault complaint against Gérard Depardieu in September, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding to a string of allegations targeting the French… Read More »French film star Depardieu faces new allegation of sexual assault
Tigray’s state athletics federation tells the BBC that 76 athletes were killed during the bloody conflict in the Ethiopian region.
Iranian authorities have used rape and sexual assault to punish or silence those arrested during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, Amnesty International said in a report released on… Read More »Iran uses rape, torture to silence detained Mahsa Amini protesters, Amnesty says
With some 15 million people expected to visit Paris next summer for the Olympic Games and France already on its highest threat alert level, members… Read More »‘A considerable challenge’: Paris police bomb squad gears up for Olympics
French police conducted identity checks on a “massive” scale in 2021, despite not having a doctrine to define their objectives or good practice during such checks, France’s public… Read More »French police check IDs on ‘massive’ scale with no clear strategy, report says
Time magazine named US pop superstar Taylor Swift as its person of the year on Wednesday, calling the musical force of nature the “hero of… Read More »Taylor Swift named Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2023
The two remaining members of West Africa’s G5 alliance on Wednesday said they were paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist grouping, after the other… Read More »Last G5 Sahel members Chad, Mauritania acknowledge alliance is a spent force
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who led Britain through the coronavirus pandemic before being ousted by scandal, is set to defend his record on Wednesday… Read More »Watch live: Former British PM Boris Johnson faces high-stakes grilling at Covid inquiry
This year will be the hottest in recorded history after an “extraordinary” November became the sixth record-breaking month in a row, Europe’s climate monitor said Wednesday, piling pressure… Read More »2023 set to be hottest year on record, says climate monitor
Hollywood actors overwhelmingly ratified a new, hard-fought deal with studios on Tuesday that paves the way for a rebound of an entertainment industry that had seen… Read More »Hollywood actors ratify new contract deal to formally end strike
