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Actor Gérard Depardieu faces another sexual assault complaint over alleged groping
PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu faces another complaint of sexual assault, this time from a movie decorator who alleges…
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Taliban imprisoning Afghan women to protect them from gender-based violence: Report
ISLAMABAD — Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N.…
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Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list
Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according…
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Italy soccer players put red marks on faces in campaign to end violence against women
Players and coaches across the top men’s soccer league in Italy have had red marks painted on their faces to…
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Police say 2 dead and 5 wounded in Philadelphia shooting that may be drug-related
Police say a shooting in Philadelphia has killed two men and wounded five others and police say the violence may…
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Former conservative Catalan politician shot in the face in Madrid
The former leader of Spain’s Popular Party in the Catalan region has been hospitalised after being shot on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT…
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Cornell sends officers to Jewish center after antisemitic messages posted online
Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday. Cornell…
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Maine mass shooting suspect found dead, ending manhunt
The town of Lewiston had been on lockdown as police and FBI agents hunted the man wanted for the deaths…
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Israeli military raid kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank. Israel says its troops came under fire
NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid Sunday in the northern…
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Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of…
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