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Feminist group sues Miss France over selection criteria

Paris, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):A leading feminist organisation in France said Monday it was suing the promoters of the Miss France beauty contest in a labour court, alleging they used discriminatory criteria to select participants. The “Osez le feminisme” (Dare to be a Feminist) group, along […]

US Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

Washington, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):The US Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law that bans most abortion in the state. President Joe Biden’s administration said the controversial Texas law violates the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, […]

Conservative mayor Marki-Zay set to challenge Hungary’s Orban

Budapest, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor, looks set to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an election next year after taking a lead in an opposition primary vote Sunday, according to partial results. Marki-Zay, a practising Catholic and father-of-seven, led Klara […]

New Japan PM sends offering to controversial Yasukuni shrine

Tokyo, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Japan’s new prime minister on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honours the war dead but is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo’s past militarism. Fumio Kishida sent the “masakaki” tree offering under his […]

15 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti: security source

PortauPrince, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):About 15 American missionaries and family members were kidnapped on Saturday by a gang outside the Haitian capital, a local security source told AFP. The group of between 15 and 17 people, including children, were being held by an armed gang that […]

Giant Rome rally urges ban on extreme right

Rome, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Tens of thousands of Italians called for a ban on the extreme right as they rallied in Rome Saturday after protests over a tough coronavirus pass regime last weekend degenerated into riots blamed on neofascists. Carrying placards reading “Fascism: Never Again”, the […]

Macron condemns ‘inexcusable’ crackdown on 1961 Paris protest of Algerians

Paris, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned as “inexcusable” a deadly crackdown by Paris police on a 1961 protest by Algerians whose scale was a taboo covered up for decades by French authorities. Macron told relatives and activists on the 60th anniversary […]

UN slams attack at Kandahar mosque; UNICEF warns of children’s plight

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (APP):The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in Kandahar, which killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more. The attack marked the second consecutive week that a Shia mosque in […]

Myanmar junta chief excluded from summit: ASEAN

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Myanmar’s junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the military government’s commitment to defusing a bloody crisis. Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian […]

Parkland high school shooter to plead guilty to killing 17: attorney

Miami, Oct 15 (AFP/APP):Nikolas Cruz, the former student accused of a 2018 shooting rampage at a high school in Parkland, Florida, will plead guilty to murdering 17 people, his lawyer told a court Friday. “It is our intent to enter a change of plea as […]

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