A Filipina on death row in Indonesia could be home before Christmas after Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement to repatriate her, officials said Friday.Mother of two Mary Jane Veloso was arrested in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with 2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds) of heroin.Her supporters claim she …
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A filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting French actor Adele Haenel when she was a minor goes on trial in Paris Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement.Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting Haenel — star of films including “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “120 Beats Per Minute” — in the …
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The man who killed South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, who was released from prison on parole in 2022, is being deported to Poland, the government announced Friday. Janusz Walus, 71, a Polish immigrant with links to the Afrikaner far right, was convicted for the 1993 murder of Hani, a leader in the freedom-fighting African …
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President Emmanuel Macron on Friday was holding talks with French political leaders on the left and right as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find a way out of France’s political crisis.Macron adopted a defiant tone in an address to the nation late Thursday, 24 hours after Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government …
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Lawmakers camping out in parliament, hundreds of thousands of protestors expected outside, a landmark vote to impeach the president over martial law — South Korean democracy faces its “most critical moment”, opposition leader Lee Jae-myung told AFP Friday.The country could have a new interim leader as soon as Saturday night, if the impeachment motion set …
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Key figures in South Korea’s failed martial law bid share one key connection: they are all graduates of a prestigious, all-boys school in Seoul.The coincidence has sparked wild online speculation and even forced the school — a respectable but not academically famous, fee-paying establishment — to issue a public rebuke of its infamous alumnus. President Yoon …
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Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement Friday to repatriate Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on death row for drug charges in Indonesia since 2015, with officials saying she could return to the Philippines before Christmas. The announcement came following the Philippines’ Department of Justice undersecretary Raul Vasquez meeting with Indonesia’s senior law and human rights minister …
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet leaders of South America’s Mercosur bloc on Friday, aiming to push through a controversial pact to create the world’s biggest free trade zone despite last-minute resistance.Von der Leyen is hoping that the two-day summit in Uruguay with presidents from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will seal …
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There are few accolades missing from Beatles songwriter Paul McCartney’s stellar career, and now he is to be recognised with a collection of £5 ($6.35) coins, the UK’s Royal Mint said Friday.The 82-year-old composer of timeless hits such as “Yesterday”, “Let it Be” and “Hey Jude” helped design the coin, and said being the star …
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday he was “confident” of deeper cooperation with the next Donald Trump administration, a day after his call with US Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson that angered China.Like other world governments, Taiwan has publicly congratulated Trump on his victory in November’s presidential election as it seeks to get onside with …
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