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At 2nd Inauguration, Noboa Vows To ‘Save’ Ecuador From Gangs
Daniel Noboa was sworn in Saturday for a second term as Ecuadoran president, promising to "save" his South American country from narco-traffickers allied with foreign criminal gangs.The 37-year-old leader,...
Dissident Iranian Filmmaker Panahi Wins Top Prize At Cannes
"It Was Just an Accident" by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday.The highly political but wry film...
Musk Mocked After X Experiences Days-Long Outage: ‘Everything This Man Touches Burns’
After a fire at a data center leased by X triggered a multi-day outage for the social media platform, CEO Elon Musk is getting heat for the system failure.Fire...
Miss England Quits Miss World Pageant, Says She Felt Like a ‘Prostitute’ for Wealthy Male Sponsors
Miss England dropped out of the 72nd Miss World pageant in Telangana, India, criticizing the "outdated" competition for exploiting and objectifying its contestants.24-year-old Milla Magee originally attributed her May...
Syria Hails US Lifting Of Assad-era Sanctions
Syrian authorities on Saturday announced an interior ministry restructuring that includes fighting cross-border drug and people smuggling as they seek to improve ties with Western nations that have lifted...
Highlights From Cannes As Film Festival Wraps Up
As the Cannes film festival hands out its prizes, AFP looks back at some of the highlights of a politically charged fortnight of screenings and celebrity sightings.The festival began...
Sexually Assaulted And Smeared In Excrement: Uganda Activist Details Torture In Tanzania
Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the...
Bangladesh Govt Calls For Unity To Stop ‘Return Of Authoritarianism’
Bangladesh's interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday that unity was needed to "prevent the return of authoritarianism".The South Asian nation of...
Gaza Civil Defence Says 15 Killed In Israeli Strikes
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people on Saturday across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.Civil...
‘Seventh Heaven’: Tears And Laughter As Ukrainian POWs Return
Waxy and emaciated, Konstantin Steblev spoke to his mother for the first time in three years after being released as part of the biggest ever prisoner swap between Russia...
