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Hungary passes bill against annual Budapest Pride march
Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, the latest in a series of measures under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country's LGBTQ community.
French male film stars tell #MeToo inquiry about 'clumsy' remarks
Some of France's biggest male movie stars have testified at a parliamentary inquiry into sexual violence in the film business, saying they might have missed or even been guilty of inappropriate remarks before the #MeToo movement changed attitudes.
Leap of faith for Ubisoft with 'Assassin's Creed' set in Japan
Packing familiar formulas into an all-new Japanese setting, "Assassin's Creed Shadows" is the latest big-budget game from developer Ubisoft that is staking its future on the title.
Pain and anger grip N. Macedonia town after fire tragedy
Despair mixed with anger in Kocani, North Macedonia on Tuesday in the wake of a horrific nightclub fire that left dozens dead and even more injured, prompting demands for justice.
French hunter on trial for killing mother bear 'in self-defence'
A 81-year-old French hunter went on trial on Tuesday, accused of killing an endangered female bear that had attacked him in the Pyrenees.
AI 'reshaping' organised crime, warns Europol
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging organised crime, from creating child sexual abuse images to money laundering via cryptocurrency, Europol warned Tuesday, with advances like quantum computing only poised to make things worse.
Paris police evict migrants from theatre after months-long occupation
Police on Tuesday evacuated hundreds of young migrants from a central Paris theatre they had occupied for months, AFP journalists said.
US to execute four Death Row inmates this week
A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on Tuesday, the first of four executions scheduled this week in the United States.
Australia slams reported targetting of citizen by Hong Kong
Australia voiced unease on Tuesday over anonymous letters reportedly offering hefty rewards for information on a Hong Kong activist now living in Melbourne.
'We will preserve them': saving Cambodia's crocodiles
A motorbike rider inches slowly over bumpy terrain deep in Cambodia's Virachey national park, carefully adjusting the basket strapped behind him. Inside is precious cargo -- a critically endangered Siamese crocodile.
Japan victims voice fears 30 years after sarin subway attack
Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears Japan could see a repeat of the doomsday cult attack.
Starbucks ordered to pay $50m for hot tea spill
Starbucks has been ordered to pay $50 million to a customer who was burned when hot tea spilled on his lap at a California drive-through.
Trump claims Biden pardons of his opponents are void
Donald Trump declared Monday he was annulling pardons issued by Joe Biden to shield Trump critics from retribution, claiming that they were invalid because his Democratic predecessor had supposedly used an autopen for his signature.
N.Macedonia mourns 59 killed in nightclub blaze
North Macedonia lowered flags to half mast and hundreds turned out for memorial events on Monday as the Balkan nation mourned 59 people killed in a horrific nightclub blaze on the weekend.
Plastic pellets spotted in water after North Sea ship crash
A retrieval operation is underway after plastic pellets, likely spilled in a crash between a cargo ship and a tanker off the coast of England, formed a "sheen" in the sea, the British coastguard said Monday.
N.Macedonia mourns dozens killed in nightclub blaze
North Macedonia lowered flags to half staff and people flocked to memorials Monday as the nation mourned a horrific nightclub blaze that killed 59 people at the weekend.
Toll from US weekend tornadoes rises to at least 40
The death toll from tornadoes and violent storms that ravaged the central and southern United States over the weekend has risen to at least 40 people, with dozens more injured, local authorities said.
Malaysian rice porridge a 'trademark' Ramadan tradition
As dusk fell, hundreds of Muslims at a mosque in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur feast on bowls of fragrant rice porridge known locally as "bubur lambuk", part of a Ramadan tradition dating back decades.
Peru farmer in German court battle with energy giant
A Peruvian farmer faces off in a German court Monday in a "David and Goliath" battle against an energy giant, demanding the firm pay for climate change damage.
Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack
Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin.
Pope seen celebrating mass in first photo since hospitalisation
The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalisation over a month ago, showing the pontiff celebrating mass earlier in the day from the chapel in his hospital suite.
US flies alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court block
The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump invoked wartime legislation to expel the migrants.
Blaze kills 59 in North Macedonia nightclub
A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the place ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people.
Hip-hop gig blaze kills 51 at North Macedonia nightclub
A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing 51 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the place ablaze, the country's interior minister said.
Peruvian fisherman saved after three months stranded at sea
A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital following his ordeal.
Shein says US tariff hit won't stop fast-fashion flood
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will not eject fast-fashion juggernaut Shein from the US market, its executive chairman Donald Tang has told AFP.
Francis still requires therapy, Vatican says, as pope looks ahead to 2028
Pope Francis is improving but still requires various in-hospital therapies, the Vatican said Saturday, even as it revealed the 88-year-old pontiff had laid plans to extend his years-long Synod process into 2028.
Telegram founder Durov allowed to temporarily leave France
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to temporarily leave France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to allegedly enabling organised crime, sources told AFP.
Telegram founder Durov allowed to temporarily leave France: sources
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to temporarily leave France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to allegedly enabling organised crime, sources told AFP.
Residents flee new wave of violence in Haiti capital
Haiti's lawless capital Port-au-Prince was in the grip of a new wave of gang violence on Friday, according to an AFP correspondent on the ground, as more families fled their homes.
Bangladeshi women alarmed by emboldened Islamists
Arrested for sexually harassing a Bangladeshi university student, Asif Sardar Arnab was soon released -- greeted by a cheering crowd who presented him with flower garlands and a Koran.
Unification Church faces dissolution in Japan
The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace.