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Film legend to face trial in Paris for alleged sexual assault of two women during a 2021 film shoot.French film legend Gerard Depardieu is set to go on trial in Paris on Monday for accusations of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021. Depardieu, 76, who has made more than 200 films and television series, has been accused of improper behaviour by about 20 women but this is the first case to come to trial which will begin Monday. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing. Depardieu’s lawyer, Jeremie Assous, said on Friday that the case was based…

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis delivers remarks before Gov. Ron DeSantis took to the stage during his Don’t Tread on Florida Tour in Sarasota on Nov. 6, ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm election, 2022.Tiffany Tompkins | Bradenton Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesFresh off its victories in the 2024 election cycle, the crypto industry is going big in Florida. Affiliates of the Fairshake super PAC, a fundraising group that helped elect pro-crypto candidates up and down the ticket, is trying to boost Republican candidates in two Florida races, which could determine whether Republicans hold their thin House of…

Listen to article Supreme Court of Pakistan judge, Justice Jamal Mandokhail has remarked that while the government should be moving at the speed of a cheetah, it is instead proceeding at the pace of a tortoise. He made the comments during a Supreme Court hearing on the establishment of the Climate Change Authority, Express News reported. The case, heard by a five-member constitutional bench led by Justice Ameen-ud-Din Khan, focused on the formation of the Climate Change Authority. Justice Mandokhail emphasised that climate change is a critical issue, and the government must expedite its efforts. The Additional Attorney General informed the court that…

Haskell Free Library denounces ‘unilateral’ US move amid tensions over Donald Trump’s continued threats against Canada.Montreal, Canada – US President Donald Trump’s administration is cutting off Canada’s main access point to a historical library that straddles the border between the Canadian province of Quebec and the US state of Vermont. In a joint statement late on Thursday, the Quebec border town of Stanstead and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House said the United States had made the “unilateral decision to close the main Canadian access” to the building. “This closure not only compromises Canadian visitors’ access to a historic…

People vote at a polling station in Allenton, Wisconsin, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Alex Wroblewski | AFP | Getty ImagesA group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two weeks before the state’s Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground states.Musk’s political action committee America PAC announced the petition in a post on X on Thursday night. It promises $100 for each Wisconsin voter who signs the petition and another $100 for each…

London’s Heathrow Airport closed Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a power outage, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of passengers planning to fly in or out of Europe’s busiest airport.The airport was ready to resume flights as of Friday afternoon local time, it posted on X, and said it hopes to run a “full operation” on Saturday.More than 800 flights were canceled in and out of the airport on Friday, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware, as of the most recent update, upending travel at the major hub and connecting airport.Airlines warned travelers that disruptions could…

Listen to article The Peshawar High Court has dismissed all petitions challenging the sentences handed down by military courts. A two-member bench comprising Justice Naeem Anwar and Justice Dr. Khurshid Iqbal heard 29 writ petitions filed against the military court sentences. The court ruled that the sentences handed down by military courts would only be considered effective once signed by the Field General Court Martial. During the hearing, the petitioners’ lawyers, Additional Attorney General Sanaaullah, and court assistant Shamil Ahmad Butt were present. The petitioners’ lawyers argued that the convicted individuals had already served their sentences in military custody and should be…

Divisions on the right between those who believe in a global system backed by US military power and others who see that system as a drain on US resources are not new. That schism has persisted for decades. The latter group, which has often included ultra-nativist and racist figures, was pushed further to the fringes after the attacks on the US on September 11, 2001. The US responded to those attacks by launching a global “war on terror”, with conservatives strongly backing US interventions in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. But those wars came to be seen as bloody and…

Nearly 9,000 fatalities confirmed worldwide, but real toll likely much higher.Nearly 9,000 people died last year trying to cross borders, the United Nations agency for migration says. The death toll set a new grim record for the fifth year in a row. The number of deaths on migratory routes has more than doubled since 2020. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded 8,938 migrant deaths in 2024. The real death toll is likely much higher given that many deaths go unreported or undocumented, the IOM said in a statement on Friday. “The rise of deaths is terrible in and of…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk watches as President Donald Trump talks to the media, outside the White House in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2025.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersDuring Elon Musk’s two months in Washington, D.C., Tesla shares have been on a precipitous decline, losing over 40% of their value.Protests and campaigns against Tesla, Musk and his work in the Trump White House have erupted around the world. Criminal acts of vandalism and arson have also targeted some Tesla electric vehicles, showrooms and charging stations in a string of incidents in the U.S. and across Europe.At an all-hands meeting with Tesla employees on…