UK Prosecutors Drop Harvey Weinstein Indecent Assault Case
LONDON -– UK prosecutors on Thursday said they were dropping a sexual assault case against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as there was no “realistic prospect of conviction”.
LONDON -– UK prosecutors on Thursday said they were dropping a sexual assault case against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as there was no “realistic prospect of conviction”.
Top Eurocrat Michel Barnier is the new French Prime Minister, appointed 60 days after Macron’s disastrous snap election.
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An armed man was shot dead by German police early Thursday morning near the Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich.
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Pope Francis once again insisted Wednesday that people should not substitute pets for children, praising Indonesia for its higher birthrate.
A New York Times article suggests Americans buy homes in Europe that are a “bargain compared with Manhattan.”
During a press conference at the Venice Film Festival for their new film “Queer,” director Luca Guadagnino and actor Daniel Craig were asked if there could ever be a gay James Bond onscreen.
Just a day after 12 migrants died, several dozen others were making another crossing attempt on a crowded vessel.
French ship navigating past NYC to harbor laden with Champagne, Cognac and jam under sail might recall a long-forgotten age of navigation.
High-profile Ukrainian ministers turn in their resignations, with Kyiv asserting this is part of a long-planned major government reshuffle.
Germany’s army rushed an Iris-T air-defence system into service on its own soil for the first time Wednesday having delivered several of the sophisticated systems to war-torn Ukraine to take down Russian rockets, drones and missiles mid-flight.
Pop icon Sir Elton John has been left with “only limited vision” after being partially blinded in one eye after a “severe” infection.
Climate radical Greta Thunberg continues to branch out into other areas of lpolitics, and has been arrested on a Palestine demonstration.
Australia’s “Raygun” is sorry for the backlash her widely ridiculed Paris Olympics performance delivered to the broader breakdancing community. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, whose routine featured a move that mimicked a kangaroo hopping, made the comments in an interview with Australia’s
An editor at the Wall Street Journal noted this week that Canada’s assisted suicide regime has gone off the rails and is now the fifth leading cause of death in the country.
The anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany populist party was the most popular among young voters in Sunday’s regional elections.
At least 12 people, mostly women, have been killed in an unseaworthy boat attempting to gain access to the United Kingdom’s southern border.
An Irish teacher who rose to international attention for rejecting transgender ideology and so-called preferred pronouns has been jailed for a third time after allegedly violating a court order.
Afghanistan-heritage man arrested after car driven at speed onto sidewalk, suspect allegedly telling police he had acted “on Allah’s orders”.
Ballistic missiles struck military academy and hospital in Ukraine, one of the deadliest attacks by Russian against a Ukrainian city yet.
The “neurological burden of climate change is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid,” writes Clayton Page Aldern, a former neuroscientist turned environmental journalist.
British government condemned for suspending around a tenth of the weapons export licences for UK companies selling equipment to Israel.
Car makers across the UK are rationing sales of petrol and hybrid vehicles to sidestep punitive net zero fines, one of the country’s biggest dealership chains has claimed.
Kelly Osbourne recently gave birth to a son and she says she is leaving the U.S. over school shootings once her son is old enough to begin attending classes.
NZ spy service branded China a “complex intelligence concern” Tuesday and warned the Pacific nation was vulnerable to foreign interference.
Dutch prosecutors have called for a 14-year prison sentence against a Pakistani cleric over death threats against populist leader Geert Wilders.
A transgender Italian Paralympics runner failed to qualify for the 400 M sprint in the women’s T-12 category after placing third in a semifinal competition. Valentina Petrillo, a biological male, qualified for the semi-finals at the Paris Paralympics with a time
Germany-based Volkswagen is considering closing plants in its home country as automakers in the European Union (EU) grapple with a flood of cheap China-made cars that are increasingly making up a share of auto sales in the continent.
A French woman whose husband allegedly drugged her and procured dozens of strangers to rape her has waived anonymity and will appear in court..
The left-wing Labour Party government in Britain announced Monday that it will be suspending dozens of arms export licences to Israel.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a Russian TV interview on Sunday that Moscow would prefer seeing Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House next year because she is more “predictable” than her opponent Donald Trump.
Whale who became something of a celebrity after being found wearing Russian camera kit has been found dead and possibly not of natural causes.
Poland held a state burial of the remains of over 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II mass executions.
A “software error” in one state was blamed for changing the initial official results, taking two seats away from the right.
Series of explosions rocked the capital in the early hours. Debris from intercepted missiles and drones fell in every district of Kyiv.
Today is a historic day. This case is for the defence of every citizen of the free West, and more countries should follow with legal action.
Populist anti-mass migration parties made significant gains in state elections in Germany, with the right-wing AfD projected to have won in Thuringia.
Prosecutors in southwest Poland say a man has been arrested on allegations of imprisoning and physically and mentally abusing a woman for more than five years