Month: January 2025

Washington (AFP) – The US Supreme Court grappled with a challenge on Wednesday to a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors’ ages, part of a growing effort to limit access by minors to online sexual content.

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – A representative for Brad Pitt has warned fans to be wary of impersonation scams after a French woman lost her life savings to fraudsters posing as the Hollywood star.

Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary, a fracking magnate who has previously expressed climate change skepticism, advocated for renewable energy and referred to the warming planet as a fact Wednesday, while still pushing for increased use of fossil fuels.

Havana (AFP) – Cuba began releasing people Wednesday who had been jailed for protesting against the regime under a deal that saw departing US President Joe Biden remove the communist island from a list of terrorism sponsors.

London (AFP) – Prince William dropped into a pub to share a drink with a group of fellow Aston Villa fans ahead of their Premier League clash with Everton on Wednesday.

London (AFP) – Virgil van Dijk has played down suggestions that Premier League leaders Liverpool are having a wobble after they drew 1-1 against Nottingham Forest to stay six points clear at the summit.

London (AFP) – Phil Foden admitted Manchester City’s bid to win a fifth successive Premier League title is over after the troubled champions drew 2-2 at Brentford.

Paris (AFP) – Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said Wednesday.

London (AFP) – The UK government on Wednesday banned the flesh-rotting so-called zombie drug xylazine as it tries to tackle deaths from narcotics and crack down on criminal gangs.

London (AFP) – Social media sensation Ilona Maher has said rugby union needs to undergo a culture shift if the sport is to attract new fans.