Support grows for Blake Lively over smear campaign claim
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – A chorus of support is growing behind actress Blake Lively after she filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment and a smear campaign against “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni.
Canada records 50,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2016
Ottawa (AFP) – Nearly 50,000 people in Canada died of an apparent opioid overdose from January 2016 to June 2024, with fentanyl playing an increasingly prominent role in fatalities, the national health agency said Monday.
France's second woman premier makes surprise frontline return
Paris (AFP) – Elisabeth Borne, only the second woman to serve as French prime minister, is making a surprise return to frontline politics as education minister less than a year after losing a job that she never wished to relinquish.
Netanyahu tells Israel parliament 'some progress' on Gaza hostage deal
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that “some progress” had been made in negotiations to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, more than 14 months into the war.
Guatemalan authorities recover minors taken by sect members
Guatemala City (AFP) – Guatemalan authorities on Monday recovered several minors taken from a care center by members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse.
Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony
Douma (Syria) (AFP) – Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad’s government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack.
Serie A basement club Monza fire coach Nesta
Rome (AFP) – Serie A’s bottom club Monza sacked coach Alessandro Nesta on Monday, a day after a 2-1 loss to Juventus left them five points adrift of safety.
Lebanon PM, UN peacekeepers call for accelerated Israeli withdrawal
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – United Nations peacekeepers and Lebanon’s prime minister called on Monday for the Israeli army to speed up its withdrawal from the country, nearly a month into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Biden commutes almost all federal death sentences
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row, ahead of the return to power of Donald Trump, who has indicated that he would restart federal executions.
Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony
Douma (Syria) (AFP) – Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad’s government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack.