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AP World News

Film director found guilty of sexual assault in France’s first big #MeToo trial
A Paris court has found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big #MeToo trial
7:49AM ( 3 months ago )
Britain's Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky
Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minister to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago
5:59AM ( 3 months ago )
Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s polices, claiming a “massive” human rights violation is happening over a new land expropriation law
5:29AM ( 3 months ago )
Belgium has a new prime minister, one who long tried to gut the nation and seek regional autonomy
Belgium has a new prime minister whose political purpose was long to break up the nation, gut the state structures and give ever more autonomy to his northern Flanders at the cost of everyone else
4:44AM ( 3 months ago )
Blast in an upscale residential area in Moscow kills 1 and leaves 4 wounded
Russian news agencies say a blast in an upscale residential block in Moscow has killed one person and wounded four others
3:37AM ( 3 months ago )
A blast in Moscow kills 2, including the founder of a unit fighting in eastern Ukraine, reports say
Russian authorities and news reports say an explosion in an upscale Moscow neighborhood killed two people, including the founder of a battalion that battled Kyiv’s forces in eastern Ukraine
3:37AM ( 3 months ago )
EU leaders ponder the 'cruel paradox' of a US ally threatening tariffs and a possible land grab
European Union leaders are grappling with possible responses to a major ally the United States which appears determined to start a trade war or perhaps even seize part of their territory
3:10AM ( 3 months ago )
Faced with Trump's threats over Greenland, Denmark's leader seeks support from her EU partners
Denmark’s prime minister insists Greenland is not for sale and is calling for a robust show of support from her European Union partners should U.S. President Donald Trump press ahead with his threat to take control of the island
3:10AM ( 3 months ago )
At least 15 killed in car bomb explosion in northern Syria
At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded Monday when a car bomb exploded in the outskirts of a northern Syrian city
2:31AM ( 3 months ago )
At least 19 killed mostly women in a car bomb explosion in northern Syria
Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city
2:31AM ( 3 months ago )