‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drug offenses
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‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drug offenses

The Massachusetts case is the latest in a series of legal woes for the influencer whose real name is Braden Eric PetersThe online influencer known as Clavicular – who helped fuel the rise of the extreme male appearance-improvement trend of “looksmaxxing” – has been charged with rape and drug offenses in Massachusetts.The 20-year-old, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, has been scheduled for a ...

REPLAY: UN chief Guterres makes final address to the General Assembly
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REPLAY: UN chief Guterres makes final address to the General Assembly

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used ​his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions he warned are struggling to confront mounting global challenges. Watch his speech in full above.

From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America

From slavery to today: The Black women who shaped America

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"If you don’t understand the history of Black women, you don’t understand the history of America." Those words from Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison open Sasha Bonét's debut memoir, "The Waterbearers". The New York writer traces three generations of Black women in her family: her grandmother Betty Jean, the daughter of formerly enslaved people in Louisiana who went on to raise eleven chi...

Guatemala receives first US arms in nearly 50 years

Guatemala receives first US arms in nearly 50 years

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Guatemala on Monday received the first batch of military weapons from the US in almost five decades. It ends an arms embargo implemented by the US due to human rights violations made during Guatemala's civil war. The US has continued to cooperate with Guatemala in recent years in the battle against drug trafficking.

'UN unable to bring peace to conflicts: We haven’t seen this level of violence in decades’

'UN unable to bring peace to conflicts: We haven’t seen this level of violence in decades’

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Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi is pleased to welcome Fanny Badache, Researcher at Sciences Po and Lecturer at the University of Geneva. The UN mandate is international peace and security, yet its ability to fulfill that mandate ultimately depends on the cooperation of sovereign states, namely the five powerful permanent members of the Security Council. As the UN is confronted with an increasingly fragm...

UN unable to bring peace to conflicts: ‘We haven’t seen this level of violence in decades’

UN unable to bring peace to conflicts: ‘We haven’t seen this level of violence in decades’

France 24 •

Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi is pleased to welcome Fanny Badache, Researcher at Sciences Po and Lecturer at the University of Geneva. The UN mandate is international peace and security, yet its ability to fulfill that mandate ultimately depends on the cooperation of sovereign states, namely the five powerful permanent members of the Security Council. As the UN is confronted with an increasingly fragm...

Committee to investigate Hong Kong district councillor’s sex crime conviction

Committee to investigate Hong Kong district councillor’s sex crime conviction

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Hong Kong authorities have appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the conviction of a district councillor for having sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago. Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing, 39, is the first elected officeholder to face possible imprisonment for a criminal offence since Beijing’s 2021 electoral overhaul, which restricted candidates to those vette...

Hong Kong appoints committee to investigate councillor’s sex crime conviction

Hong Kong appoints committee to investigate councillor’s sex crime conviction

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Hong Kong authorities have appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the conviction of a district councillor for having sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago. Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing, 39, is the first elected officeholder to face possible imprisonment for a criminal offence since Beijing’s 2021 electoral overhaul, which restricted public office to candidat...

Why China’s frontier AI pioneers are expected to miss this week’s Xi-Trump summit

Why China’s frontier AI pioneers are expected to miss this week’s Xi-Trump summit

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As President Xi Jinping prepares to travel to the United States to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump, attention is turning to the group of business leaders who could join him. The South China Morning Post previously reported that executives from electric vehicle maker BYD, smart manufacturing giant Xiaomi and battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited were likely to accompany X...

Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for Red Sea coastal heights

Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for Red Sea coastal heights

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Thousands flee fighting as Iran-aligned group seeks to consolidate territorial gains against Saudi-backed government forcesMiddle East live – latest updatesAs many as 169 people have been reportedly killed in Yemen in the last three days as Iran-aligned Houthis battle Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic heights on the Red Sea coast, while thousands flee the violence.Houthi mili...

Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for strategic Red Sea heights

Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for strategic Red Sea heights

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Thousands flee fighting as Iran-aligned group seeks to consolidate territorial gains against Saudi-backed government forcesMiddle East live – latest updatesAs many as 169 people have been reportedly killed in Yemen in the last three days as Iran-aligned Houthis battle Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic heights on the Red Sea coast, while thousands flee the violence.Houthi mili...

Trump, Denmark and Greenland sign deal to resolve Arctic stand-off

Trump, Denmark and Greenland sign deal to resolve Arctic stand-off

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US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a stand-off over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement, signed during Trump’s visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of Trump’s demand that the US annex Greenland as a US territory to ...

Trump, Greenland and Denmark sign deal in bid to end Arctic stand-off

Trump, Greenland and Denmark sign deal in bid to end Arctic stand-off

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US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a stand-off over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement, signed during Trump’s visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short ‌of the US president’s demand that the United States adopt Greenlan...

US, Greenland, Denmark sign  agreement to bolster Arctic security

US, Greenland, Denmark sign agreement to bolster Arctic security

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United States President Donald Trump has signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland aimed at strengthening Arctic and North Atlantic security, easing tensions over his repeated calls for Greenland to become part of the United States. The signing Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York comes days after Trump announced the deal to bolster US military presence on the strat...

US, Greenland, Denmark to sign deal at UN in New York in bid to end Arctic stand-off

US, Greenland, Denmark to sign deal at UN in New York in bid to end Arctic stand-off

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President Donald Trump was due to meet with leaders of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday to sign a deal that will allow a larger US military presence on Greenland and ‌could end a stand-off over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement will allow the US to expand its military footprint in Greenland, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. In addition to the exist...

US, Greenland, Denmark to sign deal in New York in bid to end Arctic stand-off

US, Greenland, Denmark to sign deal in New York in bid to end Arctic stand-off

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President Donald Trump was due to meet with leaders of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday to sign a deal that will allow a larger US military presence on Greenland and ‌could end a stand-off over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement will allow the US to expand its military footprint in Greenland, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. In addition to the exist...

Trump delivers message to Putin: ‘Settle the war’ - Europe live

Trump delivers message to Putin: ‘Settle the war’ - Europe live

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The US president made the comments as he arrives at the UN headquarters in New YorkNordic correspondent Emotions among Greenlanders are a mixture of hope, scepticism and fear ahead of the signing of a new much vaunted deal on Arctic security between the US, Greenland and Denmark.“There have been many different reactions in Greenland because they are talking about a deal but no one can see the deal...