Month: January 2020

Cyprus attorney general urged to revoke conviction of British teenager accused of lying about gang rape

Cyprus’s attorney general has been urged to revoke the conviction of a British teenager accused of lying about being gang-raped, with former prosecutors saying the verdict has done “considerable damage” to the country. The 19-year-old woman from Derbyshire is facing a year in jail on a charge of “public mischief” after a judge ruled on Monday that…

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MSC Cruises' new and largest ship, MSC Grandiosa, crashes in the port of Palermo, Sicily

On Monday morning, around 9:30 a.m. CET, MSC Cruises’ newly debuted and largest cruise ship experienced a collision.  MSC Grandiosa, which weighs in at 181,000 gross tons and sailed on her maiden voyage in November, experienced a “light allision,” or it struck  the dock in the port of Palermo, Paige Rosenthal, spokesperson for MSC Cruises, told USA TODAY in an email.  “Due…

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PHOTOS: #MenToo: The hidden tragedy of male sexual abuse in the military

Award-winning photojournalist Mary F. Calvert has spent six years documenting the prevalence of rape in the military and the effects on victims. She began with a focus on female victims but more recently has examined the underreported incidence of sexual assaults on men and the lifelong trauma it can inflict. _____ Last March, Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., a retired Air…

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Russia’s Hypersonic ICBM Is Operational. So What?

Russia’s Avangard hypersonic ICBM system is now operational. Russian state media sounded a triumphal tone in the December 27th announcement that the first Avangards are now ready for launch, even specifying the exact hour of combat readiness for the nuclear-armed hypersonic glider. “The Avangard strategic missile system has been put on combat duty at 10…

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Speculation is running wild on how former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn fled Japan in an instrument case aboard a private jet

REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir A number of wild theories and reports cropped up on Tuesday to explain how Nissan’s ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn somehow escaped Japan, where he faces trial, and fled to Lebanon. Ghosn’s escape was particularly mysterious because he was forbidden from international travel and his three passports were confiscated as part of a $13 million…

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Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board

Click:simulateur de taille entre deux personnes FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg says he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country, an implicit criticism of the controversy that has ensnared his 2020 Democratic presidential…

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