UK's Prince Andrew gives up royal title
• Oct 17, 2025, 6:57 PM
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Prince Andrew renounced his Duke of York title and other honours on Friday, citing his duty to family and country amid mounting scandal over his ties to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The announcement followed fresh allegations revealed this week in the posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, the central figure in the Epstein scandal.
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US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas liable for damages for enabling Sudan atrocities
• 6:24 AM
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A New York jury on Friday found BNP Paribas liable for more than $20 million in damages to three Sudanese refugees, now US citizens, who argued that the French bank helped prop former strongman Omar al-Bashir's regime during its brutal campaigns, conduct
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US set for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests, Republicans slam ‘Hate America rallies’
• 5:33 AM
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More than 2,700 "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump's policies are planned in several US cities on Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations since the Republican billionaire returned to the White House. Top Republicans have slammed the
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S&P cuts France’s credit rating to A+ over political instability risking deficit
• 5:28 AM
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S&P Global on Friday downgraded France from AA to A+ in a surprise update on the euro zone's second-biggest economy, warning that political instability put the government's efforts to repair its finances at risk.
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Assad's weapon of war during the Syrian revolution
• 4:00 AM
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In 2011, when many Syrians rose up to contest Bashar al-Assad's unchallenged power, the regime arbitrarily arrested thousands of men, women, and children. In notorious detention centres, the regime used rape and sexual violence as weapons of war against
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