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Bucharest (AFP) - A Romanian court on Friday eased travel restrictions on controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, allowing them to travel within the European Union while awaiting trial over human trafficking and rape charges. US-born Briton Tate and his brother Tristan, who say they are innocent, are accused of having formed an organised criminal network in early 2021 in Romania and in Britain. The former professional kickboxer and his brother face charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest court on Friday said it "ord...
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New York (AFP) - The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard -- sold for $1.9 million on Wednesday. The artwork becomes "the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction," auction house Sotheby's said in a statement. "The illustration was chased by four bidders on the phone and online for nearly ten minutes before selling to applause." The work by Thomas Taylor, who was just 23 years old in 1997 when he painted the iconic image of the young boy with the l...
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London (AFP) - Taylor Swift got the London-leg of her Eras tour off to a good start, with the UK's Prince William posting a backstage picture of them posted on social media Saturday. After celebrating his 42nd birthday at Swift's Wembley Stadium concert with his children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, William posted their backstage selfie. The US pop sensation seemed equally enamoured, posting a photo with the three royals and her boyfriend Travis Kelce. "Happy Bday M8! London shows are off to a splendid start," she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. A widely shared video on social media ap...
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New York (AFP) - The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard -- will go up for auction in New York on Wednesday. The work by Thomas Taylor, who was just 23 years old in 1997 when he painted the iconic image of the young boy with the lightning bolt scar and the round glasses, is expected to fetch from $400,000 to $600,000 at Sotheby's. Taylor was working at a children's bookstore in Cambridge, England, when he was tapped by publisher Barry Cunningham at Bloomsbury ...
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London (AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against a UK court ruling that approved his extradition to the United States to face trial for breaking national security laws will begin on July 9, a judicial spokesman said Tuesday. Assange, 52, won his bid to challenge the ruling last month, and the two-day hearing will now take place at the High Court in London next month. The Australian publisher is wanted by Washington for publishing hundreds of thousands of secret US documents from 2010 as head of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. Had he lost at last month's hearing, Assange ...
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Paris (AFP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed Washington was "standing strong" with Ukraine as French counterpart Emmanuel Macron hosted him on a state visit overshadowed by Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion and the looming US election. Speaking after visiting Normandy earlier this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day wartime landings, Biden repeatedly emphasised the value of America's European alliances in a swipe at his more isolationist election rival Donald Trump. With Ukraine struggling to repel Russian advances over two years into the war and in desperate need of greater West...
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Paris (AFP) - President Joe Biden on Friday urged the United States to protect democracy and follow the example of World War II heroes, in a speech on a clifftop in northern France that was the scene of a bloody confrontation between US troops and occupying Germans on D-Day. Biden gave the speech on the final day of ceremonies marking 80 years since the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 that marked a turning point in World War II. The president is set to face Republican rival and predecessor Donald Trump later this year in elections that commentators predict will subject US democracy...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A British woman who claims she was the inspiration for the stalker in the smash Netflix hit "Baby Reindeer" sued the streamer Thursday, demanding $170 million in damages. Fiona Harvey has identified herself as the real-life "Martha," the delusional, violent and abusive woman at the center of Richard Gadd's global phenomenon, which claims in its opening episode to be "a true story." "The above quote... is the biggest lie in television history," the lawsuit, filed in California, says. "It is a lie told by Netflix and the show's creator, Richard Gadd, out of greed and lust for...
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Omaha Beach (France) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned on the 80th anniversary of D-Day that democracy around the world was at risk, as leaders marked the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the tens of thousands of Allied troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944. An honoured additional guest was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a stark reminder of the war being...
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Saint-Lô (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hailed the "spirit of sacrifice" of the soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazi occupation, as he prepared to join US counterpart Joe Biden and King Charles III to mark 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings. The three days of events in France, which will peak Thursday with ceremonies attended by world leaders on the Normandy beaches where the landings took place, are haunted by the new war shadowing Europe as Ukraine battles Russia's invasion. Macron will host Biden, King Charles III and Canadian Prime Minister Ju...
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