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Rampaging gangs in Haiti use rape to instill fear: UN
Rampaging gangs in Haiti use rape to instill fear: UN
World
by  AFP

Competing criminal gangs have turned to sexual assault as a way to terrorize Haitians and consolidate territorial control, a UN report said on Friday. In the past year, "gang violence has spiraled out of control" in Haiti's cities, the report said, noting that 60 percent of Port-au-Prince may now be under gang territory, accounting for at least 1.5 million people.

Hitmen brothers handed 40 years for Maltese journalist murder
Hitmen brothers handed 40 years for Maltese journalist murder
World
by  AFP

Two hitmen brothers were each sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday for killing a prominent journalist in Malta five years ago, an assassination that sparked an international outcry. The sentences handed down to George and Alfred Degiorgio came on the first day of their trial for the 2017 killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Harry Potter's Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane, dies aged 72
Harry Potter's Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane, dies aged 72
World
by  AFP

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday. But he will best be remembered globally as Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant half-human gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts school in the film franchise of JK Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter books.