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  Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades. The retired Sydney radio broadcaster, 83, made his first court appearance in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court following his arrest last month. Jones was not asked to enter pleas to the 34 charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, sexually touching without consent and common assault. But he told media outside the court he would fight all charges in a jury trial. “I am certainly not guilty and I’ll be presenting…

Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades. The retired Sydney radio broadcaster, 83, made his first court appearance in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court following his arrest last month. Jones was not asked to enter pleas to the 34 charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, sexually touching without consent and common assault. But he told media outside the court he would fight all charges in a jury trial. I have never indecently assaulted these people. I am emphatic…

Visiting French special envoy for Syria Jean-François Guillaume said Tuesday, December 17, his country was preparing to stand beside Syrians after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster by rebels this month. “France is preparing to be with Syrians for the long term” including the current transitional period, “which we hope will be peaceful,” Guillaume told journalists. His visit to Syria, at the head of a French diplomatic delegation, was also to “make contact with the de facto authorities in Damascus,” he said. The French embassy in Damascus, shuttered since March 2012, has not yet been reopened, but an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist said French…

France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, was on Tuesday, December 17, facing a torrent of criticism less than a week into the job after choosing to chair a provincial town hall meeting as the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte grappled with the devastation wreaked by a cyclone. Bayrou was named by President Emmanuel Macron on Monday as the sixth premier of his mandate, with the head of state giving his long-time ally the chance to pull France out of months of political crisis. The veteran centrist had already ruffled some feathers by insisting that, in contrast to some predecessors,…

The London law firm Guernica 37 Chambers, founded by Almudena Bernabéu and Toby Cadman, works around the world in defense of International Humanitarian Law. When 25 years have passed since the resolution of the Pinochet case, The firm wanted to call the legal community of the British capital to a meeting with Baltasar Garzón (Jaén, 69 years old), the former magistrate who showed the world that it was possible to bring the principles of universal justice to the practical field.Garzón spoke with EL PAÍS in the gardens of Middle Temple, one of the four neighborhoods in London that bring together…

“Ábalos and Koldo are two purged people who do not bounce back. Perhaps because they have a promise to be pardoned by the command” Read judicial week

Heads of state and government from leading European NATO states want to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about further support for the country attacked by Russia. See this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Ukraine summit of European NATO states with President Zelensky – Video

There are unsavory dangers lurking when preparing Christmas duck etc. As a former sufferer, I’ll tell you which hygiene mistakes make my stomach churn – and how you can protect yourself. Campylobacter and food germs: When Christmas dinner ends in a fiasco

Brits told to avoid European country due to ‘significant risk of arrest’ The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued the warning The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is advising Brits against travelling to Belarus due to the current political unrest and potential risks. The FCDO warns that individuals in Belarus face a significant risk of arrest if they have participated in any activities now deemed illegal by the Belarusian regime. Furthermore, the country does not recognise dual nationality, meaning those with both Belarusian and British passports will be considered Belarusian, even if they enter on their British passport,…

792 people have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a raid on a crypto romance ring. Many of those taken into custody from the site in Victoria Island were foreign nationals including 148 who were from China. The scam targeted victims around the world by developing romantic relationships with their marks via social media and then manipulating them into buying fake crypto investments. Nigeria: 792 arrested over crypto-romance scam