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Italian far-right PM forges ahead with reporter defamation trial
Italian far-right PM forges ahead with reporter defamation trial
by  AFP

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she will not withdraw her defamation suit against journalist Roberto Saviano, in an interview published Tuesday, despite criticism that her position of power makes it an unfair trial. "I don't understand the request to withdraw the complaint on the pretext that I am now prime minister," Meloni said.

Less than half of population is Christian: UK census
Less than half of population is Christian: UK census
by  AFP

For the first time, less than half of the population in England and Wales identifies as Christian, according to census data released Tuesday. Data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are released separately.

S.African anti-apartheid hero Hani's tomb vandalised
S.African anti-apartheid hero Hani's tomb vandalised
by  AFP

The grave of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani has been vandalised, days after a South African court ordered the far-right gunman who killed him to be released on parole, city officials said on Tuesday. Last week, South Africa's top court controversially ordered the release on parole of Janusz Walus, the Polish immigrant who shot Hani dead.

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