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Gisèle Pelicot's Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf

Dec. 20, 2024 17:44 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers said Friday they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape case has acknowledged her distant supporters Down Under by wearing a scarf adorned with Aboriginal art. The 72-year-old...

Australian senate censures Indigenous lawmaker who yelled at King Charles III

Nov. 18, 2024 01:42 AM EST

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian senators on Monday voted to censure an Indigenous colleague who yelled at King Charles III during a reception in Parliament House last month. The censure of independent Sen. Lidia Thorpe is a symbolic gesture that records her colleagues’...

Woman charged with assaulting Australian senator who shouted at the king

Oct. 28, 2024 00:44 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A woman appeared in an Australian court on Monday charged with a May assault on the Indigenous senator who shouted at King Charles III during a royal reception last week. The assault allegedly occurred on May 25, when independent Sen. Lidia Thorpe...

Movie Review: ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ a stop-motion charmer, examines the shells we build around us

Oct. 22, 2024 13:02 PM EDT

It’s not your typical stop-motion film when characters name pets after Sylvia Plath and read “The Diary of Anne Frank” — or when the story's inspired by a quote from existentialist thinker Søren Kierkegaard. And it’s certainly not your typical stop-motion film when you...