A psychologist called by Harvey Weinstein’s defence team told his rape trial Friday that memories of an incident can become “contaminated” over time by new information. Elizabeth Loftus — a University of California, Irvine professor — said leading questioning about an event sometimes causes a “misinformation effect,” where false details are incorporated into someone’s memory. […]

The United States on Friday voiced alarm over Guinea’s plans to hold a constitutional referendum, which the opposition calls a ploy by President Alpha Conde to stay in power. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had urged Conde to respect democratic transitions of power when they met in Washington last year, said the United States […]

Angolan leader Joao Lourenco on Friday told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that his reformist government was working to recover funds stolen from public coffers and stashed abroad. Last month, Angola indicted Isabel dos Santos, the 46-year-old billionaire daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, for a host of top-level financial crimes, including money laundering […]

Controversial French writer Pierre Guyotat, whose book “Eden, Eden, Eden” was judged “pornographic” by the authorities and banned from publicity, public display or sale to minors for over a decade, has died aged 80, his family said Friday. The book, which details graphic sex acts, was banned in France for 11 years from 1970 to […]

The United States on Friday offered up to $100 million to China and other impacted countries to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus. “This commitment — along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector — demonstrates strong US leadership in response to the outbreak,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a […]