Opinion

Guinea, where junta strongman Mamady Doumbouya is almost certain to win Sunday's presidential vote, is one of the world's most impoverished countries.

Epstein amassed powerful allies, maintained luxury properties where abuse allegedly occurred and secured a hugely contentious 2008 plea deal in a separate case that critics say may have protected unnamed co-conspirators.

TikTok boasts over a billion users worldwide, including more than 170 million in the United States, it says -- nearly half the country's population.

The lantern-making tradition evolved from nighttime processions held by Spanish friars during the 300-plus years of Madrid's colonial rule, the city government said.

Yakuza have long occupied a particular place in Japanese society. Technically not illegal, each group even has its own official headquarters.