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Amy Winehouse belongings expected to reach $2 mn at auction
AFP, Published on 12/10/2021
» NEW YORK - Hundreds of items that belonged to late Grammy-winning artist Amy Winehouse, including the dress she wore during her final concert, are going up for auction in the United States.
Azure waters, limestone cliffs: Tourists return to Afghan 'Grand Canyon'
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» BAND-E AMIR (AFGHANISTAN) - The stunning azure waters of the Band-e Amir lakes are once again attracting Afghan tourists, who brave bumpy roads to experience the so-called Grand Canyon of Afghanistan.
Philippine 'circumcision season' underway after virus delays
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» SILANG, Philippines: For more than a year, Caspien Gruta has been teased because his circumcision -- a rite of passage for boys in the Philippines -- was delayed, first by a volcanic eruption and then the coronavirus pandemic.
Google parent Alphabet profit soars as ads surge
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday reported quarterly profit that had nearly tripled, as money poured in from ads on its search engine and YouTube video platform.
Pink offers to pay bikini fine for Norway beach handball team
AFP, Published on 27/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - US pop star Pink has offered to pay a "sexist" fine levied on Norway's women's beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms during a game in the Euro 2021 tournament.
Buckle up: Palestinian twins turn Boeing 707 into restaurant
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» AL BADHAN (الاراضي الفلسطينية) - Palestinian workers in the Israel-occupied West Bank are putting the final touches on a decommissioned Boeing 707 aircraft to ready it for a new kind of takeoff: as a restaurant.
More record-smashing heat forecast as Canada, US northwest bake
AFP, Published on 29/06/2021
» OTTAWA - Canada braced Monday for its highest ever temperature as the country's west and swathes of the United States baked in an unprecedented heat wave, forcing schools and Covid-19 vaccination clinics to close and the postponement of an Olympic athletics qualifying event.
Myanmar rebels teach coup protesters how to make war
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» KAREN STATE, Myanmar: Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree.
China probes deaths of 21 marathon runners in freak weather
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» BEIJING: An investigation was underway Monday into the deaths of 21 runners during a mountain ultramarathon in northwest China, as harrowing testimony emerged from survivors who battled to safety through freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds.
Besieged Mozambique town deserted as thousands flee militant raid
AFP, Published on 29/03/2021
» PEMBA (MOZAMBIQUE) - The northern Mozambique town of Palma, seized by militants last week, was all but deserted on Monday after thousands of residents abandoned their homes and fled by road, boat and on foot.