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Dozens killed in Mozambique Islamist attack: government
AFP, Published on 29/03/2021
» MAPUTO: Dozens of people were killed in coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town, the government said on Sunday, four days after the raid was launched and forced the evacuation of thousands of survivors to safety in the provincial capital Pemba.
Less formal, more comfortable: pandemic transforms work attire
AFP, Published on 19/02/2021
» NEW YORK - Suits and tailored shirts are out, sweatpants and pajamas are in: remote working is changing work clothes habits, and while vaccines may bring back some formality, old-school office attire should emerge from the pandemic far less starched and strict.
WHO says UK strain in over 60 countries: virus world update
AFP, Published on 20/01/2021
» GENEVA: The UK coronavirus strain has spread to at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday, after US President-elect Joe Biden led a moving tribute to American victims.
Naked robber found in tree above croc-infested river
AFP, Published on 06/01/2021
» SYDNEY: A naked fugitive hiding out in trees above crocodile-infested waters has been discovered by a pair of fishermen, after spending days surviving on snails in swampy mangroves in Australia's far north.
Chengdu: China's permissive 'gay capital' refusing to fold
AFP, Published on 31/12/2020
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - It's Saturday night at the HUNK club in Chengdu and men in gold lycra shorts and black boots dance on stage. They wear kimonos, in an apparent tactical compromise with new morality codes creeping into China's "gay capital".
Pierre Cardin, father of fashion branding, dies at 98
Published on 29/12/2020
» PARIS: French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, died on Tuesday aged 98.
Iraq's 'stadium of horrors' in ruins, but the game goes on
AFP, Published on 23/10/2020
» MOSUL (IRAQ) - Mohamed Fathi, coach of Mosul's football club in northern Iraq, hardly recognises the ruined soccer stadium once used by Islamic State group fighters to fire rockets and lob mortars from.
US retailer calls out climate deniers with blunt message on label
AFP, Published on 22/09/2020
» LOS ANGELES: Outdoor retailer Patagonia, known for championing environmental causes, has put it bluntly to voters in a label on a limited-edition pair of shorts that says "VOTE THE ASSHOLES OUT".
US TikTok users prepare for a possible exit from platform
AFP, Published on 19/09/2020
» NEW YORK - American TikTok users reacted with a collective shrug Friday to the US move to ban new downloads of the video-sharing app -- but many are already planning an exit to other platforms should the clampdown lead to an outright ban.
Virus poses cultural threat to Brazil's Amazon tribes
AFP, Published on 10/07/2020
» AMAJARI, Brazil: In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the advance of Covid-19 presents indigenous people with a cruel cultural dilemma -- remain in their villages with little medical help, or seek safety in the city and risk being deprived of their ancestral funeral rites.