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Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LONDON: Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.
Streaming giant shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.
WWE-style wrestling hits Bangkok - with a Thai twist
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» A fighter bursts through a flimsy tarpaulin curtain and bounds into the ring wearing a helmet and the unmistakable bright orange jacket of a Bangkok motorbike-taxi rider -- it's Thailand's take on WWE wrestling.
SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» Wearing sunglasses and a tiger print dress as she raps into a mic, Malaysian hip-hop artist SYA calls for empowerment while taking a sledgehammer to stereotypes of Muslim women.
Excitement as Cannes Film Festival reopens after pandemic hiatus
AFP, Published on 06/07/2021
» CANNES (FRANCE) - The famed Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday, and despite social distancing subduing some of its signature glamour, excitement is rife for the first fully fledged film festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bangkok coffin-maker kickflips his caskets into skateboards
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» From a final resting place for the dead to a gnarly way to land a trick; a coffin-maker is affixing Buddhist emblems to the dismantled walls of his caskets, and transforming them into skateboards.
Pete Doherty fined, released after Paris cocaine bust
AFP, Published on 10/11/2019
» PARIS: British rocker Pete Doherty was fined €5,000 and released from a Paris jail Saturday, two days after being caught buying cocaine, legal sources told AFP.
Hollywood kicks off the 76th Golden Globes Awards
AFP, Published on 07/01/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Hosts Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh kicked off the Golden Globes on Sunday, with hit music romance "A Star Is Born" the frontrunner at the year's first and sassiest awards gala.
'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76
AFP, Published on 16/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: Aretha Franklin, the legendary singer known as the "Queen of Soul," died Thursday in Detroit, US media reported. She was 76.