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World rings in 2024 after war, bots and Barbie
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» SYDNEY - Jubilant crowds began bidding farewell on Sunday to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
Cormac McCarthy, revered American novelist, dies at 89
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» NEW YORK: Celebrated author Cormac McCarthy, an unflinching chronicler of America's bleak frontiers and grim underbelly, died on Tuesday aged 89, his publisher said.
'Slavery' labels sought for US goods
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/12/2015
» Jarring words could end up on candy bar wrappers, packages of frozen shrimp and even cans of cat food originating in Thailand if some California lawyers get their way.
Slavery labels sought for US goods
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/12/2015
» NEW YORK — “This item may be the product of slave labour.”
GB and Ireland win back Walker Cup
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» LYTHAM ST ANNES (UNITED KINGDOM) - Englishman Jimmy Mullen helped lead Great Britain and Ireland to a comfortable victory over the United States as they regained the Walker Cup on Sunday at Royal Lytham.
Stars land in Venice for fiendish film fest
AFP, Published on 28/08/2013
» The Venice film festival kicks off Wednesday with the arrival of movie stars on water taxis for a dark line-up flush with fiendish tales of abuse, betrayal and survival.
First episode of 'What Remains' debuts 'The Last of Us' homage
AFP Relax News, Published on 29/05/2013
» Coming in at not much under 20 minutes, the debut episode of web series "What Remains" is inspired by upcoming video game "The Last of Us," which is in turn based on the real life "zombie ant" parasitic fungus Cordyceps Unilateralis.