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Shakira in the dock in Spanish tax fraud case
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» BARCELONA - Colombian superstar Shakira goes on trial in Barcelona on Monday in a tax fraud case, with Spanish prosecutors seeking a jail term of over eight years for the Grammy-winning singer.
Dissident author warns Russians in Europe to be on guard
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» FRANKFURT - Russian author Sergei Lebedev's novel "Untraceable", about an undetectable toxin used to target Kremlin critics, was released a few years ago but has taken on added resonance as alleged poisonings have multiplied.
'Long live the samba!': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO: After two long years without its frenetic festival of sparkling sequins, sultry samba and towering floats, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival parades Friday for the first time since Covid-19 hit Brazil.
Met Opera cancels entire 2020-21 season over coronavirus
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» NEW YORK: New York's Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday announced the "painful" cancelation of its entire 2020-21 season over the still-spreading coronavirus, a major blow for the city's decimated arts and culture industry.
BTS cancel concerts as Korea virus cases top 2,000
AFP, Published on 28/02/2020
» SEOUL: K-pop megastars BTS on Friday cancelled four Seoul concerts due in April as the number of novel coronavirus cases in South Korea passed 2,000.
'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.
China's 'Dallas Buyers Club' is surprise box-office hit
AFP, Published on 15/07/2018
» SHANGHAI: The screen portrayal of a cancer sufferer whose illegal import of foreign medicines into China spurred national policy changes has become a box-office smash as audiences flock to a rare Chinese film on a hot-button issue.