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'Third way': Turkey's whirling dancers celebrate mystic Rumi
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» KONYA, Turkey - The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi at a cultural centre in central Turkey's Konya.
US consumer inflation slows in November
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Consumer inflation in the United States edged down for a second straight month in November, government data showed Tuesday, in encouraging news for policymakers seeking to get prices under control.
HMV reopening raises revival hopes for London's Oxford Street
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» LONDON - British music retailer HMV returned to the iconic site of its former flagship store in central London on Friday, in a much-needed boost to the flagging fortunes of the capital's premier shopping street.
Four charged with theft of gold toilet from English stately home
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» LONDON - Four men are facing charges in relation to the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet that was stolen from an English country house, prosecutors said on Monday.
Fed likely to pause rate hikes, raise growth forecast
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Analysts expect the United States Federal Reserve to pause interest rate hikes on Wednesday as the central bank looks to tame inflation while avoiding a recession, despite a recent energy-fueled rise in consumer prices.
Fitch downgrades US credit rating after debt limit standoffs
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Fitch downgraded the United States' top-notch credit rating by a step on Tuesday, citing a growing federal debt burden and an "erosion of governance" that has manifested in debt limit standoffs.
Influencers overtaking journalists as news source
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» PARIS: TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute.
Islamic scholar acquitted in Swiss rape trial
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» GENEVA: A Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape and sexual coercion, finding no evidence against the former Oxford University professor.
Martin Amis, a second-generation literary lion
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» PARIS - One of the burdens of having a famous father is trying to measure up to him in the same field.
Liverpool stages Eurovision final for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 14/05/2023
» LIVERPOOL - The Eurovision grand final kicked off Saturday in Liverpool, as the British city hosts the eccentric much-loved song contest on behalf of war-torn Ukraine under the banner "united by music".