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Canadian offices going to the dogs as work-from-home ending
AFP, Published on 09/05/2022
» OTTAWA: Daisy moseys over to greet visitors, her tail wagging. She's listed as chief morale officer on Tungsten Collaborative's website, and is among the many pets joining their owners returning to Canadian offices after working from home through the pandemic.
Josephine Baker: France's adopted Black superstar immortalised
AFP, Published on 22/11/2021
» PARIS - Josephine Baker overcame the racism that she parodied in her famous banana skirt dance to become the world's first Black female superstar.
Cheetahs in sprint to extinction as illegal cubs trade thrives
AFP, Published on 12/11/2021
» HARGEISA, Somalia: Tiny, weeks-old cheetah cubs suckled from baby bottles and purred weakly, their condition still dangerously precarious after their rescue from the Horn of Africa's illegal wildlife trade.
Dog lovers defy coronavirus fears
AFP, Published on 06/03/2020
» BIRMINGHAM: Coronavirus may have spread to dogs, but that did not stop animal lovers flocking to the opening day Thursday of the world's biggest dog show, Crufts -- although many were taking precautions.
Chinese firm creates first cloned kitten
AFP, Published on 05/09/2019
» BEIJING: Seven months after Huang Yu's pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life.
Trump, US media in open war on annual dinner date
AFP, Published on 28/04/2019
» WASHINGTON: It's meant to be the annual Washington love-in, a dinner where White House journalists and the president yuk it up in a hotel ballroom. But this Saturday, President Donald Trump stood up his dates.
Jack Ma, China's richest man, is a Communist Party member
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» BEIJING - Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world's richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China's 89-million-strong Communist Party.
Trump in Paris slams Macron's 'insulting' EU army proposals
AFP, Published on 10/11/2018
» PARIS - US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted calls by Emmanuel Macron for a European army to defend against threats from powers including the US as "very insulting", setting a combative tone for his World War I commemorative visit to Paris.
Laundry-folding washing machine: eye-catching gizmos at IFA fair
AFP, Published on 04/09/2016
» BERLIN - From curved televisions and futuristic virtual reality headsets to intelligent kitchens, Berlin's mega consumer electronics show offers a mind-boggling array of the latest in high-tech gizmos.
Ex-porn star Sunny Leone determined to take on Bollywood
AFP, Published on 22/01/2016
» MUMBAI - Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has long faced the wrath of India's social conservatives for her porn-star past, but she remains determined to carve a career in Hindi movies even as fresh controversy erupted this week.