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DNA confirms man is Sitting Bull's great-grandson
AFP, Published on 28/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - A man's claim to be the great-grandson of Sitting Bull has been confirmed using DNA taken from the Native American leader's scalp lock -- billed as the first time genetic evidence has corroborated a family relationship between a historic figure and a living descendant.
Remembering Bruce Gaston
Life, Published on 20/10/2021
» There are many people who claim to personify the "origin story" of contemporary music in Thailand, but when the actual history is finally written it will be shown that it was a group of three people working together in the 1970s who laid the groundwork for everything that was to come. A paper in Hong Kong called this group "The Holy Trinity".
Aristocrats flock to Russia for rare royal wedding
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» SAINT PETERSBURG: Russia on Friday held its first royal wedding since the 1917 Bolshevik revolution toppled the Romanov monarchy, with aristocrats travelling from across Europe for the lavish ceremony.
At top Confederate general's home near Washington, enslaved voices elevated
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» ARLINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Statues of Robert E. Lee have been toppled as the United States grapples with its racist past but on a hill overlooking the nation's capital, the top Confederate general's house has been totally revamped.
The contenders to become Malaysia’s next prime minister
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/08/2021
» The race to become Malaysia’s next prime minister has started after Muhyiddin Yassin stepped down on Monday, with 220 members of parliament seeking to find someone who can form a stable government after more than a year of discord.
Carrying on the legacy of Coca
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 17/07/2021
» Some people may think success in a family business is a bit like being handed a title on a silver platter, but it wasn't so for Natalie Phanphensophon, chief operating officer of Coca Holding International Co, a pioneer in the sukiyaki restaurant business in Thailand.
Libyan capital's neglected Old City gets facelift
AFP, Published on 15/04/2021
» TRIPOLI - In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring former glory to architectural treasures neglected under ex-dictator Moamer Kadhafi and in the decade since.
Prince Philip dies at 99
Published on 09/04/2021
» LONDON: Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of England, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
Can Italy's Dante get justice, 700 years after his death?
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» FLORENCE: Dante's "Divine Comedy," considered one of the world's greatest literary works, came to light after a miscarriage of justice which Italian legal experts now want to correct -- some seven centuries on.
Footballer's 'racism' ban: an attack on a culture?
AFP, Published on 15/01/2021
» MONTEVIDEO: "Touch one Uruguayan, touch us all," grumbles Silvina Rosas as she adorns wine bottles with labels bearing the controversial phrase "Gracias Negrito".