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Iron curtain falls on Hong Kong cinema as censors demand cuts
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Once renowned for world-class cinema, Hong Kong's film industry was already struggling before the latest hurdle -- Chinese mainland-style censorship as authorities take their purge of dissent into the cultural sphere.
Brazil freezes Rio's accounts over unpaid debt
AFP, Published on 08/11/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government froze Rio de Janeiro state's bank accounts Monday, ordering the struggling state to pay up on $53 million in overdue debt.
Kill the criminals! Duterte's vote-winning vow in Philippines
AFP, Published on 16/03/2016
» LINGAYEN, PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte curses the pope's mother and jokes about his own infidelities, but many voters in the Philippines want to elect him president so he can honour a campaign pledge to kill thousands of criminals.
Climate: No 'Plan B' for oceans, says study
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» PARIS - Technology to drain heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global warming, but will not reverse climate damage to the ocean on any meaningful timescale, according to research published Monday.
Breaking bad: Vietnam's female rap stars
AFP, Published on 24/03/2014
» In a land of simpering karaoke stars, Vietnam's first female rappers are foul-mouthed queens of the lyrical underground -- battling government censorship and rampant piracy to spit flow and make dough.
Berlin film fest wraps up with big wins for Asian cinema
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» The 64th Berlin film festival wrapped up Sunday after a resounding triumph for Asian cinema at its gala awards ceremony, including the Golden Bear top prize for a Chinese noir mystery.
From Handel to a rubber duck, Sydney Festival aims to please
AFP, Published on 20/01/2013
» When Georg Friedrich Handel composed Semele in the 1740s, he could never have imagined it would be performed by opera singers in outrageous catwalk couture, including towering boots and sequinned kilts.
Brazil grew a paltry 0.6 percent in third quarter
AFP, Published on 30/11/2012
» The Brazilian economy grew a paltry 0.6 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared with the previous three months, signaling a weaker than anticipated recovery, the Brazilian statistics office said Friday.
OECD predicts sharp slowdown in world economy
AFP, Published on 27/11/2012
» Global growth is set for a sharp slowdown next year and the eurozone debt crisis "remains the greatest threat to the world economy at present," the OECD warned on Tuesday.
Sunset isle Santorini tries to ignore Greek debt crisis
AFP, Published on 03/05/2012
» Twenty euros ($26) for a pair of flip-flops, 10 euros for a five-minute taxi ride and store prices that send even locals to Athens. Welcome to Santorini, the island that forgot Greece's economic crisis.