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Bad dog? Research suggests superbug link to man's best friend
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» PARIS: Antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" -- which the World Health Organization calls one of the top global threats to public health -- usually conjure images of hospital settings.
Brazil's MV Bill raps politics, pandemic in new album
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian rapper MV Bill's new album is both fresh and old-school, full of rhymes on 2021 politics and the pandemic, but also the same problems he has been chronicling in the favelas for 33 years.
Oscars red carpet: Hollywood stars ditch hoodies, PJs for glamour
AFP, Published on 26/04/2021
» HOLLYWOOD: For the past year, Hollywood's brightest stars have either been forced to wear ball gowns in their living rooms to accept awards -- or they have worn fancy pajamas. On Sunday, they hit the Oscars red carpet with flair.
The eight contenders for the best picture Oscar
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» LOS ANGELES: In a year that saw movie theaters boarded up due to Covid-19, eight new films that did reach our screens impressed Academy voters enough that they are in contention for Hollywood's biggest award -- the Oscar for best picture.
From Apu to Aladdin, why white voices will no longer do
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» PARIS: White actor Harry Shearer is stepping back from voicing the black Dr. Hibbert on "The Simpsons" after more than 30 years.
Pop phenom, tabloid target: the fight to #FreeBritney
AFP, Published on 07/02/2021
» NEW YORK: The legal agreement barring Britney Spears from managing her own life and finances is now older than the pop star was when the public met her as an effervescent 12-year-old on the Disney Channel -- and controversy over who steers her life is starting to boil.
Pandemic reveals hidden poverty in wealthy Japan
AFP, Published on 19/01/2021
» TOKYO: Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Vietnam cat cafe offers purr-fect pick-me-up for rescued felines
Life, AFP, Published on 17/08/2020
» If your idea of the purr-fect day is spending it curled up with convalescent rescue cats and a coffee, then one cafe in Vietnam has you covered.
Body of Glee star Naya Rivera recovered from US lake
Life, AFP, Published on 15/07/2020
» US officials on Monday found the body of Glee actress Naya Rivera in the California lake where she drowned last week during a boat trip with her four-year-old son.