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Prince Harry and Meghan's deal with Spotify to end
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The multi-million-dollar deal that a media group run by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle has had with streaming giant Spotify is ending by mutual agreement, the two parties said Thursday.
Speed demons: the 'uriko' beer vendors of Japanese baseball
AFP, Published on 13/06/2023
» TOKYO - In between chanting fans at Japan's Tokyo Dome baseball stadium race an army of women in fluorescent uniforms carrying unwieldy backpacks with attached spray-guns.
Re-imagining rice amid climate threats
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/06/2023
» Rice is in trouble as Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there's not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water. As the sea intrudes, salt ruins the crop. As nights warm, yields go down.
The loneliness of one of Albania's last sworn virgins
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» LEPUSHE (ALBANIA) - For decades, Gjystina Grishaj chopped wood, drove tractors and tended livestock as the man of the house in a remote valley in northern Albania, only to find herself alone after years of sacrifice supporting her family.
PGA Tour and LIV Golf merge to end golf's 'civil war'
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» MIAMI - The PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced on Tuesday that they have merged their commercial operations with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and ended all litigation, bringing to a close the sport's bitter two-year rift.
PGA Tour and LIV Golf merge to end golf's 'civil war'
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» MIAMI - The PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced on Tuesday that they have merged their commercial operations with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and ended all litigation, bringing to a close the sport's two-year rift.
Nationalist Israelis plan new Jewish temple on Al-Aqsa site
AFP, Published on 05/06/2023
» JERUSALEM: With imported sacrificial cows, ancient hymns and growing support, some nationalist Jews hope to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem's Old City, at a site at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
China's Xi Jinping hails 'uninterrupted' cultural continuity for powering nation's rise
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/06/2023
» China's unique development path is rooted in the historical continuity of its culture, President Xi Jinping told a cultural symposium in Beijing, in his latest effort to defend the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party.
Life and death on the Dnieper River
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» The thunder of artillery echoes night and day over the mighty Dnieper River as it winds its way through southern Ukraine. With Russian and Ukrainian forces squared off on opposite banks, fighters have replaced fishermen, surveillance drones circle overhead and mines line the marshy embankments.
Le Mans - 100 years of man and machine, and midnight oil
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» PARIS - The Le Mans 24 Hours celebrates its centenary on Friday - the mythic race's history marked by triumph and tragedy, and a hefty sprinkling of Hollywood stardust.