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In a Ukrainian strip club, war is laid bare
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» KHARKIV, Ukraine - When Lisa, 20, laces into her ultra-high heels for her shift at a strip club in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, she knows that aside from dancing, she will have to comfort traumatised soldiers.
The Beatles are back, with a happier ending
AFP, Published on 14/10/2021
» The Beatles are back this northern autumn with a new book, reworked final album and much-anticipated documentary that sheds new light on their fraught final days.
R. Kelly sex crimes trial begins in New York
AFP, Published on 18/08/2021
» NEW YORK - R. Kelly's highly anticipated sex abuse trial got underway Wednesday in New York where the disgraced R&B superstar faces a slew of charges, including racketeering and sexual exploitation of a child.
Jury selection begins in R. Kelly sex abuse trial
AFP, Published on 09/08/2021
» NEW YORK - R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B superstar who faces a battery of sex abuse charges in several US states, appeared in court Monday as jury selection began in his federal New York trial.
US music fest Lollapalooza drops DaBaby over Aids comments
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US music festival Lollapalooza announced Sunday it had dropped DaBaby from its lineup after the rapper made homophobic comments and false statements about AIDS during a recent performance.
DMX, rap's explosive, tortured star, dies at 50
AFP, Published on 10/04/2021
» NEW YORK: DMX, the hardcore hip-hop star whose raw, snarling raps chronicled the struggles of the American street and his own inner pain, has died. He was 50 years old.
Megan Thee Stallion, fierce rap queen with a sizzling flow
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» NEW YORK: A social media master with a magnetic, Texas-sized personality and razor-sharp flow, Megan Thee Stallion has established herself as a leading member of rap's vanguard.
Music world set for pandemic-era Grammys after devastating year
AFP, Published on 14/03/2021
» NEW YORK: Nearly a year to the day after Covid-19 grounded tours and forced performance venues to close, the music world will celebrate its stars at the Grammys on Sunday, and try to move past a crushing 2020.
Music world to honor its best at toned down Grammys
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» NEW YORK: With a Black Lives Matter protest song and one of the year's hottest hits, Beyonce will strive Sunday to end her streak of snubs at the Grammys, as the music world attempts to turn the page on a devastating 2020.
Day after new US chart record, BTS given military service delay
Life, AFP, Published on 03/12/2020
» Trailblazing South Korean boyband BTS became the first group to have a foreign-language song enter the US Billboard chart at No.1, as parliament in Seoul cleared the way for them to delay compulsory military service.