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List of key Golden Globe winners
AFP, Published on 12/01/2026
» BEVERLY HILLS, California - Here are the winners in key categories for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, which were handed out on Sunday.
Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» CHIBAYISH (IRAQ) - Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd of water buffaloes.
Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake kills 162
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» CIANJUR, Indonesia: Rescuers searched on Tuesday for survivors buried under rubble after a strong earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in collapsed buildings.
Academy unearths long-lost 'race films' in Black cinema exhibit
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Long before Denzel Washington, Spike Lee or even Sidney Poitier, generations of pioneering and revolutionary Black US filmmakers played a key role in shaping early American cinema and dispelling pejorative stereotypes, a major new Hollywood exhibition argues.
India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» NEW DELHI - India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to pay more.
'Father of Pakistan's bomb' A.Q. Khan dies at 85
AFP, Published on 10/10/2021
» ISLAMABAD - Abdul Qadeer Khan, celebrated as the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme but accused of smuggling technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, has died at 85, authorities said Sunday.
After catastrophic year, Bollywood hopes for a 2021 comeback
AFP, Published on 24/12/2020
» BANGALORE (INDIA) - The dancers stopped strutting on Bollywood film sets this year as the Indian film industry struggled to find any spring in its step during a disastrous 2020.
Coronavirus spreads fear and racism worldwide
AFP, Published on 04/02/2020
» SYDNEY - As the deadly coronavirus has spread worldwide, it has carried with it xenophobia -- and Asian communities around the world are finding themselves subject to suspicion and fear.