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Trump-hosted Kennedy Centre awards gala ratings plummet
AFP, Published on 01/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — Donald Trump joked about quitting as United States president if his hosting of the annual Kennedy Centre awards went well.
Russia jails teen musician over anti-war street songs for third time
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - A Russian court on Tuesday sent an 18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs to jail for a third time as the Kremlin mounts a no-limits crackdown on any signs of dissent or opposition.
Dutch police say fatalities in Rotterdam hospital shooting
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» THE HAGUE - A 32-year-old gunman dressed in combat gear opened fire in a hospital in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing and wounding an unknown number of people and setting the facility ablaze.
Beloved US game show legend Bob Barker dies aged 99
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The charismatic host of one of the most popular US television game shows in history, "The Price Is Right's" Bob Barker, has passed away aged 99, his publicist confirmed Saturday.
Born in New York's Bronx before dominating the globe, hip hop turns 50
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» NEW YORK - A genre, a culture and a lifestyle all at once: hip hop has traveled from the block party to the billionaire's club, soundtracked protest and celebration, and asserted seismic influence over the course of pop.
KondZilla, the entrepreneur of Brazilian favela funk
AFP, Published on 06/05/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO: They say everything he touches turns to gold: KondZilla, the man behind the most popular YouTube channel in Latin America, has revolutionised Brazilian funk music, taking favela beats to a massive online audience.
Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» MOSCOW: Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who was jailed for more than eight years on Friday for criticising Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, is the latest in a long line of Kremlin critics slapped with heavy jail terms.
Hip-hop dream thrives in India's largest slum
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» MUMBAI - After India's largest slum defeated the pandemic, some of its young residents pulled out their phones to write, shoot and release a triumphant rap video.
'Godfather' of Tibetan rap spits karmic rhymes
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» LHASA - In his tracksuit, silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma.
How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth technology its name
AFP, Published on 03/03/2021
» STOCKHOLM: One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker "Bluetooth" over beers.