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'Backs to the Wall' for surfing's cancer survivor Flores
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» PARIS - Jeremy Flores faced numerous challenges in the water as he carved himself a hugely successful surfing career but nothing prepared the Frenchman for the tumultuous months that followed his retirement in 2021.
UK's remote Pitcairn islanders see no Brexit bounty
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» ADAMSTOWN, Pitcairn Islands: The Pitcairn Islands, a volcanic outcrop halfway between South America and New Zealand, is the UK's only overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean and home to only 46 people.
Wreck of British explorer James Cook's Endeavour found, say researchers
AFP, Published on 03/02/2022
» SYDNEY: The wreck of Captain James Cook's famed vessel the Endeavour has been found off the coast of the US state of Rhode Island, Australian researchers announced on Thursday.
'Remarkable' giant coral reef found off Tahiti
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» PARIS: Scientists have discovered a vast reef of "pristine" rose-shaped corals apparently unharmed by climate change in deep water off the coast of Tahiti, Unesco announced Thursday.
Island-hopping: Genetics reveal how humans settled remote Pacific
AFP, Published on 23/09/2021
» PARIS - Easter Island's famous megaliths have relatives on islands thousands of miles to the north and west -- and so did the people who created them, a study said Wednesday.
Party's over: Covid-hit Hollywood cuts the award season glamour
AFP, Published on 27/02/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The weeks building up to Hollywood's awards season are usually a whirlwind of glitzy Los Angeles parties, lavish celebrity "gifting suites" and the raucous Golden Globes themselves -- but not this year.
Brazil threatens to quit WHO
AFP, Published on 06/06/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull out of the WHO over "ideological bias", as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic while Europe slowly reopens its borders.
All aboard for new sports lighting up Tokyo Olympic 2020
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» TOKYO - Modern upstarts skateboarding and surfing as well as the ancient martial art of karate are among new sports for 2020 ready to inject some street cred into Tokyo.
Rare Gauguin fetches 9.5 mn euros at Paris auction
AFP, Published on 04/12/2019
» PARIS - A rare canvas by French artist Paul Gauguin from his time in Tahiti fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in Paris on Tuesday, nearly twice its estimated value, the auction house said.
Degas and his dancers: New show demolishes myth
AFP, Published on 24/09/2019
» PARIS - It has always been assumed that Edgar Degas worked in the wings and rehearsal rooms of the Paris Opera to produce his staggering pictures of its dancers.