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Cement maker Lafarge on trial in France on charges of funding jihadists
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» PARIS - Cement group Lafarge goes on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists protection money to build its business in war-torn Syria.
After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» CAIRO — With much pomp and circumstance, Cairo is due to inaugurate on Saturday the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, widely presented as the crowning jewel on authorities' efforts to overhaul the country's vital tourism industry.
NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» MACAU — The National Basketball Association (NBA) returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» MUMBAI - Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.
Wealth tax economist hits back at French tycoon's 'pseudo-academic' claim
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» PARIS - An economist behind a wealth tax plan embraced by the French left on Sunday urged France's richest person, Bernard Arnault, to show "respect for the truth" after the luxury goods tycoon described him as a "pseudo-academic" who wanted to "destroy the French economy".
Fashion, cinema stars hail 'love affair' with Armani
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» PARIS - Leading cinema and fashion figures on Thursday paid tribute to the genius of fashion legend Giorgio Armani, whose client list read like a who's who of Hollywood stars and royalty.
French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies aged 81: French Academy of Fine Arts
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» PARIS - French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, famed for his immense body of work depicting wildlife, landscapes and people around the world, died Friday aged 81, announced the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Admired for his investing prowess and a taste for the simple things in life rather than luxury, billionaire Warren Buffett has won public affection even as he amassed a fortune for the ages -- riches that the "Oracle of Omaha" has pledged to give away.
Warren Buffett says will retire from Berkshire Hathaway by year's end
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - Influential billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday he would retire from leading his Berkshire Hathaway business group by the end of the year and that he would recommend his chosen successor Greg Abel take over.
Can Europe's richest family turn Paris into a city of football rivals?
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» PARIS - Paris has everything — stunning architecture and arguably the best food and fashion in the world. But the French capital lacks one essential element of a modern metropolis: it has no football rivalry.