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China's Buddha artisans carve out a living from dying trade
AFP, Published on 19/01/2026
» SUZHOU, China - In a dimly lit workshop in eastern China, craftsman Zhang measured and shaped a block of wood into a foot as dozens of half-completed life-sized Buddha statues looked on silently.
AI's impact on jobs, tech's touchy topic
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» NEW YORK — "Stop Hiring Humans" read a provocative sign at an artificial intelligence (AI )conference in Las Vegas, where the impact of new artificial intelligence models on the world of work had sparked some unease.
True blue tradition: how Japan's coveted jeans are made
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» KOJIMA-AJINO (JAPAN) - Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs.
Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade.
'Tombstone' hats remind dervishes of mortality
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» KONYA, Turkey - The tall light brown hats worn by whirling dervishes are as intriguing as the elliptical dance performed in honour of the Sufi poet and mystic Rumi.
Japan's Indigenous peoples fight stigma to reclaim identities
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» BIRATORI/NAHA (JAPAN) - In a forest in northern Japan's Hokkaido, Atsushi Monbetsu kneels on the moss in the thick morning fog and begins to pray in a language that has nearly disappeared.
Tuareg festival revives tourism dreams in Niger
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» IFEROUANE, Niger: Dishes of spit-roasted lamb were served and the sound of electric guitars echoed across the pink Saharan dunes towards the Air Mountains.
French baguettes get Unesco heritage status
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» PARIS: The French baguette -- "250 grams of magic and perfection," in the words of President Emmanuel Macron, and one of the abiding symbols of the nation -- was given UNESCO heritage status on Wednesday.
Veteran French designer Philippe Starck now looks to space
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» PARIS - Philippe Starck, the prolific French architect and designer who has made everything from lemon juicers to wind turbines, shows no sign of slowing down and is increasingly turning his eye to space.
In Amazon, indigenous Brazilians vote by boat
AFP, Published on 03/10/2022
» MANAUS (BRAZIL) - In beaded headbands, a group of indigenous Brazilians is boating across a tributary of the Amazon river, flashing the same hand sign on their way to vote: "L" for Lula.