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End of an era as Netflix faces stagnation challenges
AFP, Published on 21/04/2022
» NEW YORK - Having lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade, Netflix faces the new challenge of stagnation from a position of strength.
'Talibanned': From kite-running to breakdancing, Afghan pastimes again under threat
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» KABUL - The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule -- including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music.
Day of the Dead 'skeleton' Barbie splits opinion in Mexico
AFP, Published on 27/10/2020
» MEXICO CITY - She's been a princess, a president, a Marine Corps sergeant, an astronaut and a Star Wars stormtrooper. In Mexico for the Day of the Dead festival, Barbie is even a skeleton.
Oscars red carpet: Soft pink, basic black and some big statements
AFP, Published on 10/02/2020
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - Oscars night is the most glamorous in Hollywood, and the best in showbiz did not disappoint with their sartorial choices on Sunday.
Female frontliners upend Hong Kong gender stereotypes
AFP, Published on 10/12/2019
» HONG KONG - Chris Wong has transformed from a quiet student who used to blush when friends swore into one of the thousands of female frontliners battling police in Hong Kong's democracy protests.
Bloomberg flirts with White House bid in challenge to Biden
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» CONCORD (UNITED STATES) - Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg was positioning himself Friday to enter the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up a potential showdown with fellow septuagenarian Joe Biden as the leading centrist candidate.
Memes, cartoons and caustic Cantonese: the language of Hong Kong's protests
AFP, Published on 24/06/2019
» HONG KONG - Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush -- Hong Kongers have displayed a characteristically riotous embrace of satire during their huge anti-government protests.
'Fire is still there,' says paralysed cycling great Vogel
AFP, Published on 25/02/2019
» MONACO - German track cycling great Kristina Vogel told AFP that despite being paralysed she will still feel her passion for the sport burning when she commentates on this week's world championships in Poland.
For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour: study
AFP, Published on 30/01/2019
» PARIS - Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers.
In Brazil's hard-right leader, Trump finds kindred spirit
AFP, Published on 30/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - Brazil's election of the hard-right Jair Bolsonaro gives Donald Trump a kindred spirit, with the Americas' two most populous nations to be ruled by brash presidents in tune on issues from climate change to Israel.