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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.
Kardashian robbery defendants ask for forgiveness
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» PARIS - Defendants accused of stealing $10 million in jewellery from reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 asked for forgiveness Friday as the court prepared to deliver its verdict.
Thai athlete, 105, unrivalled but not lonely at World Masters Games
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» TAIPEI — Sawang Janpram is in a league of his own at the World Masters Games in Taiwan -- at 105 he is the oldest competitor and the only person in his age group.
French prosecutors urge 10-year terms for Kardashian robbers
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» PARIS - Prosecutors on Wednesday urged a French court to hand 10-year prison terms to the four men accused of robbing American superstar Kim Kardashian of some $10 million worth of jewellery at a Paris hotel.
Veteran remembers joy of WWII end, 80 years on
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» HARLOW, England - Centenarian Dorothea Barron recalled the wave of relief she felt when she heard World War II had finally come to an end.
'Grandpa robbers' go on trial for Kardashian heist in Paris
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» PARIS - A group of suspects nicknamed the "grandpa robbers" goes on trial at the end of April, charged with stealing jewellery worth millions from US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016.
‘I’m alive’: Russian Kursk evacuees reunite with families
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» RUSSIA - Russian pensioner Olga Shkuratova trembled, clutching a scrap of paper bearing a handwritten phone number for her son.
Gene Hackman 'likely dead nine days when found'
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» SANTA FE — Hollywood legend Gene Hackman had likely been dead for over a week when he and his wife were found lifeless in their New Mexico home, the local sheriff said Friday.
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - Henry Kissinger, the former United States secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday at the age of 100, his consulting firm said.