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Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo dead at 51
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» NEW YORK - Grammy-winning musician D’Angelo has died at the age of 51 after “a prolonged and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer,” his family told US media on Tuesday.
Cooking with love: recipe book honors Mexico's missing
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» IRAPUATO (MEXICO) - When Yadira Martinez makes her son's favorite dish it feels like he is back home, so she and other mothers decided to share recipes in a cookbook dedicated to their missing children.
Singer Tony Bennett dies at 96
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» NEW YORK: Tony Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades, died on Friday in New York. He was 96.
Lula hosts South American leaders' summit in Brazil
AFP, Published on 30/05/2023
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting his fellow South American leaders Tuesday for a "retreat" aimed at strengthening ties in a region where left-wing governments are newly back in style.
To strengthen ties, ancient Maya gifted neighbors a spider monkey
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - Seventeen hundred years ago, a female spider monkey was presented as a treasured gift -- and later brutally sacrificed -- to strengthen ties between two major powers of pre-Hispanic America, according to a new study.
Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift lead MTV Video Music Awards
AFP, Published on 29/08/2022
» NEW YORK: Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton artist who's among the world's biggest stars, scored MTV's artist of the year award Sunday at the annual Video Music Awards.
British firm acquires entire catalog of folk icon Leonard Cohen
AFP, Published on 07/03/2022
» MONTREA: British song management firm Hipgnosis said Sunday it has acquired the entire catalog of famed Canadian singer-poet Leonard Cohen, in the latest big catalog purchase to hit the music world.
Bob Dylan sold entire recording catalog to Sony
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» NEW YORK - Bob Dylan sold his entire back catalog of recorded music along with "the rights to multiple future new releases" to Sony Music Entertainment, the company announced Monday, the latest high-profile deal of the recent music rights purchasing rush.
Bowie estate sells songwriting rights to Warner
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» NEW YORK - David Bowie's estate has sold the publishing rights to his "entire body of work" to Warner Chappell Music, the company said Monday, the latest massive deal in a roaring song rights purchasing boom.
Pair win Nobel for unlocking mystery of sensing temperature, touch
AFP, Published on 04/10/2021
» STOCKHOLM - US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.