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Gaming fans bring electric energy to Rotterdam as TwitchCon arrives
AFP, Published on 02/06/2025
» ROTTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) - A few metro stops from Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena, chatter is already flowing among gaming fans -- TwitchCon passes swinging from their necks, animal ears perched on their heads.
School's out forever in ageing Japan
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» NAMEGATA (JAPAN) - Fading photos of smiling children still adorn the staircase walls at the Ashigakubo primary school, one of thousands that have shut in ageing Japan over the past 20 years.
No stars? Comic-Con returns to roots as Hollywood strikes
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» SAN DIEGO - Comic books, video games and colorful "cosplay" outfits took center stage at Comic-Con as the giant pop culture event kicked off Thursday without its usual A-list stars due to the Hollywood strike.
UK PM rivals spar over tax in first head-to-head primetime TV debate
AFP, Published on 26/07/2022
» LONDON - Britain's two prime ministerial contenders clashed fiercely over tax Monday night in their first head-to-head televised debate, as former finance minister Rishi Sunak seeks to peg back the frontrunner, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
Star Wars fans build Mandalorian spaceship in Siberia
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» YAKUTSK (RUSSIA) - Star Wars fans in Russia have built a giant replica of a spaceship from the spinoff series "The Mandalorian" and installed it in a park in one of the coldest cities on Earth.
Trashy fashion: dressing up to take the bins out in virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» SYDNEY - Staying at home all day is rubbish, so people around the world are dressing up to take the bins out and sharing photos of their outfits online to cheer up others in lockdown.
Video game warriors battle it out in Poland
AFP, Published on 04/03/2019
» KATOWICE (POLAND) - Top video game players gathered in the Polish city of Katowice on Sunday to fight it out on the shoot-'em-up survival game Fortnite, with prize money totalling $500,000 at stake.