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Rio to kick off Carnival parade with ode to Lula in election year
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - Rio de Janeiro on Sunday kicks off three days of dazzling carnival parades with a tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the opposition has criticized as early election campaigning ahead of October polls.
Extravagant opera costumes up for auction
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» GENEVA - Sandra Delpierre’s fingers linger on a long blue and white fur coat and graze a pair of angel wings as she winds past thousands of colourful costumes used in opera performances.
'Hobbit houses' that might just save a Moldovan village
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» ROGOJENI — They call Rogojeni the "hobbit village", and its little half-buried houses, built to resist Moldova's cold winters and hot summers, do look like something from "The Lord of the Rings".
Egypt opens grand museum in lavish, pharaonic ceremony
AFP, Published on 02/11/2025
» CAIRO - Egypt at last opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday as performers dressed in white tunics embroidered with designs inspired by ancient frescoes, greeted guests.
US appeals court says Trump can deploy soldiers in Portland
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon's governor.
‘Showgirl’ era begins on Friday
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» NEW YORK - Swifties, the wait is nearly over.
'Call of Duty' to fire starting gun at Gamescom trade show
AFP, Published on 19/08/2025
» COLOGNE,Germany - Mega-selling first-person shooter franchise "Call of Duty" will blow open the Gamescom video games trade fair Tuesday, headlining a wave of new releases as the industry weathers a rough patch.
Berlin bathers demand lifting of swimming ban in Spree river
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» BERLIN - Hundreds of Berliners gathered to take a dip in the Spree river Tuesday to protest a 100-year-old ban on swimming in the city's main waterway.
Glamour and gripes in Venice ahead of Bezos wedding
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» VENICE - Celebrities in superyachts are sailing into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the Unesco-listed city is no billionaires’ playground.
Afro-Brazilian carnival celebrates cultural kinship in Lagos
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» LAGOS - Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil's Rio Carnival to the streets of Lagos in Nigeria.