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Irish octogenarian enjoys new lease on life making harps
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» STRABANE, Northern Ireland - “It’s never too late to start a new hobby,” says 89-year-old Irish harp-maker Noel Anderson, one of only a few making the intricate instrument, a national symbol of Ireland.
'Tombstone' hats remind dervishes of mortality
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» KONYA, Turkey - The tall light brown hats worn by whirling dervishes are as intriguing as the elliptical dance performed in honour of the Sufi poet and mystic Rumi.
'A Thousand Splendid Suns' opera spotlights Afghan women
AFP, Published on 25/02/2023
» SEATTLE - Minutes before Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat entered her first Seattle Opera production meeting for an adaptation of the novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns," she learned that her hometown of Herat had fallen to the Taliban.
Jailed Belarus activist Kolesnikova in intensive care: allies
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» MOSCOW - Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who is serving a long prison term, has been admitted to intensive care in hospital, her allies said on Tuesday.
TikTok releases first album of viral hits
AFP, Published on 24/06/2022
» Some of the biggest viral hits on TikTok have been given the full orchestral treatment and will get a traditional release on CD and vinyl this summer, the platform announced on Friday.
'Straight to your soul': Japan's taiko reinvents drum tradition
AFP, Published on 20/05/2022
» SADO: In a hall on Japan's Sado island, 71-year-old Yoshikazu Fujimoto strikes the imposing drum mounted before him, producing a boom so powerful that it reverberates through the floorboards.
Eurovision: Wolves, witches and rapping Ukrainians
AFP, Published on 14/05/2022
» TURIN, Italy: Will it be Norway's banana-eating wolves, France's coven of witches or Britain's space man?
Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» MOSCOW: A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky to 18 years in prison after he galvanised an unprecedented protest movement against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko last year, state media said.
Under Taliban, Kabul's drug addicts forced into withdrawal
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» KABUL - With shaved heads, oversized tunics and the terrified gaze of the hunted, the drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful withdrawal.
Minister moots musical toots for noisy Indian roads
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» NEW DELHI - India's transport minister is mulling a law that would seek to replace the country's constant car-horn cacophony with the sound of music.