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'End of an era': MTV pulling plug on global music channels
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video.
'Like a saviour': Japanese women fall prey to host clubs
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» TOKYO - Growing up, Mirai Kisaragi fled her abusive parents, survived homelessness and contemplated suicide. At 18, she met her "saviour" at one of Tokyo's hundreds of host clubs, where men entertain women.
Why crypto creators want to stay anonymous
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» PARIS: The two lifelong friends from Florida never sought the limelight, but then they built a multi-million-dollar empire selling digital art and people wanted to know who they were.
Heaven can wait: How the super-centenarians live
AFP, Published on 10/02/2022
» TOULON (FRANCE) - Her 118th birthday wish is "to die soon". But in the meantime, Lucile Randon, better-known as "Sister Andre", always keeps her door open for any visitor who might want to say hello.
'Be My Baby' singer Ronnie Spector dies at 78
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» NEW YORK: Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed rock 'n' roll singer behind the 1960s group the Ronettes, whose era-defining hits included the classic "Be My Baby," died Wednesday. She was 78 years old.
Chinese women's football match called off over dyed hair
AFP, Published on 08/12/2020
» SHANGHAI: A women's university football match in China descended into farce and was eventually called off after players were told that they were not allowed to have dyed hair, state media reported on Tuesday.
Neymar, Nike part ways after 15 years
AFP, Published on 30/08/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Nike said Saturday it had parted ways with Neymar, ending one of its most high-profile sponsorship deals a decade and a half after signing the star striker as a 13-year-old prodigy.
Shooting stars: TikTok's explosive and rocky ride to fame
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» MUMBAI - He's no Bollywood star, but school dropout Israil Ansari has found fast fame on TikTok with two million followers glued to his oddball dancing and rainbow hairstyles in India, the app's biggest international market.
Top of the mops: wacky hair all the rage at Rugby World Cup
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» TOKYO - With the Rugby World Cup in full flow, players have been lighting up the tournament with their power and skill -- but many are catching the eye with their outlandish hairstyles.
Resist, forgive, submit? Afghan youth on hopes for peace
AFP, Published on 17/03/2019
» KABUL - Sitting in his male beauty shop, 25-year-old Zabihullah longs for peace in Afghanistan -- but not one that would see religious police beating people in the streets for their hairstyles or outfits.