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Second-hand clothes finally take off in Japan
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» TOKYO - A second-hand pop-up store in Tokyo by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but also a sign that a local aversion to used garments may finally be fading.
Iraq fashionistas champion climate-friendly vintage wear
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» AL-HUSSAINIYA (IRAQ) - In a palm grove north of Baghdad, bemused Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk, seeking to raise awareness of the fashion industry's environmental impact.
Late Australian cardinal's funeral sparks Sydney protests
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SYDNEY - Protesters denounced late Australian cardinal George Pell for his "bigoted" views on Thursday, as the Catholic Church remembered his "remarkable legacy" with a grand funeral mass in Sydney.
The unstoppable revenge of the mullet
AFP, Published on 05/03/2021
» PARIS: "Business in front, party in the back": a hairstyle considered so obnoxious that for years it verged on being an arrestable offence, the mullet has made the unlikeliest comeback of the century.
AK-47 rifle maker targets hipsters with 'gadget gun'
Business, AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» MOSCOW: The Kalashnikov Group, which produces the AK-47 assault rifle, is planning to target hipsters and young people with a gadget-packed shotgun.
Mali vows to investigate after army accused of deadly village attack
AFP, Published on 06/06/2020
» BAMAKO - Mali on Saturday pledged to investigate claims that the army killed dozens of civilians in its conflict-riven centre, as complaints about the military's conduct in the West African nation escalate.
Photographer McCullin's lifetime of war shown in London
AFP, Published on 04/02/2019
» LONDON - A retrospective of Don McCullin, one of Britain's greatest living photographers, opens in London on Tuesday, spanning 60 years of war zones and landscapes bursting with the same brooding intensity.
Dowdy no more: Men in suits storm back into style
AFP, Published on 20/01/2019
» PARIS - Many had thought it as good as dead, destined for a place in fashion oblivion next to plus fours.
Tourists complain French cicadas are 'too loud'
AFP, Published on 25/08/2018
» PARIS - It is the quintessential sound of the Mediterranean in summer, but for some French tourists the cicadas of Provence are just too noisy.