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Pets, pedis and peppermints: When the diva is a donkey
AFP, Published on 22/12/2025
» NEW YORK - Traffic stops and hallways clear as the diva arrives, her attendants escorting her backstage ahead of her rendition of the role she's perfected over years of delighting audiences.
Ghostly lunar sunsets shot by private lander
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the mystery of a strange haze first observed on the Moon in the 1960s.
In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon
AFP, Published on 02/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone -- and the first to do so upright.
Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE — One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on Wednesday, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.
Musk slams German-funded migrant rescuers
AFP, Published on 30/09/2023
» BERLIN - Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday waded into German politics at a time of a heated debate on immigration in Europe, saying Berlin-funded migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean could be seen as an "invasion" of Italy.
Priscilla Presley: biopic 'amazing but difficult to watch'
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» VENICE - Priscilla Presley, whose romance with Elvis began when she was 14, said Monday it was "difficult to watch" the new movie about their marriage.
Woody Allen and Elvis's wife come to Venice
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» VENICE - After a critical mauling for Roman Polanski, another blacklisted director, Woody Allen, arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Monday with his 50th film.
King Charles III saddles up for birthday parade
AFP, Published on 17/06/2023
» LONDON: King Charles III will take part in his annual birthday parade on horseback Saturday, the first time the British monarch has ridden at the event since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1986.
UN: Another deadly quarter for Mediterranean migrants
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» GENEVA: January to March 2023 was the deadliest first quarter for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean since 2017, the United Nations said Wednesday, with 441 lives lost attempting to reach Europe.
Brazil seeks to fight police violence with body cams
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Seeking to curb chronic police violence, Rio de Janeiro plans to start using officer body cams, a measure that has shown promising results elsewhere in Brazil but that experts say won't be a panacea.