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UK police search property as royals reel from Andrew’s arrest
AFP, Published on 20/02/2026
» SANDRINGHAM, England - Police on Friday were searching the former home of ex-prince Andrew for a second day, as his sensational arrest tipped the British monarchy into a crisis unprecedented in its modern era.
After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photos
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» VALENCIA (SPAIN) - Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain.
Charlie Kirk's killing: what we know
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» OREM — Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during an event in the western US state of Utah. More than 30 hours later Thursday, authorities had failed to locate the gunman.
Epstein birthday book renews pressure on Trump, other former pals
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - A decades-old book of cheerful, often lewd birthday messages has set off a political bomb in Washington -- helping bring down the British ambassador and inflaming the most perilous scandal of Donald Trump's presidency.
'Female power': Japan erotic art destigmatised in new exhibit
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» TOKYO — Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from male-centred porn.
Dutch museum rolls out 200-year-old condom
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on Tuesday placed on display a rare condom from around 1830, featuring an erotic print of a nun and three clergymen in provocative poses.
Tanking Alibaba drags Hong Kong as markets rally fades
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong led losses in Asian stock markets on Friday as Alibaba was hammered after saying it would cancel the planned spinoff of its cloud computing arm.
'Working on the rubble': Artist paints on quake-hit Turkey city
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» ISTANBUL - Artist Saype, known for his murals around the world, unveiled on Friday a piece painted on rubble in the southern Turkish city Antakya, devastated by February's deadly quake.
Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St gains
AFP, Published on 29/09/2023
» HONG KONG - Most Asian markets followed Wall Street higher Friday as a drop in oil prices and US Treasury yields provided some much-needed respite from speculation the Federal Reserve will push interest rates even higher.
Austria celebrates last surviving shock ‘actionist’ artist
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» VIENNA - Several shows are recognising Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Vienna's famed "actionists", who turned 85 this week and whose radical movement broke new ground using the body to make art.