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Silent for 800 years, mediaeval organ sings in Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» JERUSALEM - The pipes of a mediaeval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, are once more filling a Jerusalem monastery with ancient melodies.
Finns flock to ‘shepherd weeks’ to disconnect on holiday
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» KUHMOINEN, Finland - Finnish holidaygoers are clamouring to shell out hundreds of euros to work as shepherds for a week as a vacation, seeking tranquility in nature and a chance to disconnect from their busy lives.
Millions in US sweat out first extreme heat wave of year
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» NEW YORK - A potentially life-threatening heat wave enveloped the eastern third of the United States on Monday impacting nearly 160 million people, with temperatures this week expected to reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) in the New York metropolitan area.
Discarded protest art preserves George Floyd legacy
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» MINNEAPOLIS - Kenda Zellner-Smith hauled up a corrugated metal door to reveal hundreds of wooden boards covered with graffiti, each telling a story of the protests that followed George Floyd's killing by a US police officer.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» NEW YORK — The release of the latest image generator on OpenAI's ChatGPT has triggered an online flood of memes featuring images done in the style of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio behind classic animated films like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke.
Out of Africa: Hard knocks the spur for history-making Coventry
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» COSTA NAVARINO - Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Paris business district looks to students to replace workers
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARIS - With companies cutting back on office space as working from home remains popular, Europe's biggest business district is looking to students to fill the void left by workers.
At least 22 dead in Maine shootings, gunman at large
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - At least 22 people were killed and "many, many more" were injured in shootings in the city of Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening, local officials reported, with police saying that the gunman was still at large.
Singapore to end 180 years of horse racing
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» More than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore is set to come to an end, with the city-state's only racecourse closing and being redeveloped for housing.
Ageing maestros and strong women at epic Cannes fest
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» CANNES, France: This year's Cannes Film Festival has been an epic mix of ground-breaking women's perspectives and nostalgic homages to icons of the 20th century.