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Bangladesh sari weaving tradition hangs by a thread
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» TANGAIL — Bangladesh's Tangail sari is fighting for survival as weavers warn that automation and economic pressures are pushing the centuries-old craft to the brink despite its global acclaim.
Texas tests party fault lines as US midterms begin
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» HOUSTON - A bruising Texas Republican primary is advancing to a runoff vote, laying bare the struggle for control of US President Donald Trump's party as the 2026 midterms began on Tuesday, while Democrats sparred over their own direction.
Robert Duvall: understated actor's actor, dead at 95
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Robert Duvall, a prolific, Oscar-winning actor who shunned glitz and won praise as one of his generation's greatest and most versatile artists, has died at age 95.
Arsenal seek fun factor as Frank searches for home comforts
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» LONDON — Arsenal travel to Leeds on Saturday desperate to prevent a Premier League wobble becoming something more serious as Manchester City and Aston Villa wait to pounce.
Fletcher asked for Ferguson's advice before taking Man Utd interim role
AFP, Published on 07/01/2026
» LONDON - Darren Fletcher revealed Tuesday he asked for former Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson's advice before accepting the role of interim head coach.
Fear of mass destruction in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa churns in
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» KINGSTON (JAMAICA) - Brutal winds and heavy rains lashed Jamaica on Monday ahead of Hurricane Melissa unleashing what the prime minister warned could be a massively destructive storm -- the island's most violent on record.
Swedish church rolls into new home after two-day journey
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» KIRUNA, Sweden - A landmark Swedish church in the Arctic arrived Wednesday at its new home after a two-day move across the town of Kiruna to allow Europe’s biggest underground mine to expand.
'Emilia Perez' tops Oscar nominations in fire-hit Hollywood
AFP, Published on 23/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Transgender cartel musical "Emilia Perez" topped this year's Oscar nominations, earning 13 nods in an announcement on Thursday postponed by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
French court convicts six teens for role in beheading of teacher
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» PARIS - A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their role in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by a radicalised Islamist near Paris, in a case that horrified the country.
Six pupils go on trial over 2020 murder of French schoolteacher
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» PARIS: Six teenagers go on trial in Paris on Monday for their role in the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, the first of two trials in a case that horrified France.