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'Aussiewood' courts Hollywood as Trump film tariffs loom
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia still wants to make "great films" with the United States, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Tuesday, as new tariffs threaten the home of Hollywood hits like The Matrix, Elvis and Crocodile Dundee.
Crash landing on us! Swiss village reels from Netflix fame
AFP, Published on 09/06/2023
» ISELTWALD (SWITZERLAND) - "It's a dream come true," said Filipina tourist Isabel Palijon, staring in wonder at a wooden pier framed by the turquoise waters of a Swiss lake and the towering Alps behind.
Conflict tourism: Kashmir hottest new destination for Indians
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» SRINAGAR (INDIA) - Standing on a fortified Kashmir street, an Indian tourist poses triumphantly for her husband's camera, clutching the national flag in each hand and flanked by two soldiers carrying rifles.
S.Africa seeks clues after 21 teens die in packed bar
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» EAST LONDON, South Africa: South African police were on Monday combing a township tavern where 21 teenagers mysteriously died as survivors described a battle to escape the jam-packed premises and one reported a suffocating smell.
21 teenagers die in mysterious circumstances in S. African tavern
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» EAST LONDON, South Africa: At least 21 teenagers, the youngest possibly just 13, died at the weekend after a night out at a township tavern in South Africa, in a tragedy whose cause remains unclear.
A paw-some day trip: dogs ride Japan bullet train
AFP, Published on 22/05/2022
» KARUIZAWA (JAPAN) - On Japan's bullet trains, dogs usually have to travel in a carrier, but on Saturday they could stretch their paws and enjoy the scenery on a special pet-friendly express.
Chainsaws, ice and a sauna in India's frozen north
AFP, Published on 16/02/2022
» CHILLING (INDIA) - High in the barren Indian Himalayas, artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river creating what they hope will be the beginnings of India's answer to China's Harbin International Ice Festival.
'Get ready to be kicked out,' Bali warns New Year Covid violators
AFP, Published on 30/12/2021
» Foreign revellers on Indonesia's resort island of Bali have been warned they may be deported if they are caught violating Covid-19 health rules during New Year celebrations, authorities warned on Thursday.
Evergrande looks to restructure, sets up risk committee
AFP, Published on 07/12/2021
» BEIJING - Embattled property giant Evergrande is planning what could become China's biggest ever debt restructuring, wrapping in all its offshore obligations, reports said, as it established a risk committee before looming payment deadlines.
Libya welcomes back tourists after years of war
AFP, Published on 29/10/2021
» GHADAMES (LIBYA) - Libya has hosted its first group of foreign tourists in a decade, with an excursion to an oasis town deep in the desert previously off-limits to visitors due to years of war.