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Reggae icon and 'cultural giant' Jimmy Cliff dead at 81
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81.
2CV classic car meet gets show on the road
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» DELéMONT (SWITZERLAND): Around 5,000 Citroen 2CVs from across the globe are tootling into the Swiss countryside this week for a mass gathering celebrating the instantly recognisable French classic car.
Forty years on, Bob Marley's rich legacy thrives
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» KINGSTON (JAMAICA) - It's been four decades since Bob Marley's death, a period longer than the reggae icon's brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Galaxy of African stars hold virtual coronavirus concert
AFP, Published on 26/05/2020
» ABIDJAN - Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour and Grammy-winner Angelique Kidjo were among a galaxy of African talent brought together for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the coronavirus pandemic.
MEPs hold crunch vote for European Parliament leader
AFP, Published on 03/07/2019
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - The European Parliament voted Wednesday to choose a new president and fill the final top EU job, a day after Brussels named two women to key posts for the first time.
Canada says second citizen 'missing' in China
AFP, Published on 13/12/2018
» BEIJING - A second Canadian citizen who has been questioned by authorities in China is "presently missing", Canadian officials said Thursday, adding to tensions following the arrest of a top Chinese telecom executive on a US request in Vancouver.
Unesco adds reggae music to global cultural heritage list
AFP, Published on 29/11/2018
» PORT LOUIS, Mauritius: Reggae music, whose calm, lilting grooves found international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday won a spot on the United Nations' list of global cultural treasures.
Russia diplomats, families, leave US embassy
AFP, Published on 01/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - Russian diplomats expelled by the US after a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain began to leave their embassy in Washington Saturday afternoon, waved off by well-wishers.