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Pro-Western war hero sworn in as Czech president
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PRAGUE: Retired general Petr Pavel, who was sworn in as the Czech Republic's new president on Thursday, is a war hero with a pro-Western drive and a passion for motorcycles.
China censors Oscars success of history-making Chloe Zhao
AFP, Published on 26/04/2021
» BEIJING: Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from Chinese social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her remarkable achievement of becoming the first woman of colour to win the best director Oscar.
Dr. Seuss pulls six books over racist imagery
AFP, Published on 03/03/2021
» NEW YORK: They are beloved by generations of early readers for their wacky rhyming tales and mischievous plotlines, but six Dr. Seuss books are being pulled because of imagery now considered racist.
Kamala Harris's stepdaughter makes catwalk debut in New York
AFP, Published on 19/02/2021
» NEW YORK: US Vice President Kamala Harris's stepdaughter Ella Emhoff made her catwalk debut in a video released Thursday, a month after her outfit at the presidential inauguration went viral.
New book 'Melania and Me' feeds speculations about First Lady
AFP, Published on 02/09/2020
» NEW YORK: A new book released Tuesday dishes on the supposed icy relationship between Melania Trump and her stepdaughter Ivanka, fuel for gossips eager to speculate about first family rivalries.
'Terrible time' as New Zealand volcano toll climbs
AFP, Published on 12/12/2019
» WHAKATANE (NEW ZEALAND) - The official death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano disaster rose to eight Thursday, as fears of another eruption continued to frustrate efforts to recover bodies from the smouldering island.