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Smiley, dimpled sphinx unearthed in Egypt
AFP, Published on 07/03/2023
» CAIRO: Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue "with a smiley face and two dimples" near the Hathor Temple, one of the country's best preserved ancient sites, the tourism and antiquities ministry announced.
Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HANOI - As China gears up to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Lunar New Year looks slightly different in Vietnam, where the Year of the Cat is about to begin.
Tutankhamun: Egyptians bid to reclaim their history
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» QURNA (EGYPT) - It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in 1922 as an Egyptian member of his team crouches nearby shrouded in shadow.
Pattinson suits up for macabre new 'Batman'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Robert Pattinson had never been interested in playing a superhero -- until Ben Affleck quit his role as Batman, leaving the famous cape unexpectedly up for grabs.
G7 fingers Iran in deadly tanker attack; US releases 'evidence'
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - G7 foreign ministers said Friday that Iran was behind the deadly July 29-30 attack on a tanker, while the US military released details of the explosive drone and said it was produced in Iran.
US, UK join Israel in accusing Iran of deadly tanker attack
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» JERUSALEM - Israel's key allies the United States and Britain joined it Sunday in blaming Iran for a deadly tanker attack off Oman, despite Tehran's denials, and Washington vowed an "appropriate response".
Israel seeks UN action against Iran over deadly ship attack
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» JERUSALEM: Israel is pressing for international action against Iran over a deadly attack on a ship managed by an Israeli billionaire, branding Tehran an "exporter of terrorism" after the likely drone strike.
Two dead in attack on Israel-linked oil tanker off Oman
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» LONDON - Two crew members of an oil tanker managed by a company owned by a prominent Israeli businessman were killed in an attack off Oman, the vessel's London-based operator said Friday.
High cost to wildlife from shark nets protecting S.Africa beaches
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» UMKOMAAS (SOUTH AFRICA) - "They're basically curtains of death," said shark diver Walter Bernardis as he reached over the side of his zodiac inflatable boat to pull up a net bobbing in eastern South Africa's subtropical waters.
China's rich seek bodyguards schooled in digital dark arts
AFP, Published on 20/09/2020
» TIANJIN, China: At the "Genghis Security Academy", which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the country's newly-rich in the tech age are more likely to emerge from a hacker than a gunman.