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Hilary Mantel: bringing ghosts to life
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» LONDON: Hilary Mantel, whose death was announced on Friday, communed with ghosts throughout her life: the ghosts from history that stalked her fiction, the ghosts of her Irish Catholic ancestors and the ghosts of her unborn children.
Streaming giant shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.
Hong Kongers rush to learn new skills ahead of life abroad
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» HONG KONG: Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes -- acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad.
Traditional beauty pageant battles to keep pace in modern Ireland
AFP, Published on 26/08/2022
» TRALEE: As the Rose of Tralee beauty pageant concluded this week, the contestants in colourful ball gowns and silk sashes swayed as they sang the 19th-century ballad that inspired the competition.
Myanmar grandfather on mission to revive juggling art
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» YANGON: Han Myint Mo kicks up a gold-coloured metal ball, pirouettes and catches it on the blade of a knife held in her teeth -- keeping up a Myanmar juggling tradition on the edge of extinction.
Amazon tribe go behind the camera in Nat Geo film 'The Territory'
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.
'Das Boot' director Wolfgang Petersen dead at 81
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - German director Wolfgang Petersen, who achieved international fame with films "Das Boot," "Outbreak" and "Air Force One," has died from pancreatic cancer, a spokeswoman said. He was 81.
Raymond Briggs, author of UK Christmas classic 'The Snowman', dies aged 88
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» LONDON: British cartoonist and illustrator Raymond Briggs, whose creation "The Snowman" became a Christmas staple for generations of children, has died aged 88, his publisher Penguin Random House said Wednesday.
Elton John and Britney Spears to collaborate on new song
Life, AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» Princess of pop Britney Spears will join forces with music maestro Elton John on a new single, the record company releasing the track said on Monday.
Will Smith posts emotional new apology for Oscars slap
AFP, Published on 30/07/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Actor Will Smith has posted an emotional new apology for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars earlier this year, revealing in a lengthy video clip that he has reached out to the comedian who was not yet "ready to talk."