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Online platforms offer filtering to fight AI slop
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» NEW YORK - As "AI slop" floods the internet, efforts are mounting to stem an online deluge of shoddy images and videos made using increasingly advanced tech tools.
Szalay wins Booker Prize for tortured tale of masculinity
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» LONDON - British-Hungarian writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize on Monday for his novel Flesh, a tortured story of a Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune.
Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Morte Cucina shows off killer Thai cuisine at Tokyo film festival
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/10/2025
» Pen-ek Ratanaruang's new film features a protagonist on a quest for culinary retribution -- a triglyceride revenge trip that gets greasier and weirder along the way.
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' sells more Paris romantic escapism
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» PARIS — Emily is no longer the only doe-eyed American in Paris: Isabel "Belly" Conklin, lead character in global TV phenomenon "The Summer I Turned Pretty", has also moved to the French capital, burnishing its reputation for romance and escapism.
EU fines TikTok €530m over China data transfer
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» DUBLIN - TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities.
Heathrow Airport reopens but travel industry still scrambling
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2025
» LONDON - Heathrow Airport said it was “fully operational” on Saturday, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport, causing global travel chaos.
Gene Hackman ‘died days after rare virus killed wife’
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2025
» SANTA FE, New Mexico - Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s and died of heart disease and other factors days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a rare virus spread by mice, according to autopsy results released on Friday in New Mexico.
Gene Hackman 'likely dead nine days when found'
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» SANTA FE — Hollywood legend Gene Hackman had likely been dead for over a week when he and his wife were found lifeless in their New Mexico home, the local sheriff said Friday.
Oscar winner Gene Hackman and wife found dead at home
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» The two-time Oscar-winning American actor Gene Hackman and his longtime wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead inside their home in New Mexico, media outlets reported on Thursday.
Philippine bishops urged to purge Church of sex abusers
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2025
» MANILA - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a US-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the country’s bishops to take action and hold the alleged perpetrators accountable.