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Tears, stars and 'soft power' at Kyiv mental health summit
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - The star contingent was high as Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska held a "summit of first ladies and gentlemen" Wednesday, focusing on the stigmatised issue of mental health in the war-torn country.
Grey area: chilling past of world's biggest brain collection
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» ODENSE (DENMARK) - Countless shelves line the walls of a basement at Denmark's University of Odense, holding what is thought to be the world's largest collection of brains.
Balenciaga breaks ties with Kanye West
AFP, Published on 22/10/2022
» PARIS - Paris-based fashion house Balenciaga has ended ties with rapper Kanye West following a recent run of controversial statements, including an outburst denounced as anti-Semitic, according to fashion news site WWD.
China's mentally ill yearn to step from the shadows
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» SHANGHAI - For years, Shanghai artist "Cracks" has kept her diagnosis of bipolar disorder hidden from all but her closest friends and family because of a Chinese cultural stigma surrounding mental illness.
Kanye West receives just 60,000 votes, hints at 2024 US presidential bid
Life, AFP, Published on 06/11/2020
» The United States was on knife's edge on Wednesday waiting for electoral results, but the fate of one candidate was clear. Entertainer Kanye West will not win the 2020 presidential race -- but still has future aspirations.
America's other candidates: From Kanye to Phil Collins (not that one)
AFP, Published on 31/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - They include Kanye West, a former child actor, a libertarian and a prohibitionist named Phil Collins.
Philadelphia curfew as anger boils over police killing of Black man
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» PHILADELPHIA - Officials in the US city of Philadelphia announced a nighttime curfew Wednesday following two nights of unrest over the latest police killing of a Black man whose family said suffered from mental health issues.
Cheesesteaks, bugs and obligatory chastity: life on the US campaign trail
AFP, Published on 19/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - Drive-in stump speeches, enforced chastity on a rapper's campaign trail, pesky critters and a Philly cheesesteak on Air Force One -- with fewer than 50 days before November 3, the run for the White House is in full swing.
Johnson & Johnson must pay $8 bn over drug side effect: jury
AFP, Published on 09/10/2019
» NEW YORK - A Pennsylvania jury ruled Tuesday that US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson must pay $8 billion in damages and interest for failing to warn that a psychiatric drug could cause breast growth in men.
After pro-Trump bravado, Kanye turns inward on album
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» NEW YORK - Kanye West succeeded in rocketing back into the headlines through his stubbornly contrarian lovefest with Donald Trump. But on a new album he offers a reminder of what made him a rap superstar -- introspection.