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Naples fetes Italy's great tenor Caruso with new museum
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» NAPLES (ITALY) - A century and a half after his birth, Italian tenor and opera legend Enrico Caruso is finally being celebrated by his hometown of Naples with a new museum.
Glue, soup and grit: the new climate activism
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» PARIS: Police in Paris on Friday used teargas against activists who attempted to block the annual shareholders meeting of the French oil giant TotalEnergies — the latest standoff involving climate campaigners.
Hanae Mori: grande dame of Japanese fashion
AFP, Published on 18/08/2022
» TOKYO - Japanese designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the Parisian haute couture world and was dubbed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature motif, has died in Tokyo aged 96, her office told AFP.
India battles raging new wave of pandemic as Europe counts 50 million cases
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus death toll soared through 200,000 on Wednesday with a wave of new cases swamping hospitals and sending desperate families off to scour the capital for oxygen and medicine as Europe's registered cases topped 50 million.
From opera to bread line: Italy's surge in the 'new poor'
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» ROME - Within 10 minutes, all the food was gone.
Sick of Italy's virus shutdown, Milan itches to get back to work
AFP, Published on 01/03/2020
» MILAN - Empty streets and subways. Shuttered museums and schools. Deserted cafes and restaurants.
UK pianist Alexis Ffrench bids to change image of classical music
AFP, Published on 24/02/2020
» LONDON - British composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench, a rising black star in the overwhelmingly white world of classical music, is on a mission "to change the narrative" that the genre is stuffy and outdated.
Flying the green flag at Milan fashion week
AFP, Published on 18/09/2019
» MILAN - The world's top designers and influencers head to Milan on Wednesday for a week of glitzy catwalk shows from global brands that have begun swapping climate-destroying luxuries for ecologically-friendly fashion.
Retired musicians enjoy 'grand finale' at Verdi home
AFP, Published on 18/03/2019
» MILAN - Nearly 120 years after Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi called it his "most beautiful work", ageing musicians still play out their days at his Casa Verdi retirement home.
Milan Fashion Week regales in green-tinted luxury
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» MILAN - Milan Fashion Week kicks off on Wednesday with cutting-edge couturiers taking over the city to present their women's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2019 collections, while doffing a collective cap to the environment.