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Vacation buzzkill: Canadians cancel summer trips to Trump’s America
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» MONTREAL - Rosalie Cote and her parents vacationed in the US state of Maine every summer for 25 years — but this year they are staying home, incensed like many Canadians by Donald Trump’s threats of annexation and tariffs.
David Bowie archive to open to public in 2025
AFP, Published on 23/02/2023
» LONDON - A six-decade archive charting pop icon David Bowie's career will open in London in 2025, providing a "new source book for the Bowies of tomorrow", a museum director said Wednesday.
Classic rock albums turning 50
AFP, Published on 15/01/2022
» PARIS - There must have been something in the water in 1972 -- there almost certainly was for these guys.
Bowie estate sells songwriting rights to Warner
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» NEW YORK - David Bowie's estate has sold the publishing rights to his "entire body of work" to Warner Chappell Music, the company said Monday, the latest massive deal in a roaring song rights purchasing boom.
Baltimore Sun deal sets up major test for nonprofit news model
AFP, Published on 14/03/2021
» BALTIMORE - After years of staff cuts, shrinking budgets and declining readership, the Baltimore Sun finally has some good news to report about itself: a deal for a new nonprofit group to take over, and potentially revive the struggling newspaper.
Three dead in Scottish train crash
AFP, Published on 13/08/2020
» STONEHAVEN (UNITED KINGDOM) - Three people died when a passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland on Wednesday, police said, following heavy rains and severe flooding across parts of the region overnight.
Little Richard, rock's flashy founding father, dies at 87
AFP, Published on 09/05/2020
» NEW YORK - Little Richard, whose outrageous showmanship and lightning-fast rhythms intoxicated crowds in the 1950s with hits like "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally," has died. He was 87 years old.
US priest offers drive-through confessions
AFP, Published on 21/03/2020
» BOWIE, Maryland: The United States has long loved its drive-ins and drive-throughs: for movies, fast food, pharmacies and banking. Now the coronavirus pandemic has added a new one: Catholic confessions.
Top of the mops: wacky hair all the rage at Rugby World Cup
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» TOKYO - With the Rugby World Cup in full flow, players have been lighting up the tournament with their power and skill -- but many are catching the eye with their outlandish hairstyles.
Star US drummer pleads guilty to embezzling $750,000 from charity
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Robin DiMaggio, a professional drummer who once served as the musical director for the United Nations and has worked with some of music's biggest stars, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to embezzling $750,000 from a charity for homeless children.