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France's Sarkozy says prison a 'nightmare' as prosecutors seek his release
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
Last stop: Paris waves goodbye to cardboard Metro tickets
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» PARIS - The Paris Metro is phasing out cardboard tickets after 120 years, taking the capital's urban transit into a contactless future but leaving behind nostalgic fans who will miss the humble rectangular cards.
China-backed Myanmar rebels call on junta to embrace peace talks
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» A powerful Myanmar ethnic rebel group with close ties to China called on Tuesday for the junta to engage in dialogue with anti-coup fighters to end 15 months of bloodshed.
The foreign legion of YouTubers defending China
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» BEIJING: With YouTube videos "debunking" allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western "conspiracies" against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.
Myanmar poets square off against junta's war on words
AFP, Published on 05/06/2021
» Before he was killed, Khet Thi's poems railed eloquently against Myanmar's sudden coup, joining a deluge of protest verse celebrating democracy demonstrators and defying the military's brutal war on words.
Beeple, artist at the leading edge of a delirious digital market
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» NEW YORK - Six months ago he had not sold any work -- but on Thursday one of his creations will exceed $13 million at auction. The American artist Beeple is at the vanguard of an exploding virtual market, feverishly fuelled by digital collectors.
Myanmar's Wa rebels march in show of force
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» PANGHSANG, Myanmar: It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one member of each household -- meet the United Wa State Army: Communist, reclusive, China-backed rebels determined to protect their supremacy over Myanmar's badland border zone.
Success shreds JR's Louvre illusion
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» PARIS - A whimsical collage in the courtyard of France's Louvre art museum had a short shelf life after a swarm of tourists and art lovers left it in shreds.
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre's pyramid
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» PARIS - It was once decried as an architectural "obscenity", but as the Louvre's glass pyramid turns 30 on Friday, it has become a cherished icon of the French capital.