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India's divine designs meld with AI at Durga Puja festival
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» KOLKATA - Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate pavilions.
No pause for food delivery riders during Pakistan's monsoon
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» LAHORE — Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore's flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time.
Zuckerberg says most companies need more 'masculine energy'
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of "culturally neutered" companies that have sought to distance themselves from "masculine energy," adding that it’s good if a culture "celebrates the aggression a bit more."
Trump says if he loses, ‘the Jewish people would have a lot to do’ with it
New York Times, Published on 20/09/2024
» WASHINGTON — Former United States President Donald Trump, speaking Thursday at a campaign event centred on denouncing antisemitism in America, said "if I don't win this election," that "the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss."
'Competitive animal' Nadal back for one last hurrah
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» SYDNEY - More than two decades after bursting on the scene, the sun is setting on Rafael Nadal's storied career with the Spanish gladiator hoping his creaking body can hold up long enough to see out the season.
US urges 'pauses' in Gaza fighting as Israel besieges Gaza City
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» TEL AVIV - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken met Israeli leaders on Friday to call for more to be done to protect Palestinian civilians during the war to destroy Hamas.
Arctic archipelago turns the page on its mining past
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» FORMER SVEA MINE (NORWAY) - At the old Svea mine in the Arctic, broken railway tracks overgrown with weeds lead nowhere. Of the hundred buildings that once made up the town, there's almost nothing left.
'We don't exist': Pakistan's Ahmadi minority living in fear
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» RABWAH (PAKISTAN) - Sadia Amjad's father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of the minority Ahmadiyya sect that has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan.
The ship sank. Or did it? Titanic misinformation swirls
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - The Titanic inspired a tear-jerking blockbuster and expeditions to its watery gravesite -- including a fatal one this week -- but viral TikTok videos peddle a stunning conspiracy theory: the ship never sank.
Stinky seaweed plagues French Caribbean beaches
Published on 02/05/2023
» CAPESTERRE-BELLE-EAU, Guadeloupe: Jose Viator was hoping tourists would flock to his beachside bar on the French archipelago of Guadeloupe, but he has been forced to close because of stinky brown seaweed.