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BTS to fulfil military service obligations, agency says
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» SEOUL: The members of the K-pop supergroup BTS will enlist in the military, their agency said Monday, putting an end to a years-long debate on whether the stars deserved exemptions from mandatory service.
Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LONDON: Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.
UK to host 2023 Eurovision as Ukraine bows out
AFP, Published on 25/07/2022
» LONDON - Britain said Monday it had reluctantly agreed to host next year's Eurovision song contest, after organisers said there was no prospect of the event going ahead in war-torn Ukraine.
Patriots and arias: Italian opera seeks Unesco recognition
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» NAPLES (ITALY) - Opera originated in Italy, it was sung by Italian patriots and some of the world's greatest arias came from the peninsula. Now Rome wants credit where credit is due.
Regine, disco pioneer and nightclub queen, dies at 92
AFP, Published on 02/05/2022
» PARIS: French singer and actress Regine, who laid claim to the invention of the modern discotheque and once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles, died on Sunday aged 92, her granddaughter told AFP.
Three wins for Adele at non-binary Brit Awards
AFP, Published on 09/02/2022
» LONDON: British superstar Adele won three awards, including the coveted Album of the Year, at the Brit awards on Tuesday, during a ceremony that did away with gender specific categories for the first time.
'Greek Picasso' Alekos Fassianos dies aged 86: family
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» ATHENS: Greek artist Alekos Fassianos, whose work drew on his country's mythology and folklore, died Sunday at the age of 86, his daughter Viktoria told AFP.
Pioneering Black movie star Sidney Poitier dies at 94
AFP, Published on 08/01/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first major Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died at 94, prompting an outpouring of grief from the entertainment industry and beyond.
Omicron thwarts Grammys, Sundance amid variant surge
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The Grammy music awards and the renowned Sundance film festival fell victim Wednesday to Omicron's relentless march, as the variant's surge gathered pace in Europe.
Lee 'Scratch' Perry, reggae and dub wizard, dies at 85
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» NEW YORK: Lee "Scratch" Perry, the wildly influential Jamaican singer and producer who pushed the boundaries of reggae and shepherded dub, died Sunday. He was 85 years old.