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WTO must 'reform or die': talks facilitator
AFP, Published on 04/02/2026
» GENEVA - Successfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organisation, warns the facilitator of talks on revamping the global trade body.
Miuccia Prada's path from activist to top designer
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» MILAN (ITALY) - As a student in the volatile May of 1968, Miuccia Prada took to the streets of Milan to demonstrate for women's rights wearing an Yves Saint Laurent suit.
Austria's chancellor to step down after coalition talks collapse
AFP, Published on 05/01/2025
» VIENNA - Austria's conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he would step down in the "coming days" after breaking off coalition talks with the Social Democrats over disagreements on key issues.
Halloween hits Hollywood strike as actors boycott Barbie costumes
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Generic ghosts and vague vampires haunted the Hollywood picket lines this Halloween, as striking actors tried to scare studio bosses by refusing to dress up as any of their famous characters.
Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee's legacy endures 50 years on
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong businessman W. Wong still remembers the day in 1972 when he first heard neighbourhood kids rave about a figure who seemed larger than life: Bruce Lee.
Women dance to their own beat in China's nightclubs
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» SHANGHAI - Tired of Shanghai club nights dominated by men, where a woman's appearance often matters as much as her musical skills, Eloise Fan has created an underground space where women DJs are free to shine.
Japan's 'cringeworthy' cartoon cars make image U-turn
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» TOKYO: Yosuke Takahata doesn't care what people think of his "itasha" car, which has his favourite anime character - a sexy, red-eyed horse-woman - emblazoned on both sides.
Catholics line up for free tattoos in Austria
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» VIENNA - "In God's hands" read several of the tattoos inked during a free-of-charge session over the weekend -- organised by none other than Austria's leading group representing Catholic nuns and monks.
Cockroach sex takes strange turn, more mutations emerge
New York Times, Published on 29/03/2023
» NEW YORK: Cockroaches are changing up their sex lives, and it is all our fault. Faced with sweet poisoned bait, roaches first ended up with a mutation that made them hate sweets, hindering their mating strategies. Now, more roach mutations are emerging, showing you cannot keep a good pest down.
Please don't croak: Setting the mood to save Venezuelan frog
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» MéRIDA (VENEZUELA) - Enormous expectations rest on the tiny endangered amphibian perched on a rock in a plastic box: the Mucuchies' Frog needs to produce offspring if its species is to survive.