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From community to union: Jacques Delors, champion of Europe
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» PARIS - For both fans and foes of the European project, Jacques Delors was Brussels' driving force during the EU's greatest period of integration, the creation of the single market and the euro.
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Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» LONDON - Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet Song," a dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny.
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UK newspaper removes viral bin Laden letter
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» LONDON - British newspaper The Guardian has removed from its website a 21-year-old message written by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, after it was shared several million times on social media.
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Kahlil Gibran's Lebanon hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» BSHARRE (LEBANON) - Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Kahlil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of "The Prophet", the renowned author's most famous work.
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'George Orwell Library' shines a light in Russia
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» IVANOVO (RUSSIA) - The librarian scans the shelves and quickly picks out a few works -- Orwell, Sorokin, Dostoevsky -- the authors she thinks can best help cast some light in a dark time for Russia.
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Toxic? Britney tells of troubles in new memoir
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears, the dewy-eyed child star who became a global pop phenomenon and then melted down in full view of the world, tells her story Tuesday with the release of her already bestselling memoir.
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US news outlet posts job ad for Taylor Swift reporter
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» NEW YORK - Many music reporters pass their days immersed in the phenomenon that is Taylor Swift, but one US news outlet said Tuesday it's hiring a journalist dedicated solely to the pop titan.
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Paramount announces sale of Simon & Schuster for $1.62 bn
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» NEW YORK - Paramount Global said Monday it had reached an agreement to sell Simon & Schuster, a top US publisher, to private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion.
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Meta starts blocking news in Canada
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» OTTAWA - Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content.
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Czech-French writer Milan Kundera dies at 94
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» PRAGUE - Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", has died aged 94, the Milan Kundera Library said Wednesday.
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