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Kirk Douglas, from ragman's son to Hollywood icon
AFP, Published on 06/02/2020
» LOS ANGELES - American cinema giant Kirk Douglas, who died on Wednesday aged 103, rose to the heights of Hollywood from an impoverished childhood as the son of Jewish Russian immigrants.
Sports Illustrated uses trans model for first time
AFP, Published on 11/07/2020
» NEW YORK: <i>Sports Illustrated</i> is featuring a transgender model for the first time ever in its swimsuit issue this year, the US magazine said Friday.
Gazans get first taste of coffee-to-your-door
AFP, Published on 27/07/2020
» RAFAH, Palestian territories: With a practiced hand, a courier balances a tray of steaming cups and with the other grips his bicycle handlebars as he weaves between cars in the crowded Gaza Strip.
'Witches' feminist drama sparks outrage in conservative Pakistan
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» KARACHI - A fiery online series about a group of women who unleash revenge on men has sparked a backlash in conservative Pakistan, where tough censorship rules prevent such shows from appearing on television.
Pandemic reveals hidden poverty in wealthy Japan
AFP, Published on 19/01/2021
» TOKYO: Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.
Singapore swap shops offer alternative to fast fashion
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singaporean Sue-Anne Chng used to wear a different outfit on all 15 days of the Lunar New Year, when it is customary to don new clothes to symbolise a fresh start.
Largest art canvas sells for $62 million
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» DUBAI: Work by British artist Sacha Jafri consisting of the world's largest painting on canvas has been sold for $62 million at an auction in Dubai, organisers said on Tuesday.
Brazil's MV Bill raps politics, pandemic in new album
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian rapper MV Bill's new album is both fresh and old-school, full of rhymes on 2021 politics and the pandemic, but also the same problems he has been chronicling in the favelas for 33 years.
Hong Kong mountaineer on a high after fastest Everest climb by a woman
AFP, Published on 31/05/2021
» KATHMANDU: Former Hong Kong schoolteacher Tsang Yin-hung said Sunday she always believed in aiming high after setting a new record for the fastest ascent of Everest by a woman.
Josephine Baker to be first Black woman in France's Pantheon
AFP, Published on 22/08/2021
» PARIS - Josephine Baker, the famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism, will become the first Black woman to enter France's Pantheon mausoleum.