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Naples fetes Italy's great tenor Caruso with new museum
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» NAPLES (ITALY) - A century and a half after his birth, Italian tenor and opera legend Enrico Caruso is finally being celebrated by his hometown of Naples with a new museum.
Dutch king makes historic apology for slavery
AFP, Published on 02/07/2023
» AMSTERDAM: Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology Saturday for the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, saying he felt "personally and intensely" affected.
Dutch PM apologises for 250 years of slavery
AFP, Published on 19/12/2022
» THE HAGUE - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologised for 250 years of the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, calling it a "crime against humanity".
Germany's Oktoberfest cancelled again over Covid
AFP, Published on 03/05/2021
» BERLIN - Germany is cancelling its iconic Oktoberfest beer festival for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bavaria's state premier Markus Soeder said Monday.
Paris braces for record heat as Europe scorched again
AFP, Published on 23/07/2019
» PARIS: Parisians were on Monday bracing for potentially the hottest ever temperature in the French capital this week as a new heatwave blasted into northern Europe that could set records in several countries.
World's ugliest fish examined
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» SYDNEY: More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage, researchers said Wednesday, including a cousin of the "world's ugliest animal" Mr Blobby.