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Russia jails teen musician over anti-war street songs for third time
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - A Russian court on Tuesday sent an 18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs to jail for a third time as the Kremlin mounts a no-limits crackdown on any signs of dissent or opposition.
Dutch police say fatalities in Rotterdam hospital shooting
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» THE HAGUE - A 32-year-old gunman dressed in combat gear opened fire in a hospital in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing and wounding an unknown number of people and setting the facility ablaze.
Born in New York's Bronx before dominating the globe, hip hop turns 50
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» NEW YORK - A genre, a culture and a lifestyle all at once: hip hop has traveled from the block party to the billionaire's club, soundtracked protest and celebration, and asserted seismic influence over the course of pop.
Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» MOSCOW: Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who was jailed for more than eight years on Friday for criticising Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, is the latest in a long line of Kremlin critics slapped with heavy jail terms.
Hip-hop dream thrives in India's largest slum
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» MUMBAI - After India's largest slum defeated the pandemic, some of its young residents pulled out their phones to write, shoot and release a triumphant rap video.
'Godfather' of Tibetan rap spits karmic rhymes
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» LHASA - In his tracksuit, silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma.
Germany Covid deaths top 50,000 as Biden declares war on virus
AFP, Published on 22/01/2021
» BERLIN - Germany's Covid-19 death toll passed 50,000 Friday as it reeled from a second wave, while new US president Joe Biden embarked on a "wartime undertaking" to battle the pandemic in the world's worst-hit country.
Chengdu: China's permissive 'gay capital' refusing to fold
AFP, Published on 31/12/2020
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - It's Saturday night at the HUNK club in Chengdu and men in gold lycra shorts and black boots dance on stage. They wear kimonos, in an apparent tactical compromise with new morality codes creeping into China's "gay capital".
Long snubbed, women of rap break old molds and claim their due
AFP, Published on 04/02/2020
» NEW YORK - Long stereotyped as a boys' club, not least for its braggadocious lyrics and objectification of women, the rap world has seen a bevy of female stars reclaim their space.
Lam calls protesters 'people's enemy' after police shooting: Hong Kong update
Bloomberg and other agencies, Published on 11/11/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam called protesters "the people's enemy" at a news conference on Monday evening as the Asian financial center reeled from a tense day of citywide protests that saw a demonstrator shot, another man set on fire and tear gas waft through luxury shopping malls.