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'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» MISATO, SAITAMA (JAPAN) - Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
Delcy Rodriguez: From Maduro's 'tigress' to acting Venezuelan president
AFP, Published on 05/01/2026
» CARACAS - Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez is known for her anti-imperialist rhetoric, earning her the nickname "the tigress" from toppled leader Nicolas Maduro.
Pink elephants march for Thailand's late queen mother
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» Eleven pink painted elephants marched through Bangkok on Thursday, bowing in unison outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother.
Seal milk is the cream of the molecular crop
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2025
» NEW YORK — Collecting milk from a nursing seal is no easy task.
Italian fruit detective racing to save forgotten varieties
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» CITTà DI CASTELLO (ITALY) - Isabella Dalla Ragione hunts in abandoned gardens and orchards for forgotten fruits, preserving Italy's agricultural heritage and saving varieties which could help farmers withstand the vagaries of a changing climate.
South Korea gives Trump golden crown
Published on 29/10/2025
» SEOUL - South Korea welcomed US President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica gold crown and awarded him the “Grand Order of Mugunghwa”, the country’s highest decoration, the presidential office said.
‘Full of sorrow’: Gazans trek home as truce begins
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories - Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home, thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold.
Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» PARIS - Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini.
Tracing the 'Green Sahara' in Chad's northern desert
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» N'DJAMENA — A cloud of dust escapes from an excavation site in the sand of Chad's arid north, where scientists are looking for signs of human habitation in an area once humid and called the "Green Sahara".
‘Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die’: the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WARSAW - Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.