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French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
Japanese ‘Happy Science’ cult leader dies
Published on 02/03/2023
» TOKYO: Ryuho Okawa, the leader of the Japanese “Happy Science” cult who claimed to be able to communicate with the spirits of everyone from Jesus to Donald Trump, died on Thursday aged 66, local media reported.
China gives 'Fight Club' new ending where authorities win
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» BEIJING - The first rule of Fight Club in China? Don't mention the original ending. The second rule of Fight Club in China? Change it so the police win.
French Vogue marks 100 years but is it still in fashion?
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» PARIS - French Vogue has been setting trends for a century, from the post-war 'New Look' of Christian Dior through the sexual liberation of the 1960s to the dangling-cigarette waifs of the 2000s.
No time to wait: world premiere for new Bond movie
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» LONDON - Actor Daniel Craig walked the red carpet for the final time as James Bond in rain-swept London on Tuesday, at the star-studded but much-delayed world premiere of the latest superspy blockbuster, "No Time To Die".
'We all survived': Wuhan artists keep virus memories alive
AFP, Published on 04/12/2020
» WUHAN (CHINA) - A melancholy guitar melody intertwines with an ethereal beat as wild-haired singer Lu Yan intones his hometown's feelings into a microphone: "Virus in Wuhan. We all survived."
Women knocking on doors of Britain's old boys' clubs
AFP, Published on 30/10/2020
» LONDON - Britain's elite private members' clubs have long been places where politicians, businessmen and other high-fliers have hobnobbed.
Jobless and desperate: the post-lockdown reality for many
AFP, Published on 23/07/2020
» PARIS - Many workers' lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink or other industries hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector.
Over 30,000 march in Greek annual anti-junta demos
AFP, Published on 18/11/2019
» ATHENS - Over 30,000 Greeks demonstrated under a heavy police presence Sunday to mark the anniversary of a 1973 anti-junta uprising, the first since the election of the new conservative government.
Greece votes in election expected to oust leftist Tsipras
AFP, Published on 07/07/2019
» ATHENS - Greek voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the country's first national election of the post-bailout era, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's Syriza party expected to be ousted by the conservative opposition.