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Have Iran's authorities given up on the mandatory hijab?
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» PARIS — Women swaying to dance music at a disc jockey (DJ) set, strolling without headscarves through cutting-edge art exhibitions and in coffee shops showing off trendy styles that could have come from the streets of Europe.
Epstein birthday book renews pressure on Trump, other former pals
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - A decades-old book of cheerful, often lewd birthday messages has set off a political bomb in Washington -- helping bring down the British ambassador and inflaming the most perilous scandal of Donald Trump's presidency.
South African DJ's murder exposes nexus between crime and power
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» JOHANNESBURG — On a quiet November night in 2022, DJ Sumbody -- a rising star in South Africa's music scene -- was gunned down in a hail of bullets while heading home.
Irish rappers Kneecap perform controversial Glastonbury set
AFP, Published on 29/06/2025
» GLASTONBURY (UNITED KINGDOM) - Irish rap trio Kneecap staged a defiant performance at Britain's Glastonbury Festival Saturday, days after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said they should not be performing there.
Art lovers mob Paris's Pompidou Centre ahead of five-year closure
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» PARIS - Tourists and French visitors alike filled Paris's landmark Pompidou museum on the weekend to catch a last glimpse of its prestigious art collection ahead of a five-year closure for a major renovation.
Convictions of Hong Kong pro-democracy trio overturned
Reuters, Published on 06/03/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s top court has unanimously overturned the convictions of three former members of a pro-democracy group that organised an annual candlelight vigil to mark China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, citing a miscarriage of justice.
Hong Kongers 8km from Songkran music festival complain about noise
South China Morning Post, Published on 13/06/2024
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong environmental authorities have received eight noise complaints related to a festival at the Central harbourfront over the weekend, while some residents 8 kilometres away in Wong Tai Sin and Tsz Wan Shan said they were disturbed by loud music.
Thai arrested at Hong Kong music festival for alleged drug offences
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/06/2024
» HONG KONG - A 34-year-old Thai woman and a local man, 33, were arrested at a Hong Kong music festival over the weekend for allegedly possessing illegal narcotics and drug-taking equipment, police said on Monday.
Japanese billionaire cancels moon mission
Kyodo News, Published on 01/06/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has decided to cancel his planned private space trip to orbit the Moon, as the mission’s feasibility became unclear, according to the project’s website.
Songkran moving out of Hong Kong’s ‘Little Thailand’
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/04/2024
» HONG KONG: The water-splashing portion of Thailand's Songkran festival in Hong Kong's Kowloon City will be moved from its traditional site to a basketball court next week for the first time, following the arrest last year of three men for soaking police officers and reporters at the event.