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Less glamour, more content, says Wim Wenders of Berlin Film Fest
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» BERLIN - Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the festival would have "less glamour" but "more content" in its eclectic selection.
'It wasn't working': Canada province ends drug decriminalization
AFP, Published on 01/02/2026
» VANCOUVER - Over 35 years as a drug user, Vancouver resident Garth Mullins said he's had "hundreds and hundreds" of interactions with police, and long believed drug decriminalization was smart policy.
'Love for humanity': Low-crime Japan's unpaid parole officers
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» TOKYO - Teruko Nakazawa once intervened in a knife fight between an ex-offender and their mother -- all in a day's unpaid work for Japan's army of volunteer probation officers.
Survivors count the mental cost of Los Angeles fires
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» PACIFIC PALISADES, California - When the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles went up in smoke, Alexander Swedelson lost his apartment, but also a bit of his identity: the flames ravaged the businesses he loved, the trails he ran, and even the place he fished.
Animal celebs who surprise, sooth and scream at us
New York Times, Published on 26/12/2024
» Every year has its breakout stars, and 2024 yielded a bumper crop: Glen Powell, Chappell Roan, Pommel Horse Guy.
Shane MacGowan: laureate of lowlife folk-punk
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» DUBLIN - Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.
Brazil scientists developing 'vaccine' for cocaine addiction
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» BELO HORIZONTE (BRAZIL) - Scientists in Brazil, the world's second-biggest consumer of cocaine, have announced the development of an innovative new treatment for addiction to the drug and its powerful derivative crack: a vaccine.
After Hamas attack, Arab Americans fear return to post-9/11 prejudices
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - In the days following Hamas' bloody attack on Israel, many Arab and Muslim Americans have worried over signs of a return to the atmosphere of suspicion that hung over their communities in the United States after 9/11.
Russell Brand: Fall of the arch-provocateur
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» LONDON - Bursting onto the scene as a provocative comedian before transforming into a Hollywood star then anti-establishment guru, Russell Brand still boasts millions of online fans despite being accused of rape.
Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
AFP, Published on 09/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, convicted of shooting US artist Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a drunken argument after a Hollywood party, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison.