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At Asian weddings, cash is king
New York Times, Published on 12/08/2023
» SEOUL: When I received a wedding invitation from my friends Jiyeon Kim and Olof Norlander this year, I knew exactly where I would pick up their wedding present: the bank.
Elvis Presley's widow disputes late daughter's will
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Elvis Presley's widow Priscilla has disputed their late daughter's will, claiming that an amendment which would remove her as a trustee is invalid, court documents show.
Kenyan police arrest husband of slain running star Tirop
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» NAIROBI - Kenyan police on Thursday arrested the husband of record-breaking runner Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to death in a killing that has shocked her home country and the world of athletics.
Teargas fired during migrant protests on Lesbos
AFP, Published on 12/09/2020
» LESBOS ISLAND, Greece: Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island on Saturday as tensions simmered following the catastrophic fire that ripped through Europe's largest migrant camp this week.
Wolves face Watford in 'best of the rest' FA Cup semi
AFP, Published on 06/04/2019
» LONDON: Wolves and Watford meet in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, seeking silverware to add lustre to a season in which they are both battling to be the "best of the rest" in the Premier League.
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre's pyramid
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» PARIS - It was once decried as an architectural "obscenity", but as the Louvre's glass pyramid turns 30 on Friday, it has become a cherished icon of the French capital.
Five things to know about the Nobel Literature Prize
AFP, Published on 29/09/2018
» STOCKHOLM - For the first time in 70 years the Nobel Literature Prize-awarding body, the Swedish Academy, has postponed the award, after a #MeToo scandal left it in ruins.
Pantheon burial honours French rights icon Simone Veil
AFP, Published on 01/07/2018
» PARIS - Thousands of people gathered in Paris on Sunday to pay their final respects to Holocaust survivor and women's rights icon Simone Veil as she was given the rare honour of burial at the Pantheon a year and a day after she died.
Ukraine's Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes
AFP, Published on 01/07/2018
» LVIV (UKRAINE) - Blood-stained clothes, shoes and kids' toys lie scattered in several old tents where a Roma man was murdered in an attack on a forest camp in western Ukraine last week.