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'A unique place': foreigners visit post-war Afghan...
His soldier son toured Afghanistan with insurgents in his crosshairs, but American traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective...
Fan outcry over K-pop star's date highlights 'hars...
Accused of "betraying" fans, subject to relentless online and real-world public abuse, K-pop star Karina recently issued a grovell...
Back to Life: model Kloss bringing back beloved US...
The legendary American magazine Life, a 20th-century mainstay famous for its photography, will be revived by fashion model and ent...
Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter,' a history-steeped, coun...
Beyonce has been a showbiz fixture for nearly three decades, but for all the caps she's worn, the Houston-bred megastar's cowboy h...
Hit TV satire reveals how Japanese society has cha...
A time-travelling TV comedy with a bawdy middle-aged hero has become a big hit in Japan, juxtaposing the country's brash 1980s boo...
Sean Combs, the rap mogul facing a web of sex crim...
Once hip hop's flashy impresario credited with commercializing the genre, Sean "Diddy" Combs has seen his star plunge as federal a...
Myanmar army behind Facebook pages spewing hate sp...
Myanmar's military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingya prior to its d...
US sculptor Richard Serra, known for towering mini...
Contemporary American artist Richard Serra, known for his massive yet minimalist steel sculptures, died Tuesday at age 85, US medi...
TV detective seeks to woo Ankara suburb in Turkish...
Erdal Besikcioglu, adored in Turkey for his TV role as troubled Ankara police detective Behzat C, will be playing a different role...
Diddy lawyers condemn federal 'ambush' on US rappe...
Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Tuesday said raids carried out by federal agents on the rap mogul's US homes were an "unpreceden...
'Act of rebellion': trans actor finds stage in Sin...
Once a child actor who featured in indie films and mainstream TV series, Medli Dorothea Loo found her career options limited after...
Madonna to end 'Celebration' tour with free Copaca...
Madonna will perform a free mega-concert in May on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach to close out her "Celebration" tour, the sing...
Diddy's US homes raided by US federal agents
Homes belonging to Sean "Diddy" Combs were raided by federal agents Monday, with the US hip hop mogul at the center of sex traffic...
Devils whip sinners in El Salvador Holy Week tradi...
Devils with leather whips lashed people in a town square in El Salvador on Monday to "punish" them for their sins, in a centuries-...
Golden Globes get five-year TV deal after rocky pa...
The Golden Globes has inked a five-year broadcast deal with a US TV network, organizers said Monday, after a troubled few years fo...
US court dismisses Musk lawsuit against anti-hate...
A US court on Monday rejected social network X's lawsuit against a nonprofit that had reported a spike in misinformation and hate...
EU probes Apple, Google, Meta under new digital la...
The EU on Monday hit Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Meta with the first ever probes under a mammoth digital law, which could le...
Have poor and troubled Paris suburbs won Olympic g...
Less than 500 metres separate the Stade de France -- the sparkling centrepiece of the Paris Olympics -- and the crumbling Francs-M...
'Ghostbusters' ices out competition as 'Dune' worm...
"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" scared its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $45....
Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini dies at 82
Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, a virtuoso of Chopin and Beethoven who enjoyed a decades-long collaboration with La Scala, died...
And justice for all: US court throws out Metallica...
Heavy metal legends Metallica have lost a lawsuit against their insurers over Covid-era losses, with the judge quoting Taylor Swif...
Gun attack at Moscow concert leaves dead and injur...
Gunmen opened fire at a rock concert in a Moscow suburb Friday leaving dead and wounded before a major fire spread through the the...
'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' to premiere at Cannes
"Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga", the latest instalment of the post-apocalyptic franchise, will get its world premiere at the Cannes Film...
Global music biz sees 10.2% growth in 2023: indust...
Global music revenues were up 10.2 percent last year to $28.6 billion, according figures released Thursday, but record firms are c...
Salman Rushdie: AI only poses threat to unoriginal...
Artificial intelligence tools may pose a threat to writers of thrillers and science fiction, but lack the originality and humour t...
Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with br...
Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brai...
Ramadan culinary traditions defy crisis to bring L...
Dressed in tracksuits with their sleeves rolled up, about 30 residents in Tajura, a suburb east of Libya's capital, volunteer ever...
Codices offer glimpse of centuries-old Mexican lif...
Centuries-old codices offering a glimpse into Mexico's past will be added to the country's national anthropology library, experts...
Social media company Reddit rides high in IPO
The Reddit social network said Wednesday it had priced at the top of its expected range ahead of going public on the New York Stoc...
French regulator hits Google with 250-mn-euro fine
French regulators said Wednesday they were fining Google 250 million euros ($272 million) for breaching commitments on paying medi...
Nvidia expects no 'doomsday' in US vs China tensio...
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang said Tuesday he does not expect a "doomsday scenario" but is readying for the worst over tension between...
Cezanne and Renoir: Clash of the titans in Milan
One structured and austere, the other sensual and joyous -- Paul Cezanne and Auguste Renoir were two founding fathers of Impressio...