The Tony Awards, which honor the best of Broadway, opened in New York on Sunday dedicated to victims of the Orlando massacre, the deadliest terror attack in America since September 11, 2001. Fifty people died…
Posts Published by AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
Agence France-Presse is a global news agency delivering fast, in-depth coverage of the events shaping our world from wars and conflicts to politics, sports, entertainment and the latest breakthroughs in health, science and technology.
Follow your path, Lionel Richie says on winning song award
Lionel Richie, Tom Petty and other top-selling musicians have a message for songwriters who are just starting out — follow your creative instincts. The artists were honored Thursday night by the Songwriters Hall of Fame…
Japanese ‘naked restaurant’ to ban overweight diners
Japan’s first “naked restaurant” opens in Tokyo next month with draconian rules of entry — podgy prospective diners will be weighed and ejected if found to be too fat. Following the lead of establishments in…
Lenovo looks beyond computers with slick new phones
Chinese computer titan Lenovo showed off a keenly-awaited Tango smartphone on Thursday as it focused on a future at the heart of the Internet of Things. A market-ready PHAB2 Pro smartphone imbued with Google-created Tango…
Kimchi praised as one of the world’s five health foods
North Korea is producing kimchi at a new plant “built under the loving care” of leader Kim Jong-Un, who praised the spicy pickle as “one of the world’s five health foods”, state media said Friday….
Clinton trolls Trump on Twitter: ‘Delete your account’
“Delete your account.” Hillary Clinton’s snarky tweet Thursday to her White House rival Donald Trump was among the funniest of the campaign. Almost as funny as it was awkward. The message by the 68-year-old secretary…
All tickets to Muhammad Ali’s public memorial handed out
All of the roughly 15,000 tickets for Friday’s public memorial service in Louisville honoring boxing legend Muhammad Ali, the city’s most famous son, have been distributed, organizers said Wednesday. Hundreds of people formed long lines…
Time to change your password? Hackers selling stolen Twitter log-in data
Tens of millions of stolen Twitter credentials evidently lifted from web browser programs were put up for sale online, according to a search engine devoted to leaked data. Twitter on Thursday was adamant that its…
Study places air pollution among top 10 stroke risks
Air pollution was fingered for the first time as a major contributor to death and disability caused by stroke, especially in developing nations, in a health review published Friday. Air pollution, both inside from cooking…
#Conservation – From war to wildlife: fighting for Angola’s future
At dusk in southern Angola, former civil war soldier Elias Kawina leads a drill parade for 30 rangers who fight armed poachers in the country’s vast, little-explored interior. Kawina, 38, rose to the rank of…