Raised on gospel, bathed in rhythm and blues and fluent in jazz and pop, Aretha Franklin came to be known as the “Queen of Soul” through seven decades of electrifying performances. From her father’s church…
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ touted as Hollywood watershed
Rich, dashing man sweeps sweet young girl off her feet. It’s the fantasy to launch a thousand love stories, but Hollywood’s latest rom-com oozes more than sentimental escapism. “Crazy Rich Asians,” a two-hour celebration of…
‘My Hair, Your Hair’: Bosnians weave wigs for kids with cancer
Ajla Nizic did not know what cancer was when she was diagnosed with it at age four. “But I knew that I lost my hair,” said the Bosnian leukaemia survivor who is now 19 years…
Podcasts take growing role in shifting media landscape
As radio fades in the new world of digital media, podcasting has become hot. In less than 15 years, on-demand podcasts have become a key part of the media landscape that is luring advertisers to…
Kenyan farmers toast growing demand European demand for avocados
It may be loved and derided as the go-to millennial brunch, but avocado toast is proving a boon for Kenyan farmers as they cash in on the seemingly ever-growing enthusiasm. Across Kenya’s ochre fields, farmers…
Vienna topples Melbourne in ‘most liveable city’ ranking
Austria’s capital Vienna has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the “world’s most liveable city” in a new annual survey released Monday, ending the southern Australian city’s seven-year reign. It is the first time a European…
A year in Paris is as bad for your health as smoking 183 cigarettes
A study by the European Transport & Environment association published on Friday confirmed that spending a few days in various popular European capitals is equivalent to smoking between one and four cigarettes. Spending a long…
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin gravely ill: report
Singer Aretha Franklin, a multiple Grammy award-winner star whose legacy stretches back decades, is gravely ill and surrounded by relatives, a reporter and family friend wrote on his website Monday. The 76 year-old “Queen of…
Beatles’ Indian hideaway comes together, 50 years on
Fifty years after the Beatles came to India, the bungalows where the Fab Four lived, the post office where John Lennon sent Yoko Ono postcards and the giggling guru’s house are all ruins. Maharishi Mahesh…
#WeirdNews: Norway to test free heroin for drug addicts
Norway, which has one of the highest deadly drug overdose rates in Europe, will test prescribing free heroin to the most serious addicts to improve their living conditions, the government said on Friday. The Norwegian…