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by Jonathan BROWN and Elizabeth STRIY in Warsaw Agence France-Presse Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) — Olga Slyshyk began to fear the worst in January this year when her husband, Mykhailo, a military engineer serving on the front line in eastern Ukraine, didn’t contact her on her birthday. It wasn’t unusual for the 40-year-old trained lawyer to be offline for days at a time, but Slyshyk knew he would reach out — one way or another — […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A pair of sneakers worn by NBA superstar Michael Jordan sold for $2.2 million on Tuesday, setting a record price at auction for game-worn sports footwear, Sotheby’s announced. The basketball great wore the “Bred” Air Jordan 13s during Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals on the way to his sixth and last NBA championship title. The online sale cements Jordan’s position as the most valuable athlete at auctions […]
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse London, United Kingdom (AFP) With around a month until King Charles III’s coronation, plans are at an advanced stage to mark his historic accession to the throne — Britain’s first in seven decades. Charles, 74, immediately became king when Queen Elizabeth died aged 96 last September, ending her record-breaking 70-year reign following a period of declining health. But a British monarch’s coronation traditionally takes place some months later, after […]
by Nivrita GANGULY, with Anuradha PRASAD in Bulandshahr Mumbai, India (AFP) Under the glow of a ring light in the spare bedroom of a Mumbai high-rise apartment, Indian make-up maven Debasree Banerjee has found fans across the world with a simple philosophy: brown is beautiful. Banerjee’s audience includes women from as far afield as the Middle East and United States who also have a deeper complexion but have historically been overlooked by the cosmetics industry. […]
by Natsuko FUKUE Tokyo, Japan (AFP) Japan’s government has made tackling its falling birth rate a top priority, but with few women involved in official debate on the issue, some are making themselves heard on social media. Japan recorded fewer than 800,000 births last year, the lowest in the country of 125 million since records began. The prime minister has warned the trend threatens “whether we can continue to function as a society”, and fresh […]
by Helen ROWE London, United Kingdom (AFP) Queen Consort Camilla is taking her first steps on the international stage as wife of the British monarch, marking the end of a long and sometimes bumpy journey from palace margins to royal limelight. Camilla, 75, will be at King Charles III’s side when he makes the first state visit of his reign to Germany on Wednesday. In the turbulent 1990s, Camilla was vilified as “the other woman” […]
by Ryland JAMES Agence France Presse Masterton, New Zealand (AFP) In New Zealand’s close-knit shearing community, Joel Henare is regarded as a Lionel Messi, Tiger Woods or Jonah Lomu — a G.O.A.T in the sheep sheds. Now 31, he first stepped into the bright lights of competitive shearing at the lambkin age of 12. Henare has since notched 132 competition victories in wool handling — the high-speed art of separating off-cuts from a sheared fleece. […]
by Isabelle LE PAGE Agence France Presse Berlin, Germany (AFP) They first laid eyes on each other as children at Buckingham Palace and later crossed paths on the polo field at Windsor. Prince Eduard von Anhalt, descendant of an ancient Germanic line, likes to regale listeners with tales of his close hereditary ties with the British royal family and especially King Charles III. However, the 81-year-old distinguished aristocrat will be just another face in the […]
Saitama, Japan (AFP) Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates took a big step towards their first ice dance world title Friday after winning the rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Japan. Chock and Bates scored 91.94 — less than a point behind the world record of 92.73 — to lead Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri on 88.21 and Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier on 87.34. France’s reigning Olympic and world […]
Helsinki, Finland (AFP) by Elias HUUHTANEN in Helsinki and Julie EZVAN in Liverpool Marie Kondo may have admitted defeat, but a new generation of “cleanfluencers” is taking social media by storm, with millions watching them scour filthy homes and dole out cleaning hacks. Digging through a mountain of trash, Auri Kananen uncovered a rotten piece of pizza on the floor of a Helsinki flat, with insects devouring it. “I love cleaning, I love dirt,” declared […]
HUDDINGE, Sweden (AFP) by Alma COHEN — Too young for a driver’s license at 15, Evelina Christiansen is already cruising in a sleek BMW in Sweden, where teens can drive any car modified to roll no faster than a golf cart. An almost century-old regulation originally applied to agricultural vehicles allows kids 15 and older to drive without a proper driver’s license, as long as the vehicle has been altered to have a maximum speed […]
New York, United States (AFP) — The lovable Labrador Retriever is no longer the most popular dog breed in the United States, as French Bulldogs take over the top spot, the American Kennel Club (AKC) announced Wednesday. Labs, which the New York-based registry describes as “famously friendly” and “an enthusiastic athlete,” had been the most popular dog breed for 31 years prior to 2022. But Frenchies had “been quietly climbing the charts for many years,” […]
