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Oscar-Nominated Makeup Genius Kazu Hiro Comes Full Circle with ‘Maestro’
When Kazu Hiro first started experimenting with makeup as a teenager in the 1980s, one face leapt...
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SpaceX Launch Taking Crew to ISS Delayed Again by Weather
A planned launch on Saturday of a mission to take three American astronauts and a Russian cosmona...
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Berlin Film Fest Grapples with Nazi Past, Far-Right Threat
This week’s Berlin international film festival is wrestling on- and off-screen with the weight of th...
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Harrison Ford’s ‘Star Wars’ script fetches £10,795 at UK sale
An original draft “Star Wars” script left in a London apartment by “Han Solo” actor Harrison Ford so...
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Indonesia Documentary Claims Widodo Improperly Backed Election Favourite
JAKARTA(AFP-Jiji) -- A documentary claiming Indonesian President Joko Widodo used state resources to...
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Netanyahu Promises ‘Passage’ Ahead of Rafah Operation
GAZA STRIP (AFP-Jiji) — The threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah pe...
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Israeli Protesters Demand Return of Hostages, Early Elections
TEL AVIV (AFP-Jiji) — Thousands of people demonstrated in central Tel Aviv on Saturday, calling for ...
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NASA Regains Contact with Mini-Helicopter on Mars
NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday,...
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AI and Death: Sundance Films Grapple with Our Digital Afterlife
Artificial intelligence promises to make death “optional,” as the technology learns to perfectly emu...
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US Climate Envoy Kerry Stepping Down to Help Biden Campaign: Reports
US climate envoy John Kerry, a key player in the Biden administration’s push to tackle climate chang...
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41 Hostage Prison Workers Freed in Ecuador, 136 Still Captive
More than 40 Ecuador prison officials taken hostage by inmates have been freed, the prisons authorit...
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Volcano Erupts on Isle in Japan’s Southwest
A volcano on Suwanose Island in southwestern Japan erupted just after midnight local time on Sunday,...
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N. Korea Conducts Live-Fire Drills Near Maritime Border
SEOUL (AFP-Jiji) — North Korea conducted live-fire drills on its western coast, Seoul’s military sai...
January 8, 2024
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Shark Attack Kills Hawaii Man
A 39-year-old Hawaii man has died of his injuries after he was attacked by a shark in the waters off...
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Israel Trains Fire on South Gaza, as Biden Urges Caution
Israel said its armed forces were increasingly focused on Hamas targets in south Gaza Sunday, as the...
December 24, 2023
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