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End of a love affair: news media quit X over 'disinformation'

News outlets have begun quitting X, formerly Twitter, once a favourite of global media but now accused of enabling the spread of disinformation under its owner, president-elect Donald Trump ally Elon Musk.

Jeff Beck guitar collection to go under the hammer in January

A collection of guitars and other musical equipment owned by influential rock guitarist Jeff Beck will go on sale in London in January, Christie's auctioneers announced on Friday.

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US 'swatting' pranks stoke alarm in election year

Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year.

Netflix beats expectations on profit and subscribers

Netflix topped expectations Thursday as it reported 9.3 million new subscribers and profits of $2.3 billion in the first three months of the year.

Sting, Deep Purple return to Montreux Jazz Festival

Deep Purple, Sting and Lenny Kravitz will return for this year's Montreux Jazz Festival, while Duran Duran will close the event with their debut appearance, organisers announced Thursday.

16-year restoration of silent 'Napoleon' to screen at Cannes

After a colossal 16-year restoration effort, Abel Gance's seven-hour silent classic "Napoleon" will finally return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers said Thursday.

Studio Ghibli to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes

Legendary Japanese animators Studio Ghibli will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced Wednesday.

Netflix releases teaser for '100 Years of Solitude'

Netflix on Wednesday released a sneak peek of its TV series adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning author's death.

Designer of France's high-speed train Jacques Cooper dies

Jacques Cooper, designer of France's first ultra-fast TGV train that shattered world speed records when it came into service in 1981, has died aged 93, his former employer Alstom said Wednesday.

EU questions TikTok over new Lite app in France, Spain

The EU gave TikTok 24 hours to provide a risk assessment on its new Lite app launched in France and Spain over concerns of its potential impact on children and users' mental health, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

France appoints magistrates in probe into Fox News cameraman death

France has appointed investigating magistrates to run a war crimes probe into the death of Franco-Irish Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski who was killed covering the war in Ukraine, a judicial source said Wednesday.

Trump media group plans TV streaming platform

Donald Trump's media group said Tuesday it will launch a streaming television platform, but its shares continued to tumble on Wall Street.

Russian ballet show in South Korea cancelled amid Ukraine tensions

A ballet performance in South Korea featuring dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled abruptly, the organisers confirmed to AFP Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Seoul and Moscow over Ukraine and North Korea.

Fortunato Ortombina named new La Scala director

The director of La Fenice Opera House in Venice, Fortunato Ortombina, will take the helm of Milan's storied La Scala, authorities announced Tuesday.

Coachella revelers partying with less booze find festive options

Deborah Biegaj has been coming to Coachella for about a decade, and long thought little of drinking heavily at the mammoth California desert festival -- it's just what you did.

'Titanic' task of finding plundered African art in French museums

With tens of thousands of African artworks in French museums, curators face a huge task in trying to identify which of these were plundered during colonial rule in the 19th and 20th centuries and should be returned.

Paris Grand Palais ready for Olympics after major renovation

French President Emmanuel Macron praised the renovation of the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday as it prepared to hand over the historic venue to host Olympic fencing and taekwondo.

Shakira, Taylor Swift, Men in Black? Coachella 2024 takeaways

Coachella's first weekend boasted buzzy guest appearances, a diverse slate of Latino acts and an indie rock revival, along with the premier desert festival's barely there fashion with a heavy dose of Americana.

Doja Cat leads powerful cast of women commanding Coachella day three

Doja Cat closed Sunday's Coachella writhing in a mud wrestling pit, an orgy of a finish that cemented her status as one of music's great entertainers.

Survivors return to site of Israel festival mass killing

Neria Goelman and Hannah Zedek, who both escaped the bloody Hamas attack on the Nova music festival in southern Israel six months ago, have found the bush they were searching for.

'From Gaza With Love': Palestinian Saint Levant rouses Coachella

Saint Levant, the Palestinian-French-Algerian-Serbian rapper who's found viral fame online, made his Coachella debut over the weekend, bringing eminently danceable beats and Palestinian solidarity to the stage.

Stadiums rise at Paris landmarks 100 days from Olympics

In front of the Eiffel Tower, stands are emerging from a tangle of scaffolding, while at the historic Place de la Concorde, forklift trucks buzz around carrying building materials.

'Civil War' leads the charge at North American box office

"Civil War," the hard-hitting film that imagines a dystopian near-future in the United States, topped the North American box office in its first weekend, according to estimates from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations.

Pioneering American artist, activist Faith Ringgold dies at 93: media

Faith Ringgold, a pioneering multimedia artist who explored race relations in the United States and advocated for Black people and women to be better represented in the arts, died on Saturday at the age of 93, US media reported.

Cameroon opens museum honouring oldest sub-Saharan kingdom

To enter the Museum of the Bamoun Kings in western Cameroon, you have to pass under the fangs of a gigantic two-headed snake -- the highlight of an imposing coat of arms of one of the oldest kingdoms in sub-Saharan Africa.

Taylor and Travis spotted dancing at Coachella

Taylor Swift made a much-speculated on appearance at Saturday's Coachella festival... as a fan, canoodling and dancing with beau Travis Kelce as Bleachers performed a rollicking set.

Five years after fire, Notre-Dame rises from ashes

Five years after being ravaged by fire, Notre-Dame Cathedral has returned to its former splendour months ahead of its planned reopening, participants in a recent visit to the monument said.

Cimafunk, the kinetic Cuban artist who made Coachella history

A magnetic performer who fuses Caribbean groove with New Orleans-style brass, Cimafunk made history this weekend as the first Cuban-born artist to play Coachella.

Hollywood's Reynolds and McElhenney having 'ride of our lives' with Wrexham

Wrexham's Hollywood star co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney said they were having the "ride of our lives" after the club sealed a place in the third tier of English football with a 6-0 thrashing of Forest Green on Saturday.

Hollywood-owned Wrexham promoted into third tier of English football

A Wrexham side owned by Hollywood stars Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds secured their second successive promotion in commanding fashion with a 6-0 thrashing of Forest Green on Saturday.

King of leopard print, Italy's Roberto Cavalli dies at 83

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, whose penchant for python and flamboyant animal prints made him the darling of the international jet set for decades, died Friday at 83, the luxury company said.

Rushdie's first thought on attempted assassin: 'So it's you'

Salman Rushdie, targeted for assassination since 1989 over his writing, had long wondered who would kill him. When he was stabbed almost fatally, his first thought was, "So it's you."

Italian designer Roberto Cavalli dead at 83: Italian media

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, whose penchant for python and flamboyant animal prints made him the darling of the international jet set for decades, died Friday at 83, news media said.

Paramount shows 'Gladiator 2' as Disney goes R-rated

Paramount Pictures unveiled gory first-look footage from "Gladiator 2" as Disney put on an unusually R-rated presentation for movie theater bosses at the final day of CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday.

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