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Clive James
Australian broadcaster and writer Clive James dies aged 80
LONDON — Clive James, the Australian broadcaster, writer, critic and poet who charmed generations of Britons with his humor and wit, has died at the age of 80, his agents said on Wednesday.James died "peacefully and at home, surrounded by his family and his books" in Cambridge, eastern England, on Sunday, United Agents said in a statement.A private funeral attended by family and close friends took place on Wednesday in the chapel at Pembroke College in Cambridge University, where he read English literature as a student in the 1960s.The charismatic and erudite broadcaster, who left Sydney for England in late 1961 and made his career in Britain, had fought a long battle with leukemia."Clive died almost 10 years after his first terminal diagnosis and one month after he laid...
November 27, 2019

Australian broadcaster and writer Clive James dies aged 80

French chef Marc Veyrat holds a Michelin guide after being awarded the maximum three Michelin stars, during the Michelin guide award ceremony at La Seine Musicale in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris in this Feb. 5, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Michelin brands French chef 'diva' in 'Cheddargate' case
NANTERRE, France — A French celebrity chef has been branded a "diva" for taking the Michelin guide to court on Wednesday for suggesting he used cheddar cheese in a souffle.In a case that could have far-reaching consequences for restaurant critics, chef Marc Veyrat is claiming he was "dishonored" by the red guide when it stripped his flagship restaurant in the French Alps of its coveted third star in January.Dubbed "Cheddargate" by wags, he claimed that an "incompetent" Michelin inspector mistakenly thought he had adulterated a souffle with the much-maligned English cheese instead of using France's Reblochon, Beaufort and Tomme varieties.It is the first time that a chef has sued the guide, the most prestigious in the world.If Veyrat wins the...
November 27, 2019

Michelin brands French chef 'diva' in 'Cheddargate' case

Pamela Anderson
Australia PM turns down plea from Baywatch star to bring Assange home
SYDNEY — Australia's prime minister has told former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson that Canberra will not intervene to bring her friend, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, back home to prevent his extradition to the United States.The 48-year-old Australian is currently in jail in London for jumping bail and avoiding extradition to Sweden by fleeing to the Ecuadoran embassy, where he lived for seven years.He now again faces extradition, this time to the United States on charges of violating the Espionage Act.Anderson had written to Australian PM Scott Morrison warning that Assange was under intense psychological pressure at the high-security jail where he is being held.In the letter of response obtained by The Australian newspaper, Morrison responded by saying that...
November 27, 2019

Australia PM turns down plea from Baywatch star to bring Assange home

A mural depicting Egyptian novelist and Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfouz is pictured behind the Al-Azhar mosque in downtown Cairo on Tuesday. — AFP
Nobel winner Mahfouz lives on in Cairo's alleyways
CAIRO — The legacy of Islamic Cairo's most famous son Naguib Mahfouz lives on in its winding lanes 21 years after he became the only Arab to win the Nobel Literature Prize.A mosaic of the bespectacled author overlooks a market teeming with children on bikes, waiters balancing trays of hot drinks and shoppers haggling with hawkers over the price of meat.It could be a scene straight out of a typical Mahfouz novel focusing on the minutiae of life in the Egyptian capital, with its satirically political overtones and timeless characters.After years in the making, a museum in the writer's honor opened in July this year.A new translation of previously unpublished Mahfouz work is also in print, underscoring 13 years after his death the mark he made both on world literature and on...
November 27, 2019

Nobel winner Mahfouz lives on in Cairo's alleyways

Mohamed Mounir
Morocco rapper gets one-year jail for insulting police
SALE, Morocco — A Moroccan court on Monday sentenced rapper Mohamed Mounir, known as Gnawi, to one year in jail for insulting police on social media, in what Amnesty condemned as "a disgraceful verdict".A defense lawyer said he believed his 31-year-old client was prosecuted because of a song he co-wrote about the hardships of young people in Morocco, unemployment and corruption.The song "Aach al Chaab" — which means long live the people — has been viewed more than 15 million times on YouTube since it was released last month.The lyrics denounce injustice and money-grabbing and attack Morocco's king directly, which according to local media constitutes a clear breach of the kingdom's "red lines".However, the court in Sale near the capital Rabat...
November 26, 2019

Morocco rapper gets one-year jail for insulting police

Choi Siwon
China fans desert K-pop star for 'liking' Hong Kong tweet
BEIJING — A South Korean pop star has become the latest celebrity to spark anger on the Chinese internet after he "liked" a tweet about the divisive issue of pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong.Choi Siwon, a member of popular K-pop boy band Super Junior, was forced to apologize twice after liking a post on Twitter by South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo about the Hong Kong protests.Twitter is blocked in China, but opinions that rile Beijing regularly make their way across the "Great Firewall" of censorship and go viral on Chinese social media.Choi apologized on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform on Sunday night, saying he hoped there would soon be an end to "the violence and chaos" in Hong Kong."Since the controversy caused by this behavior makes...
November 26, 2019

China fans desert K-pop star for 'liking' Hong Kong tweet

This image grab taken from an AFP video shows French actress Adele Haenel, right, arriving at the Central Office for the Suppression of Violence against Persons (office central pour la repression des violences aux personnes) in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, on Tuesday. — AFP
Top French actress files abuse charge against director
PARIS — French star Adele Haenel lodged a formal complaint on Tuesday against a film director she claims sexually harassed her between the ages of 12 and 15, her lawyers said.The actress shook the French film industry earlier this month with accusations about being repeatedly touched and kissed by Christophe Ruggia, who directed her in her first film role.The 30-year-old winner of two French Oscars initially refused to bring charges because she said so few sexual assault cases come to court in France.But she changed her mind and went to a police station in a Paris suburb on Tuesday to make a formal complaint against Ruggia.The director, now 54, initially denied the accusations before asking Haenel to forgive him, saying: "I did not see that my adulation and the hopes I placed in...
November 26, 2019

Top French actress files abuse charge against director

The portrait of late K-pop star Goo Hara is seen surrounded by flowers at a memorial altar at a hospital in Seoul on Monday. — AFP
Bullying debate after death of K-pop star Goo Hara
SEOUL — Fans mourned and questions were asked on Monday after K-pop star and revenge porn victim Goo Hara was found dead in a possible suicide, which would make her the second female singer in a month to take her own life in the high-pressure industry.The body of Goo, a member of former girl group Kara, was discovered on Sunday evening at her home in Cheongdam, one of Seoul's wealthiest neighborhoods.Police were still investigating her cause of death and Yonhap news agency reported they were "keeping the possibility of suicide in consideration".In May, the 28-year-old star apologized to her fans after being hospitalized following a suspected suicide attempt, saying she had been "in agony over a number of issues".Goo was abused by an ex-boyfriend last year who —...
November 25, 2019

Bullying debate after death of K-pop star Goo Hara

Belgian student Laurent Simons, 9 years old, poses during a photo session at his home in Amsterdam on Thursday. — AFP
9-year-old Belgian prodigy set for university degree
AMSTERDAM — Like many other nine-year-olds, Laurent Simons likes TV and his pet dog. But he also wants to make artificial organs, and is about to get the qualifications to set him on his way.The Belgian boy will in December receive a degree in electrical engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, which will make him one of the world's youngest graduates.Far from being fazed by his achievements, which also saw him complete the course in just nine months instead of the usual three years, Laurent says it's "normal" — although he adds too that it's "cool"."I'm currently studying electrical engineering. It's about designing circuits and things like that. So chips, actually," the mop-haired youngster said in the...
November 22, 2019

9-year-old Belgian prodigy set for university degree

Fish nibble at the feet of Indonesian diners as they have their lunch at a fish pool restaurant at Wedomartani village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in this Nov. 15, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Foot fetish: Nibbles a specialty at Indonesian restaurant
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — As he scarfed down a traditional Indonesian meal, Adi Karyanov got himself the two-in-one special at a new restaurant offering pedicures by fish.The tables and chairs at Soto Cokro Kembang in Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta sit in ankle-deep water, home to thousands of little fish that nibble dead skin off the feet of diners."I felt the fish biting my feet — it was ticklish but nice," Karyanov said."They make it fun to eat here. It's kind of unique."Many spas across southeast Asia have for years touted a fishy pedicure as an unproven but novel way of treating various skin conditions.But restaurant owner Imam Nur, who opened in June, has gone a step further by offering it alongside his traditional Javanese "sole...
November 22, 2019

Foot fetish: Nibbles a specialty at Indonesian restaurant

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