This satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and provided by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, shows cyclone Ilsa approaching Australia's west coast, Thursday, April 13, 2023.

Meteorologists targeted in climate misinfo surge

Users on Twitter and other social media falsely accused Spain's weather agency of engineering a drought, Australia's of doctoring its thermometers and France's of exaggerating global warming through misplaced weather stations.

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New Twitter CEO says she is excited to help to transform Twitter

It was the first time Yaccarino has spoken publicly since the news broke Thursday that she was in talks to become the next CEO of Twitter. Musk, who has served as CEO since his $44 billion buyout of Twitter last October, announced her appointment on Friday. ...

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Prenuptial agreement in Indonesia: Yay or Nay?

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Apple to launch first online store in Vietnam

Apple will launch its first online store in Vietnam next week, hoping to cash in on the country's young and tech-savvy population.

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Actor Johnny Depp waves as he leaves the High Court in London, Britain, on July 16, 2020.

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Johnny Depp makes comeback in scandal-hit period drama

Johnny Depp's comeback film is full of scandal both on-screen and off, as he tests out his French in the role of King Louis XV.

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A customer purchases “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom“ during a launch event for the game at a Nintendo store in New York on May 12, 2023.

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Gamers rush to get Nintendo's new 'Zelda' after six-year wait

Video game fans around the world flocked to shops on Friday to get their hands on the new edition of "Zelda".

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A photograph taken on May 10, 2023 shows baguettes in front of members of the jury during the annual “Grand prix de la baguette de tradition française de la Ville de Paris, aka the best baguette in Paris competition, in Paris.

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Sri Lankan baker 'cried' when he won best baguette in Paris

A Paris baker of Sri Lankan origin said he "cried" when he heard he had won best baguette in the French capital this week.

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In this photograph taken on May 6, 2023, film distributor Anonno Mamun walks past posters of Bollywood films 'Pathaan' and 'Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan' at his office in Dhaka.

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Bangladesh audiences see first Indian movie in 50 years

Thousands flocked to cinemas in Dhaka on Friday as Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster Pathaan hit the big screens.

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This photo taken on March 5, 2023 shows Eloise Fan, co-founder of an electronic music label called “Scandal“ which features women producers from around China, teaching DJ skills at a club in Shanghai. Tired of Shanghai club nights dominated by men, where a woman's appearance often matters as much as her musical skills, Eloise Fan has created an underground space where women DJs are free to shine.

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Women dance to their own beat in China's nightclubs

On a chilly spring evening, dozens of young women in a packed basement bar crowded around music producer Fan as she stood at the mixer, demonstrating how to transition between tracks.

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Back on stage: Mid-dance, (from left to right) Suga, V, J-Hope, Jin, Jungkook, Jimin and RM of BTS perform onstage during the 2021 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on Nov. 21, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, the United States. The band will return to the US for a series of concerts in Las Vegas in April, their agency said on Wednesday.

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K-pop megastars BTS to release memoir in July

BTS has become a global cultural phenomenon, selling out stadiums and dominating charts around the world while raking in billions for South Korea's economy.

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An artist's impression of supernova SN2016aps, provided by Northwestern University on April 13, 2020.

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Astronomers puzzled by 'largest' ever cosmic explosion

While the astronomers offered what they think is the most likely explanation for the explosion, they emphasised that more research was needed to understand the puzzling phenomenon.

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Proud: Anugrah Fadly stands between his paintings 'Pendidikan Robot' (left) and 'Abstraksi Gempa Turki' (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)

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How to discover artistic talent in children with autism

Children with autism often have hidden artistic talents that can be uncovered with the right approach

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Honorary night: Honoree Canadian-American actor Michael J. Fox (right) accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from American actor Woody Harrelson during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 13th Annual Governors Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the United States, on Nov. 19.

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Michael J. Fox talks Parkinson's and perseverance in documentary 'Still'

The Canadian-American actor has had to face a lot from his early career scrabbling around for roles, negotiating his terms over a payphone outside a fast food restaurant, to the diagnosis he kept secret for seven years.

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Netflix cast British actress Adele James in the lead role of its production “Queen Cleopatra“.

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Was Cleopatra black?: Race row as Egyptian archaeologist releases documentary

For weeks, pundits and officials in Egypt have reacted angrily to streaming platform Netflix's decision to cast British actress Adele James in the lead role of its production "Queen Cleopatra" -- insisting the ruler had lighter skin.

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Economic value: Urban farmer Yuliana Darmawan increased her financial security by growing several of her own vegetables. (Courtesy of Yuliana Darmawan)

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The true value of the urban-farming trend

Urban farming has the potential to improve not only the environment but also social welfare.

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Visitors hike on the ice during a guided tour on the Matanuska Glacier, a 27-mile (43.5kms) long valley glacier feeding water into the Matanuska River, on July 10, 2022, about 100 miles (161kms) northeast of Anchorage near Palmer, Alaska. The glacier appears to be retreating each year as the access trail for tourists and guides must be constantly maintained through glacial silt and mud, over the rocky moraine and onto the ice featuring clean white and deep blue colors. While Alaska is home to about 25,000 glaciers, studies suggest that rising global temperatures linked to climate change are causing glaciers globally to melt. The Matanuska Glacier is the largest glacier accessible by car in the US via a private road and paying an access fee for a guided glacier tour that is a large part of an economy of tourism in the region.

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New study finds prehistoric migration from China to Americas

A new genetics study published Tuesday in Cell Reports finds that some of the first arrivals came from China during two distinct migrations: the first during the last ice age, and the second shortly after.

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A man wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walks past a poster for an animated movie 'Demon Slayer' in front of a movie theater in Tokyo, Japan, on December 13, 2020.

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Streaming giants battle for anime supremacy

Fuelled in part by the pandemic, the popularity of the cartoons pioneered in Japan has created a goldmine for streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime.

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French musicians Thomas Bangalter (L) and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk perform onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The duo have announced their split via a new video, a spokesperson confirmed on February 22, 2021

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Daft Punk to unveil never-heard song where it all began

Dubbed "Infinity Repeating", the tune was recorded as the robot-helmeted pair were working on their 2013 album "Random Access Memories" but it was left on the cutting room floor in favour of others like global mega-hit "Get Lucky".

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Musk says video and audio calls coming to Twitter

"Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle to anyone on this platform," Musk said in a tweet.

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FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk Twitter account verification badge is seen in this illustration taken November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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Musk says Twitter to soon allow calls, encrypted messaging

Last year, Musk flagged plans for "Twitter 2.0 The Everything App", which he said would have features such as encrypted direct messages (DMs), longform tweets and payments.

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In this file photograph taken on November 16, 2021, French virologist, 2008 Medicine Nobel Prize and newly appointed President of “Sidaction“ organisation, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, poses during a photo session in Paris. When French virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi helped identify a mysterious virus that would become known as HIV 40 years ago, she says it kicked off a “race against time“ to counter the looming AIDS crisis. In an interview with AFP, the 75-year-old described how she and colleagues at the Pasteur Institute discovered HIV in 1983, which led to her jointly winning a Nobel Prize.

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Discovering HIV started 'race against time': Barre-Sinoussi

In an interview with AFP, the 75-year-old virologist described how she and colleagues at the Pasteur Institute in Paris discovered HIV in 1983, which led to her jointly winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

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Inclusive: Koes Adiati said people with disabilities should be able to experience art like everyone else. (Courtesy of Koes Adiati)

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Sign language interpreters describe their experience with music

Indonesian sign language interpreters talk about their practice and how it feels to “perform” for the hard of hearing and deaf to create a more inclusive performance.

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Creator: Uli Artha Panggabean shows some of the 'ulos' she has made. (JP/Tonggo Simangunsong)

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A Batak tale of weaving: Preserving tradition and beliefs

Uli Artha Panggabean is a weaver of ulos, the traditional woven cloth of the Batak tribe. Her passion for the tradition goes deep.

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Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin performs during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2017.

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Open up your eyes: Coldplay to hold a concert for the first time in Indonesia

British rock band Coldplay will hold their first-ever concert in Indonesia after much anticipation from the public.

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Venezuelan migrant Laura Linares prepares turmada, a Venezuelan Andean dish, at her house in Mexico City on March 27, 2023. When Laura Linares misses her country Venezuela, which she left five years ago to move to Mexico, she finds that cooking traditional dishes from her childhood eases her homesickness. Like many other migrants who leave their family and friends in search of a better life, rediscovering the dishes of her country is a bit like rediscovering what she holds dearest.

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Taste of home offers comfort to nostalgic migrants

Linares moved to Mexico to study for a master's degree in linguistics after leaving her crisis-racked country five years ago.

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The why of AI: LinkedIn’s subscription revenue has increased 8 percent after it adopted explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) that not only predicted clients at risk of canceling, but also explained how it arrived at the conclusion.

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LinkedIn cuts over 700 jobs

LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, has grown revenue each quarter during the last year, but it joins other major technology companies including its parent in laying off workers amid a weakening global economic outlook.

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Sentimental sounds: Albert Hammond Jr appears in his music video for the single '100-99' which features rapper GoldLink and inspired by the sounds of '90s hip-hop. (YouTube/Courtesy of Albert Hammond Jr)

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The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr talk new album and upcoming show at We The Fest, Indonesia

With the release of his new solo album and The Strokes’ first concert in Indonesia, Albert Hammond Jr opens up about life as a father, sobriety, and friendship with Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders.

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Home-cooked: The Tannoor's baynjan borani, pan-fried eggplant with tomato gravy sauce and onion topped with yoghurt and mint, is served with zeera rice and Afghani naan. (Courtesy of The Tannoor)

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Food from the heart: A hidden Afghan restaurant in Yogyakarta

This is the story of an out-of-job travel agent and an Afghan refugee who started a private dining restaurant, The Tannoor, in Yogyakarta

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In this picture taken on April 27, 2023, Iraqi Kurd Shylan Kamal poses for a picture at a gym in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. As a young girl, Shylan would help her mother knead bread until one day she realised the work was a way to build up muscles -- and she liked it. Now 46 and herself a mother to three adult children, Kamal sees her passion for bodybuilding as a matter of gender equality in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.

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Iraqi Kurdish bodybuilder breaks down gender barriers

The nutritionist and former photographer returned to Kurdistan from Germany three years ago and found a conservative and patriarchal society where her passion for bodybuilding raised some eyebrows.

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