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Art & Culture 1 year ago
French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies aged 81
The photographer leaves a unique legacy of images from his hundreds of journeys through the Amazon rainforest and across the planet, from Rwanda to Indonesia, capturing with his lens human tragedies such as famine, wars and mass exoduses.
Americas 1 year ago
Pope Francis, who shook up Church with simplicity, dies on Easter Monday
Francis inherited a deeply divided Church after the resignation in 2013 of his predecessor, Benedict XVI. The conservative-progressive gap became a chasm after Francis was elected the first non-European pope in 1,300 years.
Entertainment 1 year ago
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Mother's prayer, jazz and propaganda: Titiek Puspa in five songs
Many could certainly question Titiek’s political legacy, given that she wrote a propaganda song titled “Bapak Pembangunan” (Father of Development) as a tribute to New Order leader Soeharto in 1987, but through her career spanning over five decades in the music industry, the chanteuse left a legacy of some of the finest recordings ever committed to vinyl.
Legacy 1 year ago
We called her 'Mamak': Remembering Indonesia’s hiking mother
The Weekender was planning to publish a feature on Lilie Wijayati Poegiono after she successfully summited Indonesia’s highest peak and completed her quest to climb the country's seven summits. Tragically, she and her best friend passed away on March 1 at the age of 59, shortly after beginning their descent from Puncak Jaya.
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