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When three Indonesian teen girls formed a metal band 10 years ago to sing about gender equality and peace over bone-crunching guitars and drums, they could scarcely have dreamed of one day playing at Glastonbury. Yet, a decade later, Voice of Baceprot's three Muslim women will become the first band from Indonesia to perform at the world-famous festival in Britain this week, where the headliners include Coldplay and Dua Lipa. Their set will mark the latest highlight in a wild career that has seen Firda Kurnia (guitar and vocals), Widi Rahmawati (bass) and Euis Siti Aisah (drums) amass a huge fa...
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La Haye (AFP) - Une campagne en ligne a permis de récolter plus de 34.000 euros pour un sans-abri qui avait restitué à la police un portefeuille oublié dans un train à Amsterdam avec son contenu d'environ 2.000 euros. Cet acte de civisme a "complètement bouleversé" sa vie, a déclaré Hadjer Al-Ali, 33 ans, cité par le site de financement participatif qui a récolté 34.102 euros en une seule journée. L'action, baptisée "Soutien à l'honnête Hadjer", devrait permettre à cet homme, sans domicile fixe depuis 18 mois, de trouver enfin un logement en location, selon le site. Hadjer Al-Ali, père de deux...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A mysterious shiny monolith has appeared in a Nevada desert, the latest other-worldly installation to materialize in recent years across North America and Europe. Las Vegas police spotted the reflective shape during a search and rescue mission over the weekend in a hiking area an hour north of Sin City. "We see a lot of weird things... but check this out!" the force posted Monday on social media. The rectangular structure is the latest to baffle the internet after they began appearing in places around the globe in 2020. The first monolith, which was discovered in the Utah d...
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Detroit (AFP) - Donald Trump is so proud of a cognitive assessment he took while president that he boasted about it in a speech Saturday, while attacking what he claims is US President Joe Biden's lack of mental acuity. The only problem: he then immediately got confused on the name of the doctor who oversaw the test. Trump extolled his powers of mental recall in a speech to hard-right allies in Detroit, challenging Biden to take the same cognitive exam he says he underwent in 2018 with then White House physician Ronny Jackson. However, he immediately flubbed the name of the former official, wh...
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Bari (Italy) (AFP) - From bear hugs to looks that could kill, G7 leaders may have put on a show of unity at an Italy summit this week -- but it was not all la dolce vita. Footage of the leaders singing "Happy Birthday" to Germany's Olaf Scholz at Joe Biden's urging was the perfect display of Group of Seven cooperation. Thursday's welcoming embrace between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the summit host, and Britain's Rishi Sunak was so enthusiastic it went viral. "Giorgia is fantastic," Sunak told reporters Friday, highlighting the two right-wing leaders' cooperation on migration and de...
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Palestinian-American model Bella Hadid has teamed up with Sudanese-Canadian musician Mustafa on a music video titled 'Gaza is Calling'. The video stars the model and 15-year-old Palestinianrap prodigy, MC Abdul, as a mother and son who have sought refuge overseas from Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory. At the start of the video, Hadid can be seen gazing at a map showing Palestine before the creation of Israel in 1948, adorned with a sticker of the Palestinian flag. The clip also features Palestinian siblings Israa and Younes Ar’arawi, who live in a refugee camp in the occupied W...
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Veteran British-Jewish actress, Miriam Margolyes, said that renowned English author and champion of the underdog Charles Dickens would have been "pro-Palestinian" during a literature event hosted by the UK's Queen Camila. The 83-year-old actress, best known for her role in the Harry Potter series, made the comments at the Queen's Reading Room event over the weekend at Hampton Court Palace, London, where she did theatrical readings of several famed Dickens passages, according to The Independent. Margolyes said Dickens, known for his social commentary about the plight of the poor in Victorian En...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Every parent knows how to find a piece of LEGO -- walk around barefoot. But police in California found a whole lot more of the plastic bricks -- 2,800 boxes. The kits, which reports said included "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" themed builds, were discovered at the home of a man believed to be part of a theft ring targeting the popular toy. Detectives in Los Angeles said they began tracking LEGO thefts in December. They built their case over the following months and, after watching 39-year-old Blanca Gudino allegedly help herself to boxes of LEGO at a local store, they spran...
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New York (AFP) - Two modern day treasure hunters in the United States appeared to strike gold when they uncovered a safe stuffed with $100,000 in cash -- but there was a catch. The banknotes were ruined. Barbara Agostini and James Kane, both in their 40s, have been propelled to celebrity status beyond their magnet fishing community after making the discovery in a New York pond over the weekend. "It's surreal, I thought it was a joke until I saw it with my eyes," said Barbara Agostini. Though not the pair's first time discovering a safe, it was their first one containing more than random odds a...
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American adult film star Whitney Wright has reportedly visited Syria, according to a short video on her social media accounts. Wright, 32, shared videos of herself in Syria on the story feature on her Instagram account. Social media users shared screenshots from her videos, saying they were taken in the cities of Homs and Damascus. Her visit to the war-torn country comes after visits she made to other Arab nations including Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, and Iraq. The adult film actress, who has been outspoken in her support for Palestine, had also visited Iran. She found herself in hot waters after...
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