Heineken and Lagunitas beer is pictured on May 4, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

Heineken profits up as drinkers swallow higher prices

Dutch brewer Heineken reported higher profits for the first half of the year as drinkers returned to bars despite increased prices.

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Tunisia library races to preserve rich polyglot press archive

In the basement of the National Library of Tunis, conservator Hasna Gabsi combs through shelves of newspapers dating back to the mid-19th century to select the latest to digitise. ...

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BTS' J-Hope makes history on Lollapalooza festival stage

K-pop superstar J-Hope of BTS made history on Sunday as the closer at Chicago's annual Lollapalooza weekend, becoming the first South Korean act to headline a major US music festival. ...

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'Meat' me at our spot: Juliette The Selfish's signature “Juliette's Bistecca” is shareable dish recommended for a couple's night out. (JP/Felix Martua)

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Juliette The Selfish offers fusion meals and elaborate fantasies

Juliette The Selfish, a restaurant in Bogor, West Java, seeks to provide the city’s most romantic night out.

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‘Her light’ goes on: United States actress Nichelle Nichols attends the 2003 TV Land awards at the Palladium Theatre in Hollywood, California, the US, on March 2, 2003.

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Nichelle Nichols, Uhura of ‘Star Trek’ fame, dies at 89

Nichelle Nichols, a groundbreaking Black actress who played communications officer Nyota Uhura with cool authority on the popular 1960s series Star Trek, has died at 89.

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All cast: Cast and crew members attend the world premiere for the second season of the Netflix show Bridgerton in London, on March 22.

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Netflix sues creators of alleged 'Bridgerton' knockoff

Netflix Inc. on Friday sued the creators of an alleged unauthorized musical stage production of its popular period-drama Bridgerton, accusing them of copyright infringement after building demand for their knockoff on TikTok.

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Behind the deck: Saudi DJ Leen Naif plays at a university event in Saudia Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on May 26.

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Saudi women DJs go from hobbyists to headliners

Women DJs, an unthinkable phenomenon just a few years ago in the traditionally ultraconservative kingdom, are becoming a relatively common sight in its main cities.

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Tough love: Female esport players are on the rise, yet they often receive degrading online harassment from fellow players. (Pexels/JÉSHOOTS)

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Indonesian female gamers continue to fight stigma and sexism

Despite the rapid growth of the local gaming industry, female gamers encounter problems that their male counterparts do not.

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In this file photo taken on August 13, 2006, Canadian actor William Shatner and US actress Nichelle Nichols attend Comedy Central's roast of Shatner at the CBS Studio center in Los Angeles. Nichelle Nichols, a groundbreaking Black actress who played communications officer Nyota Uhura with cool authority on the popular 1960s series

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Nichelle Nichols, Uhura of 'Star Trek' fame, dies at 89

Nichelle Nichols, a groundbreaking Black actress who played communications officer Nyota Uhura with cool authority on the popular 1960s series "Star Trek," has died at 89.

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‘Black widow’: A spinning-neutron star periodically swings its radio (green) and gamma-ray (magenta) beams past Earth in this artist's concept of a black-widow pulsar. The pulsar heats the facing side of its stellar partner to temperatures twice as hot as the sun's surface and slowly evaporates it.

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Gluttonous cosmic 'black widow' is heaviest-known neutron star

Astronomers have observed the most-massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a "black widow" that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of the mass of a stellar companion trapped in an unhappy cosmic marriage.

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‘My behavior was unacceptable’: Will Smith speaks in an apology video for slapping Chris Rock at Academy Awards 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video uploaded on Friday.

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Will Smith posts emotional new apology for Oscars slap

Actor Will Smith has posted an emotional new apology for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars earlier this year, revealing in a lengthy video clip that he has reached out to the comedian who was not yet "ready to talk”.

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'Less is more': As many women now prefer to wear less makeup, a number of makeup artists share their tips on creating a "simple look". (Unsplash/Raphael Lovaski)

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Staying beautiful during the pandemic: Makeup experts share their tips

Top makeup artists offer their advice on how to look good while still following COVID-19 health protocols.

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Tactile learning: Students at EXIST private tutoring agency in South Tangerang, Banten, study together in a classroom in April. (Courtesy of EXIST)

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Amid the rise of online 'bimbel', offline tutoring services stand their ground

Despite the rise of internet-based competition, face-to-face after-school lessons remain the preferred option for students

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Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are seen at Kaeng Krachan elephant park at Zurich zoo on July 27, 2022. A deadly virus has swept through Zurich's zoo, killing three Asian elephants in a month and leaving experts stumped as to how to stop its spread. The zoo overlooking Switzerland's largest city now has only five of the majestic creatures roaming its 11,000-square-metre (118,400-square-foot) elephant enclosure.

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Deadly elephant virus stalks Zurich zoo

A deadly virus has swept through Zurich's zoo, killing three Asian elephants in a month and leaving experts stumped as to how to stop its spread.

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This photo taken on June 22, 2022 shows a man riding a bicycle past sealed buildings marked for demolition in the Laoximen neighborhood of Shanghai's Huangpu district. Bricked-up doorways, crumbling facades, and a small group of defiant locals: one of Shanghai's oldest neighborhoods is barely clinging to life as the city presses ahead with demolition and redevelopment plans

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Demolition looms for historic Shanghai neighborhood

Bricked-up doorways, crumbling facades and a small group of defiant locals: one of Shanghai's oldest neighborhoods is barely clinging to life as the city presses ahead with demolition and redevelopment plans.

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Walter Primrose and his wife Gwynn Morrison were charged with identity theft

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US couple arrested decades after assuming false identities

A couple living in the United States for decades under false names stolen from dead babies have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government, in a case tinged with suspicion of espionage.

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The Data and Computational Journalism Conference Indonesia (DCJ-CI), which runs from Wednesday to Saturday and features 16 seminars and six workshops, covers new media technology and data-driven journalism.

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First nationwide data journalism conference kicks off

The Data and Computational Journalism Conference Indonesia (DCJ-CI), which runs from Wednesday to Saturday and features 16 seminars and six workshops, covers new media technology and data-driven journalism.

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Scientist, inventor and author: Influential British scientist James Lovelock poses for pictures in Paris on March 17, 2019. Lovelock, famed for his Gaia hypothesis and pioneering work on climate change, has died at the age of 103, his family announced on Wednesday.

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James Lovelock, famed UK scientist behind Gaia theory

The independent British scientist James Lovelock, who has died on his 103rd birthday, was hugely influential for his Gaia theory that Earth is a single self-regulating system -- and later, his dire warnings about climate change.

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Gaming time has little effect on short-term mental health: study

The short-term mental-health impact of playing video games "is probably too small" to be noticeable, according to a major study by the University of Oxford published on Wednesday.

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No deal: Colombian singer Shakira arrives for the screening of the film Elvis during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25.

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Shakira wants day in Spanish court, rejects plea deal

Colombian-superstar Shakira rejected a plea deal on Spanish tax-fraud charges and wants to prove her innocence in court, her lawyers said on Wednesday.

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Maintaining duality: Tesla Manaf intends on keeping his electronic live set (pictured) separate from "Larynx's" organic live set. (Andi Juhari/Tropis Creative)

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KUNTARI continues to stand out with new album

Bandung experimental act KUNTARI/Tesla Manaf tells the story behind his third studio album.

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Entertainment

Netflix back up after brief streaming outage

At its peak, there were more than 1,300 incidents of people reporting issues with Netflix, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources in the United States.

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Inmates who escaped during the attack by suspected Boko haram fighters wait after being captured and returned back to Kuje prison, in Abuja, Nigeria July 6, 2022

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Uprooted again, Nigerians who fled Boko Haram face new dangers

At least 100,000 displaced people around Maiduguri face evictions, according to the U.N. humanitarian office, OCHA, but aid groups say most families are unwilling to return to their ancestral lands, especially in northern parts of Borno, which they deem unsafe.

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Newly arrived: Rohingya refugees look on in the compounds of a mosque following their arrival by boat in Bireuen, Special Region of Aceh, on March 6. (AFP/Amanda Jufrian)

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Rohingya refugees in Indonesia face constant hurdles in resettling

Many refugees still come to Indonesia with hopes of a better life, but they often receive no support during the resettlement process.

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A herd of cattle stands in a dry field, on July 25, 2022 in Lavau-sur-Loire, western France, as continuous dry weather affects many western regions of France.

Environment

France struggles with drought over punishing summer of heat

Communities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water restrictions this summer.

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This image obtained from NASA and taken by the Mars Perseverance rover on July 12, 2022, show what appear to be string on the red planet.

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String theory: NASA Mars rover discovers mystery object

Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti? An object discovered by NASA's Mars rover has intrigued space watchers.

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Facebook's Meta posts first-ever revenue drop

Facebook-parent Meta reported its first quarterly revenue drop as the social media powerhouse battles a turbulent economy and the rising phenomenon of TikTok.

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Four people have now been declared in permanent remission for HIV, but the treatment is not advisable for the 38 million globally living with HIV

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Fourth person 'cured' of HIV, but is a less risky cure in sight?

AIDS researchers announced on Wednesday that a fourth person has been "cured" of HIV, but the dangerous procedure for patients also battling cancer may be little comfort for the tens of millions living with the virus worldwide.

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Culture

Thai businesses cash in on cannabis, from milk tea to toothpaste

Thai businesses are cashing in with cannabis-infused products like toothpaste, tea, soaps and snacks after the government legalized the plant and its extract this year, generating a wave of interest in the drug.

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