Drake crushes streaming record for top US album of year
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Hip-hop superstar Drake's latest album "Scorpion" has crushed the record for streaming to post…
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Emmy nominations set to be a race between old favorites
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - Television industry watchers are expecting past winners to relive old glories Thursday as Hollywood's…
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Uber joins scooter wars with Lime investment
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Uber made a move into electric scooters Monday, as the ride-service giant agreed to a…
8 years ago
Twitter shares fall on worries about user base
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Twitter shares tumbled Monday on concerns the social media's efforts to crack down on…
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Starbucks to phase out plastic straws by 2020
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Global coffee giant Starbucks announced Monday it is to eliminate all plastic straws from its…
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Starbucks back in hot water, ‘disrespects’ stutterer
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Starbucks was back in hot water Friday, three months after a branch manager…
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Pompeo in North Korea to seek ‘details’ on denuclearization
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang Friday to press Kim Jong…
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Electricity potential answer to the mystery of ‘flying’ spiders
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Cloudy with a chance of... spiders? The phenomenon of "flying" spiders gliding into the air…
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New York’s Met Museum pulls in record 7.35mn visitors
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art pulled in a record 7.35 million visitors…
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Dystopian ‘Sorry to Bother You’ affirms vitality of black cinema
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)--With its dystopian story of racial exploitation behind the veneer of…
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European tourist magnets hit back as Airbnb turns 10
by Rebecca Frasquet Agence France-Presse PARIS, Frace (AFP)--Facing competition from Airbnb, which will celebrate a decade this summer, top European…
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US car sales mostly up through June as larger vehicles reign
by John Biers Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)--Leading automakers reported mostly higher US sales for the first…
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