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Sarah Mullally (L) takes part in the 'Confirmation of Election' ceremony to legally confirm her position as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on January 28, 2026.

Sarah Mullally (L) takes part in the 'Confirmation of Election' ceremony to legally confirm her position as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on January 28, 2026.

World

Anglican church’s first female leader confirmed at London service

Former nurse Sarah Mullally was officially confirmed Wednesday as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to head the Church of...

AFPJanuary 28, 2026

Firefighters and emergency responders formed a circle and sang after a tribute ceremony for the victims of the bar fire in Crans-Montana

Firefighters and emergency responders formed a circle and sang after a tribute ceremony for the victims of the bar fire in Crans-Montana

World

40 white roses: shaken mourners remember Swiss fire victims

Carrying a bucket filled with white roses, Azeddine Mekrabech made his way to Crans-Montana on Friday as Switzerland remembered the dozens who died in...

AFPJanuary 9, 2026

French couple Jacques (L) and Jessica Moretti attended a hearing at the office of the public prosecutor of Switzerland's Wallis canton

French couple Jacques (L) and Jessica Moretti attended a hearing at the office of the public prosecutor of Switzerland's Wallis canton

World

Switzerland holds day of mourning after deadly New Year fire

Switzerland was to hold a national day of mourning Friday for the 40 people killed, mostly teenagers, when fire ravaged a ski resort bar...

AFPJanuary 9, 2026

Switzerland will hold a national day of mourning as it grieves the 40 people killed in a New Year's fire

Switzerland will hold a national day of mourning as it grieves the 40 people killed in a New Year's fire

World

Switzerland mourns Crans-Montana fire tragedy

All of Switzerland will mark a national day of mourning Friday for the dozens of mostly teenagers killed when fire ravaged a ski resort...

AFPJanuary 8, 2026

2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

Entertainment

Review: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Reba McEntire hosts, and various artists perform

The Rockefeller Center Christmas 93rd annual Tree Lighting Ceremony took place on December 3rd in the heart of New York City.

Markos PapadatosDecember 5, 2025

Narco-musical 'Emilia Perez' has courted controversy even as it sweeps awards

Narco-musical 'Emilia Perez' has courted controversy even as it sweeps awards

Entertainment

Scandal-hit narco-musical ‘Emilia Perez’ wins Spanish film prize

Narco-musical "Emilia Perez" won best European film at Spain's equivalent of the Oscars.

AFPFebruary 9, 2025

Video game "Astro Bot" -- a family-friendly sci-fi adventure -- was named 2024's Game of the Year on Thursday

Video game "Astro Bot" -- a family-friendly sci-fi adventure -- was named 2024's Game of the Year on Thursday

Tech & Science

‘Astro Bot’ wins highest award at Oscars of video games

Video game “Astro Bot” — a family-friendly sci-fi adventure — was named 2024’s Game of the Year on Thursday at the annual awards considered...

AFPDecember 13, 2024

The public trial is a first for Mouhammad Nabil Mfourifoum Mbombo Njoya, who took over the throne after his father died in 2021

The public trial is a first for Mouhammad Nabil Mfourifoum Mbombo Njoya, who took over the throne after his father died in 2021

World

The trial of a king: ancient royal ritual in Cameroon promotes peace

Chatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of a...

AFPDecember 10, 2024

DJ Kavinsky performed during the closing ceremony for the Olympics and will also perform at the end of the Paralympics

DJ Kavinsky performed during the closing ceremony for the Olympics and will also perform at the end of the Paralympics

Sports

Giant club night to close out Paris Games

More than 20 top French DJs are set to feature at the closing ceremony of the Paris Paralympics on Sunday.

AFPSeptember 5, 2024

This handout picture taken and released on September 5, 2024 by Kiinitanga shows new Maori queen, twenty-seven-year-old Nga Wai hono i te po Paki, attending the funeral ceremony of New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia at the Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. A council of New Zealand's indigenous Maori chiefs anointed a new queen on September 5, as a flotilla of war canoes readied to transport her father, the late monarch, for burial on a sacred mountain. Nga Wai hono i te po Paki -- a surprise choice to be the next Maori leader -- was cheered as she sat atop a high-backed wooden throne.

This handout picture taken and released on September 5, 2024 by Kiinitanga shows new Maori queen, twenty-seven-year-old Nga Wai hono i te po Paki, attending the funeral ceremony of New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia at the Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. A council of New Zealand's indigenous Maori chiefs anointed a new queen on September 5, as a flotilla of war canoes readied to transport her father, the late monarch, for burial on a sacred mountain. Nga Wai hono i te po Paki -- a surprise choice to be the next Maori leader -- was cheered as she sat atop a high-backed wooden throne.

World

New Zealand’s Maori anoint new queen

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch Thursday, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the...

AFPSeptember 4, 2024

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