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Mandela’s freedom spirit punched onto Chinese wall
A close-up detail Belgian artist Phil Akashi's portrait of Nelson Mandela, seen in Shanghai, on August 1, 2013(©AFP) The portrait of Nelson Mandela is — like the man himself — forged from violence and...
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Mandela’s freedom spirit punched onto Chinese wall
A close-up detail Belgian artist Phil Akashi's portrait of Nelson Mandela, seen in Shanghai, on August 1, 2013(©AFP) The portrait of Nelson Mandela is — like the man himself — forged from violence and...
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Australian mine firm guilty of Aboriginal site desecration
Traditional owners of the Muckaty Aboriginal Land Trust protest in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, on April 2, 2012(©AFP/File) An Australian mining firm was convicted on Friday of desecrating a...
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Pakistan TV preacher defends Ramadan baby give-away
People are seen gathering on Sea View Beach during sunset in Karachi, on November 5, 2012(©AFP/File) A charismatic Muslim preacher criticised for giving out babies to childless couples live on...
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Three gunned down in deadly week for Philippines press
Visitors view the coffins of slain Philippine journalists in General Santos City, on November 30, 2009(©AFP/File) Three journalists have been gunned down in the Philippines in its worst spate of media...
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Second photographer charged over topless Kate pics
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pictured in Southampton, on June 13, 2013(©AFP/File) A photographer has been charged in a probe over topless photos of the wife of Britain’s Prince William that...
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New York Times sells Boston Globe to baseball team owner
A man walks by the front of The Boston Globe headquarters May 4, 2009 in Dorchester, Massachusetts(©Getty Images/AFP/File) The New York Times Company announced on Saturday that it has agreed to sell...
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Al-Jazeera set to tackle US market
Joie Chen, host of Al Jazeera America's America Tonight, at the Newseum in Washington, DC, August 16, 2013(©AFP) With a cast of TV news stars, deep pockets and an ambitious agenda, Al-Jazeera launches...
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Picasso murals at heart of debate after Breivik bombing
A man passes a Picasso mural, "The Fisherman", on the government's 'Y building' in Oslo, Norway on August 6, 2013(©AFP) Five Picasso murals that survived Anders Behring Breivik’s bombing of an Oslo...
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S. Lanka army intimidates media over shooting: rights group
Sri Lankan journalists and activists demand investigations into killings of colleagues in Colombo on January 29, 2013(©AFP/File) A Sri Lankan media rights group on Sunday accused the military of...
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Bartoli signs up for US Open – as TV pundit
Kevin Skinner is visited by Marion Bartoli on August 16, 2013 at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio(©Getty Images/AFP/File) Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who shocked tennis by...
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Partner of NSA leaks journalist held for 9 hours
Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald in Brasilia, on August 6, 2013(©AGENCIA SENADO/AFP/File) Rights group Amnesty International on Sunday accused British authorities of “unwarranted revenge tactics”...
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Murdoch says Rudd ‘all over the place’
Rupert Murdoch's Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper on August 5, 2013, calling on voters to 'kick this mob out'(©AFP) Media baron Rupert Murdoch Tuesday threw his support firmly behind the conservative...
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Amazon to run digital, print Conde Nast subscriptions
Consumers can use their Amazon account to purchase, manage and renew their print and digital magazine subscriptions(©AFP/File) US magazine publisher Conde Nast said Tuesday it would outsource to...
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Guatemala task force to probe journalist deaths
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina speaks in Antigua Guatemala, on June 6, 2013(©AFP/File) Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on Tuesday announced the creation of a task force to probe the...
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Australia’s Fairfax improves to $14.7 mn loss
People walk through the foyer of Fairfax Media in Sydney in June 2012(©AFP/File) Struggling Australian media firm Fairfax reported a Aus$16.4 million (US$14.7 million) annual loss Thursday but it was...
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Colourful murals show Nepal’s dark side
Nepalese walk past a mural in Kathmandu on August 20, 2013(©AFP) Nepal’s capital has been given a facelift thanks to a team of artists who painted dozens of elaborate and metres-high murals on walls,...
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Renoir’s personal items to be auctioned in New York
A mass of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal items will be auctioned in New York next month(©AFP/File) A mass of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s personal items will be auctioned in New York next month in what...
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US photojournalist reveals horrors of Syria captivity
A devastated street in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria on August 22, 2013(©AFP/File) A US photojournalist who escaped from Syrian rebels after seven months in captivity revealed details of...
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India PM appeals against media ‘witchhunt’
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, pictured in New Delhi on August 23, 2013(©AFP/File) India’s embattled prime minister appealed Saturday to the media, increasingly critical of his scandal-hit...
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