/lifestyle/offbeat en /node/2597336/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744824786373745700</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 17:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> MADRID: Spanish police said Wednesday they have uncovered an illegal underground firing range they suspect was operated by a weapons trafficking ring that supplied assault rifles and other arms to drug gangs.<br /> Officers raided a house in the southern province of Granada and found the site, which was located three stories underground, said a police statement.<br /> Neighbours could not hear guns going off because of the depth of the range, it added.<br /> Police said it was the first time they had found a 鈥渋llegal shooting range run by a criminal group鈥� in Spain.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592798-1670865070.jpg" width="2942" height="2334" alt="" title="The Spanish police discovered an illegal underground shooting range, which they suspect was operated by a weapons trafficking network that supplied assault rifles and automatic guns to drug gangs, Apr. 16, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/spain">Spain</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/granada">Granada</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:37:09 +0000 rbksa 2597336 at /node/2597225/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744779276258977000</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 03:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Before Swedish slow TV hit 鈥淭he Great Moose Migration鈥� began airing Tuesday, Ulla Malmgren stocked up on coffee and prepared meals so she doesn鈥檛 miss a moment of the 20-day, 24-hour event.<br /> 鈥淪leep? Forget it. I don鈥檛 sleep,鈥� she said.<br /> Malmgren, 62, isn鈥檛 alone. The show, called 鈥淒en stora 盲lgvandringen鈥� in Swedish, and sometimes translated as 鈥淭he Great Elk Trek鈥� in English, began in 2019 with nearly a million people watching. In 2024, the production hit 9 million viewers on SVT Play, the streaming platform for national broadcaster SVT.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592476-1464076860.jpg" width="1200" height="675" alt="" title="Above, preparations in Junsele, Sweden for the livestream 鈥楾he Great Moose Migration鈥� to document the annual moose migration near Kullberg in northern Sweden. (SVT via AP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592477-1728818625.jpg" width="1200" height="675" alt="" title="Above, moose in Junsele, Sweden during preparations for the livestream 鈥楾he Great Moose Migration鈥� to document the annual Moose migration near Kullberg in northern Sweden. (SVT via AP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592478-2036370670.jpg" width="720" height="405" alt="" title="Above, moose in Junsele, Sweden during preparations for the livestream 鈥楾he Great Moose Migration鈥� to document the annual Moose migration near Kullberg in northern Sweden. (SVT via AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wildlife">wildlife</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sweden">Sweden</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/moose">Moose</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:03:19 +0000 rbksa 2597225 at /node/2597223/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744777800098915400</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 04:01</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JaJAKARTA: When Indonesian executive Heret Frasthio takes his antique 1957 VL Vespa for a ride, its white paint peeling off, the usual fumes and hum of the free-spirited scooters cannot be seen or heard.<br /> The two-wheeler is just one of the vintage models converted by his company as it tries to turn a love for the Italian icon into an environmentally friendly pursuit.<br /> Indonesia has long suffered from air pollution partly driven by its addiction to inefficient, old cars and scooters, including nearly one million Vespas as of 2022, according to the country鈥檚 Vespa Club.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592471-7535950.jpg" width="1131" height="753" alt="" title="Above, Vespa enthusiasts riding along a road in Jakarta. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592469-1634418432.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="A mechanic prepares to install a battery into a Vespa that has been converted to an electric scooter at the Elders workshop in Jakarta. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592470-139076308.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="An employee inspects a Vespa that has been converted to an electric scooter at the Elders workshop in Jakarta. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592472-239989174.jpg" width="1131" height="753" alt="" title="Heret Frasthio, CEO of Elders, sits on a Vespa that has been converted to an electric scooter at the Elders workshop in Jakarta. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/vespa">vespa</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/indonesia">Indonesia</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:37:20 +0000 rbksa 2597223 at /node/2597167/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744732911343876600</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-04-15 19:35</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> NAIROBI: Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.<br /> Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, two 19-year-olds who were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 ants at a guest house, appeared distraught during their appearance before a magistrate in Nairobi and were comforted in the courtroom by relatives. They told the magistrate they were collecting the ants for fun and did not know that it was illegal.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/15/4592325-614559934.jpg" width="1200" height="724" alt="" title="Garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgians, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan appeared for their hearing, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts, in Nairobi, Apr. 15, 2025. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nairobi">Nairobi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/garden-ants">garden ants</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wildlife-piracy">wildlife piracy</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/kenya">Kenya</a></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:35:20 +0000 rbksa 2597167 at /node/2597050/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-04-15 01:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> NEW YORK: US music mogul Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges added to the criminal racketeering and sex trafficking case against him, which is expected to go to trial next month.<br /> The superseding indictment includes an additional charge of sex trafficking and one of transportation to engage in prostitution, relating to a woman identified by prosecutors only as 鈥淰ictim-2.鈥�<br /> Combs, 55, appeared in federal court in New York to deny the accusations that could spell more prison time if the multi-millionaire entertainer is convicted.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/15/4592054-247567375.jpeg" width="1000" height="705" alt="" title="Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs. (Reuters/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:17:19 +0000 Mahad 2597050 at /node/2597020/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744654706557064500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-04-14 17:54</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PARIS: Meta will train its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models with its European users鈥� public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot, the firm said Monday.<br /> The decision represents a major volte-face from the Facebook and Instagram owner, which has previously appeared wary of the European Union鈥檚 stringent regulations on the use of personal data.<br /> People based in the EU who use Meta platforms can opt out of having their data used for training purposes, the social networking giant said.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/14/4591987-1763823391.jpg" width="2600" height="1733" alt="" title="US social network Instagram logo displayed on a smartphone in front of the media giant Meta&#039;s logo on a laptop screen. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/meta">Meta</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/artificial-intelligence-ai">artificial intelligence (AI)</a></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:22:01 +0000 rbksa 2597020 at /node/2596918/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-04-14 01:37</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> CHAVILLE, France: Claudine Spire pointed to a group of toddlers in a black-and-white photo. 鈥淚 thought I recognized myself,鈥� she said, indicating a girl with curly hair and a short coat. But it was not her.<br /> As part of the 78-year-old Frenchwoman鈥檚 relentless search for her roots, Spire found the photo a few days ago in the archives of the French ministry of foreign affairs.<br /> 鈥淚 felt as a child that I didn鈥檛 quite belong,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 look like anyone in the family.鈥�</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/14/4591680-1092862929.jpg" width="1200" height="700" alt="Claudine Spire, 78, pauses during an interview at her home in Chaville, on the outskirts of Paris, on April 9, 2025. (AFP)" title="Claudine Spire, 78, pauses during an interview at her home in Chaville, on the outskirts of Paris, on April 9, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/claudine-spire">Claudine Spire</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/frenchwoman%E2%80%99s-relentless-search-her-roots">Frenchwoman鈥檚 relentless search for her roots</a></div></div></div> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:52:22 +0000 malawi 2596918 at /node/2596838/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744530336673776800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-04-13 07:35</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> INDIO: Coachella鈥檚 second day featured high-profile guests from Hollywood and Washington, D.C., an emotional performance from Weezer and a peaceful transfer of power between electropop stars. Then there was Flava Flav joining the Yo Gabba Gabba characters on-stage to rap 鈥淚 love bugs!鈥�<br /> The cultural breadth of the influential Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was on full display Saturday at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/13/4591474-1825455604.jpg" width="1129" height="753" alt="" title="Billie Joe Armstrong adjusted the lyrics of Green Day鈥檚 set-opening 鈥淎merican Idiot鈥� to declare he鈥檚 鈥渘ot a part of the MAGA agenda.鈥� (REUTERS)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/13/4591475-1397683326.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="Billie Joe Armstrong adjusted the lyrics of Green Day鈥檚 set-opening 鈥淎merican Idiot鈥� to declare he鈥檚 鈥渘ot a part of the MAGA agenda.鈥� (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/coachella">Coachella</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/music">Music</a></div></div></div> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:54:04 +0000 rbksa 2596838 at /node/2596835/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744529960963751400</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-04-13 06:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> OSAKA: Expo 2025 kicked off Sunday in the Japanese city of Osaka but in the age of online information and mass tourism, what is the purpose of a World鈥檚 Fair?<br /> The huge events, which draw millions of visitors to a chosen city every five years or so, hark back to London鈥檚 1851 Great Exhibition held inside the Crystal Palace.<br /> As 160 countries and regions show off their technological and cultural achievements at the six-month Osaka Expo, AFP looks at what it鈥檚 all about:<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/13/4591465-664866093.jpg" width="1129" height="753" alt="" title="The huge events, which draw millions of visitors to a chosen city every five years or so, hark back to London鈥檚 1851 Great Exhibition held inside the Crystal Palace. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/japan">Japan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/world-expo">World Expo</a></div></div></div> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:40:58 +0000 rbksa 2596835 at /node/2596645/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744355319805739500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2025-04-11 10:09</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LOS ANGELES: The case of Erik and Lyle Menendez will go before a Los Angeles court Friday in the latest chapter of their bid to get out of jail, decades after slaughtering their own parents.<br /> The brothers 鈥� who are among America鈥檚 most infamous murderers 鈥� are hoping the court will agree to resentence them for the 1989 shotgun slayings that left their luxury Beverly Hills mansion soaked in blood.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/11/4590936-891467167.jpg" width="1121" height="753" alt="" title="The case of Erik and Lyle Menendez will go before a Los Angeles court Friday in the latest chapter of their bid to get out of jail, decades after slaughtering their own parents. (AP file)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/menendez">Menendez</a></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:09:49 +0000 rbksa 2596645 at /node/2596502/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2025-04-10 05:39</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received a memorable welcome from an ostrich at a state park in Texas when the towering two-legged bird gave him a peck, according to a video Sunday.<br /> In the video, posted by his wife Carrie Johnson, an ostrich slowly walks toward a car before poking its head through the driver's seat window where Johnson is sitting with his son on his lap. Once in front of Johnson, the bird quickly pecks its beak toward his hand.<br /> 鈥淥h, Christ,鈥� Johnson yells before driving off in the video.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/10/4590559-1646495888.jpg" width="1200" height="798" alt="" title="Former British PM Boris Johnson got a surprise welcome peck by an ostrich in the US on Thursday. (AP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/boris-johnson">Boris Johnson</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ostrich">ostrich</a></div></div></div> Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:20:21 +0000 romulo 2596502 at /node/2596337/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-04-08 22:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> TEHRAN:聽All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh鈥檚 family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform with Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.</p> <p> To Azadeh, smoothing out the bump in what Iranians would call the 鈥淧ersian nose鈥� she was born with proved a lucrative investment.</p> <p> Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian women have been required to dress modestly and cover their hair, and the beauty industry has become almost entirely centered on the face.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/08/4590130-16400292.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Iranian surgeon Hamidreza Hosnani (R) and an assistant, perform a nose operation at his private clinic in Tehran, on March 4, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/iran">Iran</a></div></div></div> Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:37:17 +0000 abdulkareem.aldaham 2596337 at /node/2596334/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2025-04-08 22:26</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> NEW YORK:聽Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the US, according to the company that aims to bring back lost species.</p> <p> The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws and already weigh in at around 80 pounds 鈥� on track to reach 140 pounds at maturity, researchers at Colossal Biosciences reported Monday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/08/4590126-859661517.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="This undated photo provided by Colossal Biosciences shows Romulus and Remus, both 3-months old and genetically engineered with similarities to the extinct dire wolf. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/dire-wolf">Dire wolf</a></div></div></div> Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:31:04 +0000 abdulkareem.aldaham 2596334 at /node/2596076/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1743926881729841500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-04-06 08:04</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> WASHINGTON: The artist who painted US President Donald Trump in what he criticized as a 鈥減urposefully distorted鈥� portrait has said his remarks have harmed her business.<br /> Colorado removed the official portrait of Trump from display in the state鈥檚 capitol building last month after the president complained that it was deliberately unflattering.<br /> 鈥淣obody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol... along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted,鈥� Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on March 24.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/06/4589416-21549440.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="Colorado removed the official portrait of Trump from display in the state鈥檚 capitol building last month after the president complained that it was deliberately unflattering. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/trumpreturns">Trump Returns</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/us">US</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/painting">painting</a></div></div></div> Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:11:15 +0000 rbksa 2596076 at /node/2596063/offbeat <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1743913018818789900</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-04-06 03:58</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> STOKE ON TRENT: The shelves lining Luke Malpass鈥檚 home workshop are a gamer鈥檚 treasure trove stretching back decades, with components of vintage Game Boys, Sega Mega Drives and Nintendos jostling for space and awaiting repair.<br /> Parcels from gamers seeking help arrive from around the world at RetroSix, Malpass鈥檚 Aladdin鈥檚 cave.<br /> He has turned a lifelong passion for gaming into a full-time job, answering the common question of what to do with old and worn machines and their parts.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/06/4589384-1325017025.jpg" width="1129" height="753" alt="" title="The shelves lining Luke Malpass鈥檚 home workshop are a gamer鈥檚 treasure trove stretching back decades, with components of vintage Game Boys, Sega Mega Drives and Nintendos jostling for space and awaiting repair. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle/offbeat">Offbeat</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/uk">UK</a></div></div></div> Sun, 06 Apr 2025 04:20:58 +0000 rbksa 2596063 at