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New York (AFP) - "Knife", a memoir by Salman Rushdie released on Tuesday, recounts the near-fatal stabbing at a public event in 2022 that left him blind in one eye and his journey to healing. The Indian-born author, a British and naturalized American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" was declared blasphemous by Iran's supreme leader, making Rushdie a global symbol of free speech. After going unscathed for years, a knife-wielding assailant jumped on stage at an arts gathering in rural New York state and stabbed Rushdie multiple times in the nec...
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New York (AFP) - British-American author Salman Rushdie releases his memoir "Knife" on Tuesday, recounting the harrowing experience of being stabbed at a public event in 2022 and how he overcame the near-fatal ordeal. Rushdie lost sight in one eye after the attack by a knife-wielding assailant, who jumped on stage at an arts gathering in New York state. The Indian-born author, a naturalized American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" was declared blasphemous by Iran's supreme leader. In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" program, clips of whi...
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Paris (AFP) - Meta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from "sextortion" scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters. Gangs run sextortion scams by persuading people to provide explicit images of themselves and then threatening to release them to the public unless they receive money. Meta said it was testing an AI-driven "nudity protection" tool that would find and blur images containing nudity that were sent to minors on the app's messaging system. "This way, the recipient is not expose...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Meghan Markle, the wife of Britain's Prince Harry, is launching a new lifestyle brand seemingly named after the couple's oceanside California home. An Instagram page and website for American Riviera Orchard went live without advance warning Thursday, both featuring a gold-colored crest for the new venture. The logo featured the word Montecito, the celebrity enclave where the couple have lived since 2020, which is close to Santa Barbara -- itself sometimes known as the American Riviera The social media account's biography simply reads: "by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex." A r...
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New York (AFP) - Not much has changed in the 170 years that McSorley's Old Ale House has been serving customers in Manhattan's East Village. The New York establishment's manager Teresa Maher says the secret is simple -- "keeping the ale flowing and the door open." "We are a small place, but we are well known," she said serving a steady stream of either light or dark -- a lighter ale, or a darker porter that have been the only alcoholic options since the Irish bar opened its doors. "After 170 years a lot of people are checking to see if we are still here." The bar, which marked its anniversary...
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New York (AFP) - Finally, some good news? Pennsylvania's primo prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow during annual Groundhog Day celebrations Friday meaning that, according to legend, there will be an early spring. The US state's tradition of using a large rodent to predict the seasons dates back to the Pennsylvania Dutch belief that if a groundhog left its burrow and saw its shadow, it would scurry back inside and winter would go on for six more weeks. Groundhog Day is now a major yearly event in Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, complete with top-hatted compere...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Founded 20 years ago as a simple hangout spot for young people, Facebook has since become a battle-hardened behemoth that -- despite perceptions of being for boomers and parents -- continues growing and growing. "I will never forget the day that I ran up to my high school's Mac lab and signed up for Facebook," Insider Intelligence analyst Jasmine Enberg told AFP. "You simultaneously felt that you were part of this small, exclusive community where your parents, grandparents and teachers weren't -- but also part of something much larger." Launched as thefacebook.com by Mark...
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Paris (AFP) - Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, launched 20 years ago. University beginnings - In 2003, 19-year-old computer whiz Mark Zuckerberg begins working out of his Harvard dormitory room on an online network aimed at connecting the prestigious US university's students. On February 4, 2004, he launches thefacebook.com with three friends. Membership is opened up to other colleges around North America. Zuckerberg leaves Harvard and moves to California's Silicon Valley. The new company receives its first major outside investment of $500,...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - After years spent dominating living rooms, big flat-screen televisions could start getting out of the way of the decor. That is if new see-through TV models showed off by South Korean consumer electronics giants LG and Samsung catch on. "How about a screen that gives you back your space?" an LG executive asked on stage Monday while introducing a transparent Signature OLED T planned for release later this year. The company says the TV is "practically invisible when turned off" and blends into the environment, doing away with the ugly big black screen that can ruin a room's fen...
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New York (AFP) - New York worshippers celebrated mass at St. John the Divine Cathedral on Sunday alongside hundreds of animals -- including a camel, a pony, snakes, ostriches, geese, cats and dogs -- which all queued up for blessings of their own. The Manhattan Episcopal church invited its four-legged guests -- or no-legged, in the case of the snakes -- to mark the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of pets and animals. Sunday's ceremony was a special milestone for the parish, which has not held a traditional first-weekend-of-October animal blessing since 2018, due to a ...
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