Ken Follett: 'There can't be boring bits in my books'
Despite a half-century career as one of the world's top-selling authors, 38 books and a bulging bank account, Ken Follett told AFP he still worries about one of his readers struggling with a "dull" page.
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Wales rugby turmoil here to stay as nostalgia battles financial reality
Wales take on New Zealand on Saturday and world champions South Africa a week later in full knowledge that a victory over either would be a monumental upset.
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Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist
A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.
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Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights
Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.
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Tech firms lead stock rout as AI bubble fears linger
Tech firms led stock losses on Friday as investors struggled to shake off fears about an AI bubble and after a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by jobs data dealt a further blow to hopes for a US interest rate cut.
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World's biggest nuclear plant edges closer to restart
Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant on Friday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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India's injured Gill out of must-win second South Africa Test
India skipper Shubman Gill will miss the must-win second Test against South Africa on Saturday because of the neck injury he sustained in the opening match.
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Japan's eel delicacy faces global conservation pressure
At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international debate as its numbers decline.
Read moreStarc takes seven as England rolled for 172 in Ashes opener
A venomous Mitchell Starc took 7-58 as England were sent packing for just 172 on day one of the first Ashes Test against Australia on Friday, leaving them with a mountain to climb.
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New York's incoming leftist mayor to face off with Trump
New York's incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, after an exchange of barbs that has seized national attention.
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