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At birth and reunited by pure chance is all too real

Sundance debuts dark tale of triplets split at birth

"Three Indentical Strangers" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2018

Park City - Al Maghrib Today
If it were a conspiracy thriller it would be dismissed as far-fetched, but Tim Wardell's astonishing story of triplets separated at birth and reunited by pure chance is all too real.His debut feature documentary "Three Identical Strangers,"... Read more
Olympic mascots be cash cows?

Cuddly and cute, but will Japan's

Kumamon is one of Japan's best-known mascots

Tokyo - Al Maghrib Today
They're wide-eyed, brightly coloured, and completely adorable. But can Japan's Olympic mascots bring in the cash, in a country where cuddly icons promote everything from regional tourism to local prisons?Japan unveiled three sets of... Read more
After a long battle with Parkinson's disease

'Pope' of French cuisine Paul Bocuse dies age 91

French chef Paul Bocuse had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years

Paris - Al Maghrib Today
Paul Bocuse, one of the greatest French chefs of all time, died on Saturday aged 91 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.Dubbed the "pope" of French cuisine, Bocuse helped shake up the food world in the 1970s with the Nouvelle... Read more
With A Bow And Arrow

Amazonians want pope to come to their defense

Members of indigenous communities from Peru

Puerto Maldonado - Al Maghrib Today
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon who will meet Pope Francis in Peru on Friday will present him with a bow and arrow, a gift rich in symbolism for a vulnerable people clinging to a simple past, facing an uncertain future."We are a people who... Read more
For centennial

Germany loans Lithuania 'birth certificate'

The rare original copy of Lithuania's declaration of independence was found in a Berlin archive last year

Vilnius - Al Maghrib Today
Germany loaned Lithuania its long-lost declaration of independence on Wednesday as the Baltic nation prepares to mark one hundred years since it restored statehood after World War I.The 1918 document, which was unearthed in a Berlin... Read more
'Beasts of war'

Afghanistan's buzkashi horses prepare for battle

The rugged men of northern Afghanistan raise their buzkashi horses to be warrior princes

Mazar-i-Sharif - Al Maghrib Today
The rugged men of northern Afghanistan raise their buzkashi horses to be warrior princes, ready for the savagery of polo with a headless carcass.Mounts, like their riders, must be brave, strong and fast to compete in the traditional sport... Read more
In Lithuania

Abe visits memorial to 'Japanese Schindler'

Abe visited the two-storey building, now a museum, that housed the consulate

Kaunas - Al Maghrib Today
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday visited a memorial to a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust by issuing visas from war-torn Lithuania, in defiance of Tokyo.Abe visited the two-storey building, now... Read more
For more than a century

Trump taps long historical vein against immigration

The Statue of Liberty in New York

Washington - Al Maghrib Today
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free": The words on the Statue of Liberty have beckoned comers to the "Nation of Immigrants" for more than a century.But not with President Donald Trump at the... Read more