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Jonathan Anderson named Dior’s first men’s and women’s designer
Paris (AFP) - French fashion house Dior named Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson on Monday as the first-ever creative director...
Indian airline IndiGo orders 30 Airbus A350 widebody planes
New Delhi (AFP) - Indian airline IndiGo said on Sunday it had signed an order for 30 more Airbus A350-900s,...
Ecuador apologizes to farm workers deemed to live like slaves
Quito (AFP) - Ecuador's government apologized Saturday to some 300 people who worked as farmers for a Japanese textile firm...
‘The Matrix is everywhere’: cinema bets on immersion
Inglewood (United States) (AFP) - In a Los Angeles theater, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that...
‘I am NOT taking drugs!’ Musk denies damning report
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk on Saturday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year...
Ecuador apologizes to farm workers deemed to live like slaves
Quito (AFP) - Ecuador's government apologized Saturday to some 300 people who worked as farmers for a Japanese textile firm...
Taylor Swift buys back rights to her old music
New York (AFP) - Pop sensation Taylor Swift, locked in a feud with record executives since 2019 over ownership of...
New to South Africa, saffron holds promise
Graaff Reinet (South Africa) (AFP) - Livestock farmer Joe Kroon turned to saffron in desperation when drought threatened his livelihood...
US regulator drops lawsuit against Binance
Washington (AFP) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday dropped its civil lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange...
Brazil sues China’s BYD over ‘slavery’ conditions on build site
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazilian prosecutors are suing Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contracting companies for...
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