A series of investigations into exploitative work conditions within fashion subcontractors has roiled Italy’s luxury industry, with the government decrying attacks on “Made in Italy”. Five fashion brands have been put under court administration since 2024 following probes by Milan prosecutors that uncovered worker abuses and a lack of oversight into the supply chains of […]
Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron is due in Beijing on Wednesday, where he is expected to put pressure on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help secure a ceasefire in Ukraine and discuss trade relations. Macron, on fourth state visit to China since taking office in 2017, will meet Xi and Premier Li Qiang at the […]
Read More
Kegoratile Aphane did not flinch when the needle pierced the skin of her right buttock, injecting a yellow-coloured drug touted as a revolution that could end the HIV pandemic. The 32-year-old was among the very first South Africans — and Africans — to receive a dose of lenacapavir, a drug taken twice a year that […]
Read MoreUS pop singer Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday disavowed the use of one of her songs in a video shared by the White House on social media, describing the clip depicting immigration enforcement raids as “evil and disgusting.”The video, posted Monday, features Carpenter’s 2024 song “Juno” accompanying footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in […]
Read More
US pop singer Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday disavowed the use of one of her songs in a video shared by the White House on social media, describing the clip depicting immigration enforcement raids as “evil and disgusting.”The video, posted Monday, features Carpenter’s 2024 song “Juno” accompanying footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in […]
Read MoreA doctor who supplied “Friends” star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed, is to be sentenced in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Salvador Plasencia, 43, one of five people charged over Perry’s death, has admitted to four counts of distribution of ketamine. He faces up to 40 years in prison as […]
Read More
A former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, his wife said Tuesday. Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from a West Virginia prison on Monday and was “once again a free man,” his wife announced on social […]
Read MoreSouth Koreans are expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for a rally marking the first anniversary of ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law that plunged the deeply divided country into political turmoil. On December 3, 2024, Yoon suspended civilian rule for the first time in more than four decades, prompting […]
Read MoreO bilionário Michael Dell e sua esposa Susan anunciaram nesta terça-feira (2) uma doação de US$ 6,25 bilhões (R$ 33,4 bilhões) para uma iniciativa do governo de Donald Trump que busca oferecer contas-poupança para as crianças nos Estados Unidos. As chamadas “contas Trump”, incluídas no projeto de orçamento impulsionado pelo presidente republicano no Congresso em […]
Read More