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By AFP
Burberry's new star designer Riccardo Tisci put his own twist on the venerable British company's classic style for its streetwear and luxury fashion show at London's Fashion Week on Monday.
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A young west African immigrant who moved to Canada two years ago has hit the lottery jackpot -- twice.Melhig Melhig, 28, won two scratch-off games in the space of five months. Total winnings? CAN $3.5 million (US $2.7 million).
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Escada celebrated its 40th anniversary Sunday by making a New York Fashion Week debut with soft power dressing for the working woman -- an upbeat and colorful collection that paid tribute to the 1980s.
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The global economy may only now be showing signs of waking from it post 2008 slumber, but The number of people classed as 'super-rich' continues to grow.
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Deborah O'Rourke, the Executive Director of Contractors for Kids (CFK), chatted with Digital Journal about her nonprofit organization, and its mission. She also discussed the digital transformation of the nonprofit sector.
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In a small workshop down a narrow alleyway in Taipei's Ximending district, tattoo artist Bobo Chen is refreshing a scene from a Japanese epic with new ink on a client's back.
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Microsoft has taken the unusual step of requiring its U.S. located suppliers and vendors to offer paid paternity leave. The requirement affects companies employing 50 or more employees
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Sex doll brothels are already popular in Japan, Korea, Barcelona, and Paris, but North America has so far, managed to be kept out of the fake-sex partner trade. But Aura Dolls is cashing in on a wide-open market by opening a brothel in Toronto.
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Austria's foreign minister defended on Monday the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at her wedding, denying she had been used by him after photos of the two dancing fueled questions about her neutrality.
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For a game still in its infancy Spikeball -- a beach sport which looks like the love child of volleyball and tennis -- is already making global waves.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the wedding of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl on Saturday, in a visit that the opposition says has damaged Austria's reputation for political neutrality.
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Couples twist across a wood floor to the melancholy sounds of tango music, swaying and swivelling in a dance that comes from far away.
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Skin bleaching in Africa is gaining popularity despite many health risks. In spite of the danger, people use toxic creams and injections and pills to become more fair, in the belief that lighter skin is a gateway to beauty and success.
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Safe Schools For Alex is a charitable organization that has been set up in memory of Alex Schachter, who was tragically killed in the Parkland shooting on February 14, 2018.
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Kneeling before his homemade metal scuba helmet, Bhoomin Samang prays for good fortune before he dives into the day's work -- scouring the bed of Bangkok's Chao Phraya river for sunken treasure.
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Steve Jobs may have been a tech genius, but he clearly didn't care much for fashion.
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In and around the Tunisian coastal city of Gabes, henna has long been a key driver of the economy -- so much so that the plant is known as "red gold".
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Al Enriquez sheds his threadbare street vendor clothes like dead skin and develops a voguish, winking air once he slips into a gauzy gown and wig of tight blond curls.
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