March 2, 2021
Kamala Harris's stepdaughter makes surprise runway debut at NYFW
Ella Emhoff has made her official runway debut for American label Proenza Schouler at New York Fashion Week.
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March 2, 2021
Gadhafi's private airplane can't stop attracting trouble
The images that came out of Tripoli International Airport in August 2011 have become defining symbols of the downfall of the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, the autocrat who ruled Libya with an iron fist for over four decades.
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March 2, 2021
Message in a bottle leads to 50-year friendship
Robbinroger Beever was 15 years old and walking home along a beach in Liberia, West Africa.
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March 2, 2021
The Louvre is shut but it's buzzing with activity
As the world’s most visited museum awakens, escalators that once carried up to 40,000 pairs of feet a day loop quietly through the empty lobby.
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March 2, 2021
Queen's award honors young 'agent for change'
Emerging British fashion designer Priya Ahluwalia, whose work is setting a new standard for ethical fashion design, has won the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.
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March 2, 2021
Diplomats and their families leave North Korea by rail trolley
Eight employees of Russia’s Embassy in Pyongyang and their families spent more than 34 hours trying to leave North Korea this week, a grueling trip that ended with at least one diplomat pushing his luggage and young children on a railway trolley into Russian territory.
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March 2, 2021
The Italian town where they eat 500-year-old meals
The signs of the Renaissance are everywhere in Italy.
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March 2, 2021
Is travel to Greece possible under Covid rules?
If you’re planning to travel to Greece, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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March 2, 2021
The multilingual voice app helping Indians shop online
In a country where 1.3 billion people speak 22 officially recognized languages and hundreds of dialects, communication can be a problem, especially online.
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March 2, 2021
Chinese investment in Australia plunged last year as tensions worsened
Trade ties between Australia and China worsened over the past year as the two countries became mired in a diplomatic dispute. Now it appears those problems, and the pandemic, are also hitting investment.
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