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Drone footage shows scale of Greek island flooding
Heavy rainfall caused flashing flooding on Greece's Paros island on Monday, 31 March. Drone footage captures the scale of destruction in…
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EXCLUSIVE: Paris Hilton Releases 30th Fragrance With Ulta Beauty
Billboard Women in Music 2025 It’s a milestone moment for Paris Hilton’s fragrance partnership with Parlux. It’s been more than 20 years…
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Kate Spade New York x Target Looks to Bring Affordable Style and Joyful Living to Spring
Billboard Women in Music 2025 With an eye on celebrating life’s big and small moments, Kate Spade New York has teamed up with Target for…
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Prada Mode Doubles Down With Two-location Event in Osaka and Inujima Island
Billboard Women in Music 2025 MILAN — On the heels of the recently successful event in Abu Dhabi, Prada Mode is already embarking on its…
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EXCLUSIVE: Uniqlo Teams Up With Piece of Cake Moving and Storage and SuperCircle for Earth Month
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Uniqlo announced Wednesday its partnership with Piece of Cake Moving and Storage and SuperCircle for its…
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EXCLUSIVE: Step Inside Acqua di Parma’s New Store in Paris
Billboard Women in Music 2025 MILAN — Acqua di Parma is saying “Buongiorno” to Paris on Wednesday by opening the doors of a new flagship,…
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Walmart keeps price pressure on suppliers after Beijing pushback
Walmart is continuing to push Chinese suppliers to cut prices to offset US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, even after Beijing officials…
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Wisconsin judicial election: Liberal Susan Crawford wins court seat in setback for Elon Musk
Nomia Iqbal in Milwaukee & Max Matza BBC News Wisconsin voters have elected a Democratic-backed judge to serve on the state supreme court,…
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RHB Singapore appoints new CEO Goh Ken-Yi
Goh Ken-Yi has been named the new chief executive officer (CEO) of RHB Singapore, effective Tuesday (Apr 1). He succeeds Danny Quah, who…
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Hong Kong considers new OTC stock market for delisted companies
Hong Kong is drafting rules for an over-the-counter (OTC) market for delisted shares to give investors at risk of owning a growing pile of…
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LTA issues Grab taxi operator licence in Singapore
GrabCab receives street-hail service operator licence valid for 10 years from Apr 9, is sixth such operator here The Land Transport…
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Australian, New Zealand dollars exposed to collateral damage from tariff fallout
The Australian and New Zealand dollars were left adrift on Wednesday as investors awaited details on US tariffs that could well trigger a…
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Panin Bank a good fit for DBS’ Indonesia operations; Singapore bank’s surplus capital can fund potential acquisition
A potential acquisition of Indonesia’s Panin Bank could benefit from DBS’ strong track record of turning around unprofitable targets, and…
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Can DBS turn Panin Bank around? Analysts think so.
A potential acquisition of Indonesia’s Panin Bank could benefit from DBS’ strong track record of turning around unprofitable targets, and…
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Fu Yu seeks claims against six individuals after probe
Components manufacturer Fu Yu is pursuing claims against six individuals, including its largest shareholder Victor Lim, over a probe into…
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BYD enjoys yet another blockbuster quarter as Tesla flounders
China’s BYD enjoyed a strong start to 2025, with sales up 58 per cent in the first quarter versus the same period of last year. The…
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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Footage Soars at CinemaCon as Krypto the Dog Steals the Show
Billboard Women in Music 2025 It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s DC’s last, best chance to make a movie that rivals Marvel. James Gunn, who was…
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Gold prices climb on safe-haven demand ahead of US reciprocal tariffs
Investors are also awaiting the automobile tariffs, which will take effect on Apr 3 Gold prices advanced on Wednesday (Apr 2) as anxious…
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David Fincher to Direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix Follow-Up From a Tarantino Script
Billboard Women in Music 2025 David Fincher is directing a sequel to “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with Quentin Tarantino writing the…
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Sembcorp unit proposes to more than double stake in power supplier Senoko Energy
Sembcorp Industries is moving to raise its stake in energy supplierSenoko Energy that could potentially more than double its interest in…
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Myanmar earthquake: The man mourning 170 loved ones
Zeyar Htun and Tessa Wong BBC Burmese and BBC News As the call to prayer rang out in Sagaing last Friday, hundreds of Muslims hurried to…
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South Korea financial watchdog chief offers to resign after veto on shareholder interests
The head of South Korea’s financial watchdog said on Wednesday he had offered to resign, a day after the acting president vetoed a revised…
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Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display
A battered leather briefcase left behind by Guy Burgess when he fled to Moscow in 1951 is among 20 objects from MI5's archives to go on…
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‘Hell of a Summer’ Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Finn Wolfhard’s Co-Directing Debut Is a Cut Above
Billboard Women in Music 2025 In two decades at Variety, I have reviewed precious few slasher movies. Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t…