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Estee Lauder agrees to buy Tom Ford brand for $2.3bn
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Luxury beauty brand Estee Lauder said in a statement Tuesday it had agreed to buy designer Tom Ford's company for $2.3 billion.
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Rubbish reform: changes to waste management could slash emissions
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» PARIS: Reforms to the way that societies collect and treat their waste could slash global emissions of plant-heating methane, a new report said Monday, noting that simple measures like composting were a climate solution "staring us in the face".
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Hong Kongers rush to learn new skills ahead of life abroad
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» HONG KONG: Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes -- acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad.
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Modern phoenix: The bird brought back from extinction in Japan
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» SADO, Japan: Every day for the past 14 years, 72-year-old Masaoki Tsuchiya has set out before sunrise to search for a bird rescued from extinction in Japan.
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Iran's oldest pistachio trader readies daughter to one day take over
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» Tucked away in Tehran's famed Grand Bazaar, Iran's oldest pistachio wholesaler quietly prepares a small revolution -- he will hand his business to his youngest daughter, in a trade dominated by men.
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Famed Hong Kong floating restaurant towed away after half a century
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a famed but ageing tourist attraction that featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, was towed out of the city Tuesday after years of revitalisation efforts went nowhere.
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From lockdown to wedlock: Shanghai couple defy Covid woes to marry
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» SHANGHAI: A couple in Shanghai have beaten Covid lockdowns and bureaucracy to tie the knot, celebrating their marriage in the car park of their housing compound after a ceremony officiated via Zoom from the United States.
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Tuft love: Young Chinese weave away stress with crafts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» BEIJING: Using a craft gun to shoot yarn through a fabric screen, Nora Peng puts the finishing touches on a rug in the shape of a corgi's bottom -- the perfect stress-relieving hobby for her frantic days.
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Pregnancy trap for workers in controversial Japan scheme
AFP, Published on 12/04/2022
» TOKYO: When Vanessa, a worker with Japan's "technical intern" programme, told her supervisors she was pregnant, she says they first suggested an abortion and then pressured her to quit.
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Indian sari weavers toil to keep tradition alive
AFP, Published on 11/04/2022
» VARANASI: In a dim room near the banks of India's Ganges river, arms glide over a creaking loom as another silken fibre is guided into place with the rhythmic clack of a wooden beam.
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