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Slips, salt and stripes: key looks from Milan fashion week
Slips, salt and stripes: key looks from Milan fashion week
by  AFP

The main shows at Milan Fashion Week wrap up Sunday after another season of knock-out dresses, immaculate tailoring, leather coats and glorious handbags. At Tod's, oversized striped shirts were laid over leather minis, while there were more stripes, diagonal this time, on draped dresses and matching handbags in warm, natural tones.

Trump urges Microsoft to fire ex-Biden administration official
Trump urges Microsoft to fire ex-Biden administration official
by  AFP

US President Donald Trump called on Microsoft on Friday to fire its head of global affairs, Lisa Monaco, a former senior official in Democratic administrations. "Monaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information," he wrote.

More questions than answers surround Trump's TikTok deal
More questions than answers surround Trump's TikTok deal
by  AFP

President Donald Trump insists he has found a solution to keep TikTok alive in the United States through a group of investors who will buy the short-video app from its Chinese owners in accordance with US law. - Any sale of TikTok's US operations would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest.

An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron ore giant
An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron ore giant
by  AFP

Moored off a Manhattan pier for New York's annual Climate Week is one of the world's first ammonia-powered vessels -- a green flagship for an Australian tycoon's drive to decarbonize his mining empire. The Green Pioneer is meant to be the first in a fleet of ammonia-powered ships.

Lufthansa planning thousands of job cuts: sources
Lufthansa planning thousands of job cuts: sources
by  AFP

Lufthansa is planning to cut thousands of administrative staff as the German aviation giant seeks to reduce costs following a fall in earnings, sources close to the matter said Friday. Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that Lufthansa was planning to axe up to 20 percent of its administrative staff.

China at UN warns of return to 'Cold War mentality'
China at UN warns of return to 'Cold War mentality'
by  AFP

Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned Friday against a return to a "Cold War mentality" and defended multilateralism and free trade, in a veiled criticism of the United States from the United Nations. "Unilateralism and (the) Cold War mentality are resurfacing.