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Jay-Z & LVHM To Go Into Business Together Selling Ace of Spades Champagne
Last week, Jay-Z met virtually with Philippe Schaus, chief executive of LBHM Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The pair discussed a mutually beneficial business opportunity. LVMH will acquire half of Jay-Z’s champagne brand, Armand de Brignac (or Ace of Spades). The deal gives the rapper organizational support and the power of distribution over global drinks “machine.” While LVMH gains having a black cultural leader at the company at a time where luxury goods lack the inclusion of people of color at the top of the industry. “We were always looking to grow this brand,” Jay-Z told The New York Times....
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Donald Trump Jr. Slams Teacher’s Unions In Front Of A Gun Wall
Donald Trump Jr. posted a video on Twitter attacking teacher’s unions for “destroying our kid’s futures” on Saturday. The video was filmed in front of what looked like a wall of firearms. Vox journalist Aaron Rupar quoted his video on Twitter, commenting that the rant from the former president’s son made the message look and sound like an “extremist video posted from a bunker of an undisclosed location.” Trump Jr. accused teachers of “preventing schools from opening” because they do not want to return to in-person classes without receiving the vaccination or without proper safety protocols in ...
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“侍ギタリスト”ＭＩＹＡＶＩ“おばさま人気”急上昇の裏にライブで魅せた「秘技」
ギタリストのＭＩＹＡＶＩ（３９）の“おばさま人気”が急上昇している。 ＭＩＹＡＶＩは２４日に自身のイ...
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FDA Confirms Johnson & Johnson Single-Dose Vaccine Is 66% Effective And Safe
Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has proven to be safe and considerably effective in preventing severe symptoms of the virus. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a briefing analyzing results from a Johnson & Johnson clinical trial in preparation for an independent advisory panel scheduled for Thursday. The panel will discuss if Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine should be authorized for children under 18 years old. The FDA’s findings confirmed that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 66% effective in all trials against COVID-19. During the 28-day clini...
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France says Iran 'illegally' holding French national since May
France said on Wednesday that Iran arrested a French national in May 2020 and has been holding him since, confirming a news report which called the detention illegal. The foreign ministry said the French national was under consular protection, its embassy in Tehran was in regular contact with him and that it was "attentively following the situation of our fellow national". French news publicationLe Point said the 35-year old, whom it named only as Benjamin, was arrested in northeastern Iran near the Turkmenistan border where he was travelling as a tourist in a van, according to his Iranian law...
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Pregnant Afghan migrant sets herself on fire in Greek camp
An eight-months pregnant Afghan asylum-seeker was released from hospital on Tuesday after having set herself on fire over the weekend at a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, the migration ministry said. The 26-year-old woman placed her two children outside her tent on Sunday before setting fire to it in a bid to burn herself alive, said police. Other camp residents, police and firefighters all helped put out the blaze, the statement added. Examined in hospital, it emerged that she was suffering from psychological problems after having had her request to be relocated to Germany refused - thoug...
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US report on murder of Saudi journalist Khashoggi expected 'soon'
A US intelligence report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul will be out "soon," the White House said on Wednesday. Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that President Joe Biden was also "soon" due to speak with Saudi Arabia's King Salman. Psaki would not confirm a report in Axios that the Biden call with Salman would take place on Wednesday and that the unclassified intelligence report would be published on Thursday. Khashoggi, a Saudi who wrote for The Washington Post and was a US resident, was killed and dismembered in 2018 inside the Saudi consulate in ...
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Sen. Ron Johnson Says Capitol Rioters Were ‘Fake Trump Supporters’ At Senate Hearing
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday discussing the Capitol Police response to the Capitol insurrection, Sen. Ron Johnson claimed that the rioters who stormed the Capitol building on January 6 were actually undercover leftists who were posing as Trump supporters. Johnson said on a radio interview in February that the insurrection “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection,” but Tuesday’s claims go even further, alleging “an organized cell of agents-provocateurs [corralled] people as an unwitting follow-on force behind the plainclothes militants tussling with police,” Johnson said to former Capitol ...
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Jordan reimposes Friday curfew as Covid-19 cases surge
Jordan reimposed an all-day curfew on Fridays to stem the spread of coronavirus as cases rise, officials said on Wednesday. "Starting this week, the government is imposing a curfew throughout the kingdom from 10pm (2000 GMT) Thursdays until 6am Saturdays," Information Minister Ali al-Ayed said in a statement. Walking to a mosque for Friday prayers, however, is permitted, he said. An existing nightly curfew will begin at 10pm instead of midnight, while from Sunday a maximum of 30 percent of public-sector employees will be allowed at their workplace. The toughening of Covid-19 restrictions retur...
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Blinken 'asks Israel to facilitate' transfer of Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinians
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken called his Israeli counterpart on Monday to “facilitate the transfer” of Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, news agency Axios reported. This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will send "unused" vaccines to several countries that require assistance, which included the Palestinian Authority and Honduras. However, this “symbolic amount” consists of only thousands of doses - a small number of the vital vaccine that is needed to assist Palestinians struggling to survive in a country strangled by the global...
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