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'Cosmoss': Supermodel Kate Moss launches wellness brand

'Cosmoss': Supermodel Kate Moss launches wellness brand

British supermodel Kate Moss on Thursday launched a website selling her own beauty and lifestyle products called Cosmoss, becoming the latest star to venture into branded e-commerce.

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Yen sinks to new 24-year low against dollar

Yen sinks to new 24-year low against dollar

The yen plunged to a new 24-year low against the dollar on Thursday as Japan sticks with its long-standing monetary easing policies in contrast to tightening by the US Federal Reserve.

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Cate Blanchett: I'm not making female or lesbian propaganda

Cate Blanchett: I'm not making female or lesbian propaganda

Cate Blanchett's powerful female, gender-fluid and gay roles have helped transform Hollywood, but she told Venice on Thursday that she never sets out to make a political statement.

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UN team 'staying' at Ukraine nuclear plant

UN team 'staying' at Ukraine nuclear plant

UN inspectors will be "staying" at a Russian-held nuclear plant in southern Ukraine, its head said Thursday after their first visit to the facility following a risky journey across the frontline despite early-morning shelling of the area.

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Serena, Venus reunite at US Open as Nadal, Swiatek eye last 32

Serena, Venus reunite at US Open as Nadal, Swiatek eye last 32

Serena Williams reunites with sister Venus at the US Open on Thursday as four-time singles champion Rafael Nadal and world number one Iga Swiatek target the last 32.

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Trump confronts US government in court battle over seized secrets

Trump confronts US government in court battle over seized secrets

An increasingly high-stakes standoff between Donald Trump and federal investigators lands in court Thursday, after days of headline-grabbing revelations surrounding highly classified documents seized by the FBI from the former president's Florida home.

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Semiconductor giant Micron to invest $15 bn in Idaho

Semiconductor giant Micron to invest $15 bn in Idaho

Semiconductor giant Micron announced Thursday it will invest $15 billion over the next decade to expand its operations in the US state of Idaho to build memory capacity for automotive and other sectors.

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Timely Venice documentary examines Italy's fascist past

Timely Venice documentary examines Italy's fascist past

With a post-fascist party topping opinion polls ahead of Italian elections later this month, Mark Cousins's "March on Rome" at the Venice Film Festival is particularly timely.

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Beckham slammed for PR video praising 'perfect' Qatar

Beckham slammed for PR video praising 'perfect' Qatar

Human rights campaigners on Thursday slammed David Beckham for fronting a glossy publicity campaign praising World Cup host Qatar as "perfection", despite concerns over its rights record.

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Independent journalism under attack in Central America

Independent journalism under attack in Central America

Central American journalists can pay a steep price for publishing unflattering stories about governments in the region -- one with a history of civil wars and dictatorships and where poverty, violence and corruption are rampant.

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