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Why fashion brands are putting celebrities in charge
Getty Images By Michelle Fleury North America Business correspondent, New York Fans of DJ Khaled recently stopped traffic on the streets of Miami. The crowd weren’t there for a new album drop. They had come to check out the recording artist’s new concept store, a massive space full of “athleisure wear” and sneakers that is…
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‘Quiet quitting is the status quo’: Workers are still proud to do the bare minimum
The term “quiet quitting” may have faded from the zeitgeist, but employees still aren’t overextending themselves. When Hunter Ka’imi appeared on the US talk show Dr. Phil in autumn 2022, producers didn’t even use his surname. Instead, they just identified him as a “quiet quitter”. “I believe quiet quitting is a protest for workers’ rights,”…
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Judge sides with 16 activists in Montana climate case
Getty Images By Samantha Granville in Montana & Chloe Kim in New York BBC News A Montana judge has sided with 16 young activists finding that the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment”, which the state constitution guarantees. The plaintiffs, between ages five and 22, alleged the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies…
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Hawaii wildfires: ‘Directed energy weapons’ and other false claims go viral
EPA By Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike Wendling BBC Verify and BBC News False claims about the deadly wildfires in Hawaii – including that shadowy forces orchestrated the disaster with a laser beam – have gained traction online. The misleading posts come from a variety of sources and accounts, but generally imply that “elites” or government…
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Burning mangrove trees for a living: ‘I’d quit tomorrow if I could’
By Raja Lumbanrau and Lorna Hankin BBC World Service Indonesia has more mangrove trees than any other country but there’s growing concern about the “dangerous” rate they are being cut down, turned into charcoal and exported to places such as Europe, China and Japan. People involved in the work know the trees are important for…
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Back to the future for India’s rice farmers
Varsha Shwarma By Priti Gupta Mumbai Varsha Sharma has been through some turbulent years on her small farm in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh, in northern India. For more than a century her family have been rice farmers, but erratic rainfall and water being diverted for industry have made cultivating rice more difficult. Seven…
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Man photographs Bristol Balloon Fiesta with 1890s camera
Simon Williams By Clara Bullock BBC News A photographer has used a 100-year-old camera to take pictures of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. Simon Williams, who is from the city, used a Kodak Panoram to take photos of the Clifton Suspension Bridge as balloons flew over during Friday morning’s mass ascent. The panoramic camera was…
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UBS to pay $1.4bn to settle fraud claims from 2008 crisis
Getty Images Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay $1.4bn (£1.1bn) to resolve fraud claims in the US stemming from the 2008 financial crisis. It brings to a close the last case brought by US prosecutors investigating banks’ conduct in the run-up to the crash, which sparked a global downturn. Prosecutors said the bank had…
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Canadian couple win damages from Italian ruling party
Photo supplied By George Wright BBC News Italy’s far-right ruling party has been ordered to pay damages to a same-sex couple for using a photo of them with their newborn son without their consent in an anti-surrogacy campaign. BJ Barone and Frankie Nelson welcomed their son Milo with the help of a surrogate mother in…
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Emotional advice for Hawaii from mayor of Paradise
Since the Camp Fire killed 85 people in 2018, Paradise, California has held the record for deadliest US wildfire. But that tragic record has recently been surpassed by the wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii. The former mayor of Paradise, California, Greg Bolin, speaks to BBC News about the challenges of recovery facing the community.