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Chanel deputy director Viard to succeed Lagerfeld: Chanel source

PARIS (Reuters) – Virginie Viard, deputy artistic director of Chanel, will become chief designer of the fashion house following the death of haute couture icon Karl Lagerfeld, a source at Chanel said on Tuesday. Lagerfeld, 85, died earlier on Tuesday after a short illness and after more than 50 years at the pinnacle of Paris and the global fashion industry. […]

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R Kelly only acquitted over child porn because he intimidated witnesses and tampered with evidence, lawyer Michael Avenatti claims

The claim was made by lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is involved in the latest allegations against Kelly. The star was acquitted in 2008 on charges of making child pornography after being accused of making a sex tape with an underage girl. Avenatti tweeted: “We have now uncovered how R Kelly was able to gain his acquittal in 2008: We have […]

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Placards outside Montserrat Monastery expose abuse in Spanish Church

MONTSERRAT, Spain (Reuters) – Tourists and worshippers visiting Catalonia’s imposing mountain-side Montserrat Monastery on a sunny Sunday this month appeared to pay little heed to two men with placards demanding that the local abbot be defrocked for covering up sexual abuse. But the pair, who say they were sexually abused in their youth, are making themselves heard by society in […]

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Rome's Ciampino airport partially re-opens after fire alert

ROME (Reuters) – Rome’s Ciampino airport, used by budget airline Ryanair, partially reopened on Tuesday following a fire alert in the terminal, the company managing the site said. The airport was closed as a precaution after smoke was seen coming from a basement area, a spokeswoman for Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) said. A firecrew put out “the beginnings of a […]

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Chuka Umunna and Labour rebels to set up whole new party and urge Tory and Lib Dem splitters to help them topple political mainstream

The group's ringleader said he wanted to see a fully-fledged party ready to fight the next General Election. And he appealed to centrist Conservatives and Lib Dems to sign up as well. Mr Umunna, the MP for Streatham, is one of the seven rebels who walked out of Labour yesterday in protest against Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. The MPs will sit […]

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Huawei’s founder says world can’t live without it

Trump can NOT crush us, says defiant Huawei chairman as he insist the world can’t live without its ‘advanced’ technology despite US attempt to blacklist it for ‘spying’ Founder of telecoms giant Huawei, says ‘there is no way the US can crush us’ Ren Zhengfei says world cannot do without Huawei’s ‘more advanced’ tech The 74-year-old said arrest of his […]

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