Global News
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Billionaires clash over the future in a Caribbean Eden
In December, St Barts saw a glitter cyclone of Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Tyson, Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, and the world's biggest megayachts; but a judgement has pitted billionaire against billionaire, and human development against fragile nature on this playground for the 1%
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Ukrainian troops hold Russian assault at bay—for now
They are outgunned and outnumbered by Russia's military might, but Ukrainian troops and civilians have managed to slow, if not stop, Putin's plan of quick destruction
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Oil rockets to 14-year-high, gold tops $2,000 on Ukraine fears
Crude almost 18 percent to $139.13 — a level not seen since mid-2008 — after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the White House and allies were in talks about banning imports from Russia, before it settled lower
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Is Diesel—the rock 'n' roll jeans brand—the first great designer of 2022?
Now designed by Glenn Martens, Diesel came to Milan with its 1,000 forms of denim: tufted, frayed, collaged, chromed, recycled, reinvented. He is not the first designer to try his hands at multiple brands simultaneously but may be the first to embrace such seemingly disparate houses to equal acclaim
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'The Batman' and Matt Reeves: Emerging from the shadow of other caped crusaders
At first glance, it's not clear that Matt Reeves has any secret identity like Batman. The 55-year-old filmmaker is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get guy, but Reeves is now the guardian of Batman's formidable cinematic legacy
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Fire breaks out at Ukraine's nuclear complex as Russian forces move through
Security camera footage showed a building ablaze inside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex near a line of military vehicles; President Zelenskyy says an explosion there would have been "the end of everybody, the end of Europe"
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Sony, Honda to team up for new electric vehicle firm
Sony's news comes on the heels of a January unveiling of a new prototype, its Vision-S electric vehicle, and the announcement that its new subsidiary Sony Mobility will explore jumping into the sector
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Carlos Ghosn's former Nissan deputy gets suspended sentence
A little more than two years after former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn fled Japan to escape criminal charges, a Japanese court Thursday convicted his American former deputy Greg Kelly of helping him conceal part of his compensation from regulators
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Zelenskyy says Russian troops 'are confused children' who 'don't know why they are in Ukraine'
"Our soldiers, our border guards, our territorial defense, even simple farmers are capturing Russian soldiers every day, and all of them are saying the same thing: They don't know why they are here,'' Zelenskyy said in a speech posted on his Facebook page
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G7 looks to block cryptoassets use to dodge sanctions on Russia
Cryptocurrency purchases in rubles have climbed to a record high since the US and Western allies have sought to cripple Russia's banking sector and currency with a barrage of sanctions over last week's invasion on Ukraine
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Sotheby's sees double benefit to NFT, crypto wave
The 300-year-old auction house wants to adopt new technologies like cryptocurrencies, metaverse, NFT to stay relevant