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The Queen

‘Friends can buy influence’: Businessman who lent Boris Johnson his £9.5 million flat given job as government adviser

LONDON — Boris Johnson has been accused by opponents of allowing friends to "buy influence" after a business executive who loaned the incoming prime minister his lavish £9.5 million home was offered a job in Johnson's new administration. Andrew Griffith ha…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Inside North Korea: A rare foreign student’s view of life in Pyongyang

Alek Sigley was, in many regards, just like any other 29-year-old postgraduate student. Interested in North Korea? Add North Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest North Korea news, video, and analysis from ABC News. But there was one key fa…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Zara built a $20B empire on fast fashion. Now it needs to slow down

Last fall, at New York Fashion Week, tie-dye was absolutely everywhere: Everyone from Prada to Stella McCartney to Proenza Schouler sent models down the catwalk in hippie-inspired gowns and T-shirts. But for those of us who can’t afford to drop $2,000 on embr…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Recycling

Zara built a $20B empire on fast fashion. Now it needs to slow down

Last fall, at New York Fashion Week, tie-dye was absolutely everywhere: Everyone from Prada to Stella McCartney to Proenza Schouler sent models down the catwalk in hippie-inspired gowns and T-shirts. But for those of us who can’t afford to drop $2,000 on embr…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Canadian businesses need more than optimism from Boris Johnson

Britain's new prime minister will need more than a can-do attitude to keep trade growing between Canada and the U.K., after a late decision by his predecessor scuppered an agreement that was set to keep the terms of Canada's existing European Union trade deal…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Super Heroes

Collectors Edition ‘Marvel Super Heroes Arcade Machine’ Ups Components And Design

The new Arcade1Up Marvel Super Heroes machine is available to pre-order today. Along with the standard cabinet, a limited run of Collectors Edition Marvel Super Heroes versions will come with light-up marquee, ster…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Belt and Road

‘Pro-China’ Boris Johnson ‘enthusiastic’ about Belt and Road plan

Published: 2:53pm, 24 Jul, 2019 Updated: 3:06pm, 24 Jul, 2019

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Panda

Police hunt for three swimmers missing in River Thames

Three people have gone missing after swimming in the River Thames, police officers have said. The swimmers disappeared on Tuesday evening in three different locations, as temperatures soared in London. We have responded ... to three separate incidents of pe…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Panda

Body found in hunt for three swimmers missing in River Thames, police say

A body has been found in the search for three people missing in different parts of the River Thames, police have said. Officers searching for a man reported missing at Shadwell Basin, in east London, at 6.05pm on Tuesday have recovered the body of a 23-year-…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

What Can the EU Contribute to Peace on the Korean Peninsula?

Since the end of 2017, high tensions on the Korean Peninsula have given way to a remarkable and historic bout of diplomacy. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and, in a historic first…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

‘Friends can buy influence’: Businessman who lent Boris Johnson his £9.5 million flat given job as government adviser

Inside North Korea: A rare foreign student’s view of life in Pyongyang

Zara built a $20B empire on fast fashion. Now it needs to slow down

Zara built a $20B empire on fast fashion. Now it needs to slow down

Canadian businesses need more than optimism from Boris Johnson

Collectors Edition ‘Marvel Super Heroes Arcade Machine’ Ups Components And Design

‘Pro-China’ Boris Johnson ‘enthusiastic’ about Belt and Road plan

Police hunt for three swimmers missing in River Thames

Body found in hunt for three swimmers missing in River Thames, police say

What Can the EU Contribute to Peace on the Korean Peninsula?

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