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Velez, Burch and Palomo: highlights from New York Fashion Week

From designs inspired by America's industrial Midwest to evocations of a childhood in Spain, AFP looks at the some of the highlights from New York Fashion Week so far.. It's not New York, it's not Los Angeles, it's not Paris, and is kind of not really considered in American fashion," said the 28-year-old designer, named emerging talent of the year in 2022 by the American fashion union (CFDA).

Police find more body parts in popular Paris park

French investigators on Tuesday found more human remains including a head in Paris' busy Buttes-Chaumont park, prosecutors said, after part of a woman's body was discovered the day before.. Prosecutors said identification of the woman's body "is still under way" after a lower part of the torso was discovered in a bag in a wooded area.

Kabul florists heartbroken over Taliban Valentine's Day ban

Florists with wilting bouquets of red roses and street vendors clutching unsold balloons were heartbroken in the Afghan capital on Tuesday after the Taliban's morality police banned Valentine's Day celebrations.. The poster said Valentine's Day "is not Islamic and is not part of the Afghan culture but a sloganeering day of the infidels".

Spain struggles to curb the scourge of femicide

Eleven years ago, Ester narrowly escaped death when her partner tried to throw her off a balcony at their home in northwestern Spain. . Although Ester escaped with her life, hundreds more have died since then at the hands of partners or ex-partners with a recent spike in murders prompting widespread soul-searching across the country.

Andrew Tate arrest casts light on Romania's sexcam boom

The arrest of controversial online influencer Andrew Tate for alleged rape and human trafficking in Romania has shone a spotlight on the country's burgeoning sexcam industry.. The studio's head of marketing, Alexandra, who declined to give her full name, said it was "unjust that from a scandal like this people think that Andrew Tate represents the videochat industry.

In a low country, ski making is a high art

In a land with no mountains and scarcely ever any snow, ski craftsmanship might not seem a priority.. He used this expertise in luxury woodwork when he turned towards his real passion, skiing -- on water and, especially, on snow.  

Amazon's Zoox robotaxis take to California roads

The Amazon subsidiary Zoox on Monday said its self-driving vehicles with no manual controls took to California public roads over the weekend, calling it a major breakthrough for the robotaxi industry.. "Getting to be the world's first passenger in a robotaxi with no manual controls on open public road...was one of the highlights of my life," Zoox co-founder and chief technology officer Jesse Levinson said in the post.