The Joan Mitchell Foundation has sent a cease and desist letter to Louis Vuitton alleging the luxury brand is using reproductions of the artist's paintings in handbag advertisements without authorization.. The Mitchell foundation vowed that if Louis Vuitton does not "cease the illegal use of Mitchell's artworks," it will pursue further legal action. mdo/bgs
First Lady Jill Biden said the United States was committed to helping African nations get a louder voice at the UN and other international bodies, as she visited Namibia on Thursday.. "We're committed to making sure that African countries not only have a voice in organisations like the UN Security Council and G20, but that those voices are valued as equal partners," Biden said at a luncheon in Windhoek.
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Washington is nominating former Mastercard Chief Executive Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, after its current chief David Malpass announced plans to step down early.. Last week current World Bank President Malpass -- who was nominated to the post by Biden's predecessor Donald Trump in 2019 -- said he would step down nearly a year early, ending a tenure that was clouded by questions over his climate stance.
A six-decade archive charting pop icon David Bowie's career will open in London in 2025, providing a "new source book for the Bowies of tomorrow", a museum director said Wednesday.. The museum was delighted to be become "custodians of his incredible archive, and to be able to open it up for the public", said Hunt.
G7 ministers on Thursday discussed imposing fresh sanctions on Russia on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, as the UN General Assembly prepared to vote on a motion calling for "lasting" peace.. In New York, the UN General Assembly was on Thursday to bring to a vote a motion backed by Kyiv and its allies calling for a "just and lasting peace".
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that sanctions were hurting Russia badly, as she and other G7 finance chiefs gathered to discuss further measures on the eve of the first anniversary of the Ukraine invasion.. The comments came before a meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers in Bengaluru on Thursday to discuss further sanctions and more financial help for Ukraine.
Israel and Palestinian militants traded air strikes and rocket fire in and around Gaza Thursday, a day after the deadliest Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.. Before dawn on Thursday Palestinian militants hit back, firing six rockets from Gaza into Israel.
Group of Seven finance ministers were due to discuss on Thursday possible fresh sanctions against Moscow and more support for Ukraine, a day ahead of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion.. Any discussion on Ukraine is awkward for host India, which has not condemned the invasion.
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Thursday announced its first major foreign investment since it declared bankruptcy, approving a $442 million wind power project by India's scandal-hit Adani group.. The project comes after Sri Lanka awarded Adani a $700 million strategic port terminal project in Colombo in 2021.
In the dead of night on a bridge in southern China, around two dozen livestreamers sat crooning and chatting into microphones, their identical ring lights spaced a few metres apart in glowing rows.. Livestreaming on apps like Douyin, which said it had 600 million users in 2020, is a popular way to make money in China.
