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› Dress to impress at home: Retailers recast spring looks for coronavirus lockdowns
Desperate to sell pricey spring looks during the coronavirus lockdown, retailers are turning to social media to show their latest styles in somber, stay-at-home settings. |
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› Under coronavirus curfew, West African bard offers escape via live-stream
Every night at half past seven Ouagadougou time, story-teller Kientega Pingdewinde Gerard picks out a tune on his traditional kora and weaves a tale via Facebook Live to distract listeners under... |
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› Spider-Man to the rescue! Superhero jogger cheers kids in England
The northern English town of Stockport has a new hero in the battle to keep kids entertained during the coronavirus lockdown: Spider-Man! |
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› Harry Pottering around at home? Rowling to rescue bored kids in lockdown
British author J. K. Rowling is hoping her much-loved Harry Potter series will work its magic on bored children stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown. |
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› Edinburgh festivals, including Fringe comedy showcase, canceled
Edinburgh's summer festivals, which include the International music and arts showcase and renowned "Fringe" comedy event, have been canceled for the first time in more than 70 years because of... |
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› UK's Prince Harry and wife Meghan bid farewell to royal roles
Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan posted their last message as working members of Britain's royal family on Monday before officially embarking on new careers without their "Royal Highness"... |
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› Russian jeweler tries to tap zeitgeist with coronavirus-shaped pendants
A small Russian jewelry company specializing in science and medicine-themed ornaments has launched a coronavirus-shaped pendant, a move that has drawn accusations of insensitivity by some. |
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› Senegal's graffiti artists join fight against coronavirus
The mural stretched over 10 metres of wall in Senegal's seaside capital Dakar shows a giant pair of hands reaching out for sanitiser, and a woman in hoop earrings and a facemask colored blue, red,... |
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› What a drag! Self-isolating Aussie queen takes routine online
An Australian drag queen has shifted her performances from stage to personal screens during coronavirus lockdown in Sydney to ensure she's not all dressed up with nowhere to go. |
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› In scrappy Cambodian casino town, Chinese plan future beyond coronavirus
When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle. |
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› Coronavirus forces cancellation of Paris fashion weeks: statement
Organizers have canceled the men's and haute couture fashion weeks in Paris because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers said. |
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› Beating lockdown inertia: French city-dwellers keep fit on balconies
As dusk fell over Nantes in western France, dozens of residents of an apartment block came out onto their balconies for a half-hour fitness session to beat the inertia of life under lockdown while... |
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