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WASHINGTON  –  The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will wed Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson on a small island in the Bahamas this weekend, two people familiar with the plans told CNN. One person who is not expected to attend the intimate affair? President Donald Trump himself, the sources said. The guest list is […]

DUBAI  –  The repercussions of the Iran war have been felt globally, but the United Arab Emirates has suffered a more direct impact than most, targeted by missile and drone strikes. Those attacks have also threatened its image as a glamorous haven for tourists to the Middle East. Still, Abu Dhabi is pushing ahead with […]

LONDON  –  The boss of Standard Chartered has apologised after describing employees whose jobs are vulnerable to being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) as “lower value human capital”. Discussing how automation was likely to lead to thousands of job cuts at the bank at a recent conference, Bill Winters said it wasn’t about cost cutting […]

BAKU   –   On May 21, a solo exhibition of Peruvian artist Ronald Companoca opened at the Heydar Aliyev Centre. The opening ceremony was attended by Leyla Aliyeva and Alena Aliyeva, Minister of Culture Adil Karimli, prominent art figures, and other guests. Titled “The Theater of Dreams,” the exhibition showcases a number of the artist’s works […]

SEOUL  –  South Korean police are seeking an arrest warrant for a YouTuber who allegedly faked evidence that defamed actor Kim Soo-hyun and fuelled a scandal which ended his career. Authorities say the YouTuber had manipulated screenshots of text messages and shared an audio file made with AI to give the impression that the actor […]

LOS ANGELES  –  Actress Lupita Nyong’o has told people who have criticised her casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey to remember that “this is a mythological story”. The Oscar winner will play Helen, whose beauty famously “launched a thousand ships” and resulted in the Trojan war, according to Homer’s ancient Greek […]