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Antonin Tron on founding Atlein, and an unexpected collab with Kylie Jenner
South China Morning Post
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June 18, 2025
When Antonin Tron, a veteran of brands such as Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, established Atlein in 2016, he had lofty ambitions of starting a fully sustainable ready-to-wear label. The designer, however, soon realised how difficult it would be to...
Sidetrack Could Become The First Gay Bar In An American Airport
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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June 18, 2025
O’HARE — Sidetrack, the city’s largest and arguably most popular gay bar, has applied to open a location at O’Hare Airport — a move that, if approved, would make it the first gay bar inside an airport in the United States. Sidetrack Could Become...
Madcap Milwaukee Calendar: Freak Show and Wild Ones
Shepherd Express - Wisconsin
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June 18, 2025
Friday Night Freak Show: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Friday, June 20 Oriental Theatre MKE 2230 N. Farwell Ave. WMSE’s long running Friday Night Freak Show has screened every cult classic imaginable. They return this month with 2001’s Hedwig and the...
Stuck in Israel: How Iran War Is Affecting Business, Travel and the Overall Psyche
Global Atlanta - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
Editor’s note: Guy Tessler of the Atlanta-based Pendleton Group was traveling back to his native Israel to deepen Atlanta’s ties with its Israeli sister city, Ra’anana, when Israel launched its attacks on Iran. With Israeli airspace closed, the...
Fiscal Forum: Future of the EU Tax Mix with Dr. Stefanie Geringer
Tax Foundation
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June 18, 2025
In August 2024, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Stefanie Geringer, a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna and Masaryk University Brno, a certified taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by...
Things to Know about Amazon Prime Day 2025, the Four-Day Sale and Biggest Shopping Event of the Year
Time Bulletin
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June 18, 2025
Amazon will hold an extended four-day Prime Day sales extravaganza from July 8 to July 11. This year, Amazon Prime Day will go for four days, which is twice as long as previous years. This will give customers more time to browse the e-commerce...
Full Episode: Florida Legislature finally passes a budget, and G7 summit scrambles after Trump's early exit
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 18, 2025
Florida lawmakers pass a state budget after more than 100 days of wrangling, and members of the G7 work to salvage the summit in Canada after President Donald Trump exits early. After more than 100 days, Florida lawmakers approved a new state...
UAE Ranked 5th in Global Competitiveness Ranking; Cabinet Reviews $1.4tn Trade Success
Gulf Insider
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June 18, 2025
The UAE has ranked in fifth place in a global competitiveness ranking, outperforming major economies including the US, Sweden, and Germany. The achievement was reviewed at a meeting of the UAE Cabinet, chaired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...
Carney closes summit with promises to forge ‘a new era of cooperation’
The Globe and Mail
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June 17, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:G7 leaders pose for a family photo alongside representatives from the European Union and invited non-member countries at the summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on Tuesday.GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images 06/17/25 20:34 Carney...
'Our city wants to charge us £5 to drive to the centre'
Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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The introduction of the controversial Oxford congestion charge is to be debated by councillors this week. On June 17, Oxfordshire County Council officials will discuss the plan for a £5 charge for drivers to access the city centre along six...
Remembering Dorothea von Moltke, Labyrinth co-founder and local community builder
The Daily Princetonian - New Jersey
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After Dorothea von Moltke, co-founder of Labyrinth Books, died on March 23, a number of the members of the Princeton Merchants Association gathered in her memory in the basement of the Nassau Inn. Co-owner of Jazam’s toy store Dean Smith told The...
Casey report on grooming gangs scandal
The Times
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Sir, There is nothing in the Casey report (Jun 17) that should come as a surprise. After I first spoke out on this topic more than a decade ago, victims from across the UK contacted me about near-identical cases of their recruitment, exploitation...
Would a corporate tax cut boost productivity in Australia? So far, the evidence is unclear
The Conversation
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June 17, 2025
The first term of the Albanese government was defined by its fight against inflation, but the second looks like it will be defined by a need to kick start Australia’s sluggish productivity growth. Productivity is essentially the art of earning...
First they came for the nurses… Then they came for the truckers… Then they came for me
Renew America
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First they came for the nurses… Then they came for the truckers… Then they came for me By Desmond McGrath February 24, 2022 While Justin Turd’eau (Spelling intentional aka ‘Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark’) invokes the “Swastika Flag”...
Can South Korea afford a 4.5-day work week?
The Straits Times
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June 17, 2025
SEOUL - With President Lee Jae-myung now in office, one of his most eye-catching campaign pledges – introducing a 4.5-day work week – is facing questions over whether it can really work. For many workers, the proposal is a welcome one. “I can’t...
Amazon Doubles Prime Day Event, Starting July 8 Through 11
RTTNews
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June 17, 2025
E-commerce giant Amazon has announced Prime Day Event, its biggest deal event, with millions of exclusive deals for Prime Members, starting July 8 through July 11. Prime Day, traditionally a 2-day event, has now been doubled to 4 days for the...
Sharice Davids discusses tariffs impact and heritage site support
Joco Today - Kansas
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June 16, 2025
Sharice Davids U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 3rd district | Official U.S. House HeadshotSharice Davids U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 3rd district | Official U.S. House Headshot Sharice Davids, a member of the U.S....
Mohammed bin Rashid: UAE is ranked 5th globally by 2025 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking
Zawya
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ABU DHABI: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, has chaired a Cabinet meeting held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was attended by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed...
News digest: Fico and Danko wage Facebook flame war over Ukraine EU membership
The Slovak Spectator
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June 27, 2025
Good evening. Here is the Friday, June 27 edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in less than five minutes. Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement Coalition stumbles again as Fico,...
G7 agrees on narrow set of issues as trade tensions overshadow summit
The Globe and Mail
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June 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Global leaders came to the G7 Summit hoping to talk trade with U.S. President Trump, but most left having made little progress securing tariff relief.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press The leaders of the world’s rich...