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The reliably fashion-forward Janet Jackson arrived at Thom Browne’s spring 2023 show wearing a look that deftly mixed masucline and femine prep codes. The academy-ready ensemble was a natural progression of what Jackson does best. She’s been blurring and mixing traditional gender boundaries for decades now: That boxy oversized blazer she wore in “When I Think Of You;” Her form-fitting “Rhythm Nation” military garb; A leather bandeau paired with baggy jeans at the 1993 VMAs. “Even when I was a kid, I loved wearing the suits and the ties and the bow ties,” Jackson says. “I was very much so…

Dogecoin (DOGE) is in the news again after Elon Musk on Wednesday reaffirmed his bid to buy Twitter, and DOGE supporters now hope that their favorite meme coin will get the exposure they believe it deserves as a result of the deal.As always when it comes to dogecoin, the infamous $1 price target becomes a topic, despite the fact that dogecoin has never reached that level. At its peak in May of 2021, DOGE reached as high as $0.74, before it entered a bear market that has now brought it all the way down to $0.06 – a decline of…

Porsche took pole position as Europe’s most valuable automaker on Thursday, overtaking former parent Volkswagen (VLKAF) as the price of the sportscar maker’s newly-listed shares sped higher. Although Porsche shares fell below their listing price on Monday to 81 euros, in line with a wider fall in markets, they had risen to 93 euros ($91.95) on Thursday morning, giving the sportscar brand a market valuation of 85 billion euros ($84 billion). The rise pushes Porsche’s valuation beyond Volkswagen’s 77.7 billion euros ($76.6 billion). Mercedes-Benz comes in third among European carmakers, followed by BMW (BMWYY) and Stellantis. Porsche’s share price regained…

Dallas is almost 5,000 miles from London. But when the UK gilt markets imploded last week — forcing the Bank of England to make a £65bn intervention to support pension funds — the drama left Richard Fisher, former chair of the Dallas Federal Reserve, wincing.Fisher has warned for years that a decade of ultra loose monetary policy would create pockets of future financial instability. So he sees the British gilts drama (which occurred because the pension funds mishandled highly leveraged bets) not as an isolated event — but as the sign of a trend. “This [foolish strategy] always happens when…

Millions of British households will be asked to cut back on energy consumption by National Grid this winter, as it warned them to prepare for rolling three-hour blackouts in the “extreme” case of gas shortages and reduced electricity imports from the rest of Europe.The bleak assessment presents Liz Truss’s increasingly unpopular premiership with another headache as it grapples with a cost of living crisis, including a threat to household budgets from rising mortgage rates. National Grid, which manages Britain’s power and gas systems, will launch a voluntary scheme next month offering financial incentives to domestic customers with smart meters and…

A number of municipalities and bars in Brussels have decided to snub the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar and will not be showing the games live. The decision is based on “political, ethical, social and ecological reasons,” bar owner Emmanuel Simonis told Euronews. Simonis owns the trendy drinking spots Cafe Caberdouche and La Maison du Peuple and said his bars normally attract huge crowds during the World Cup and Uefa matches, but that this time it didn’t feel right. “It was really the accumulation of everything from the way the contract was awarded, the corruption scandals, the stadium construction scandals,…

Hong Kong is giving away 500,000 airline tickets in an effort to boost tourism in the region.The city has rolled back several COVID-19 travel restrictions in recent weeks including a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine.Now it is hoping to bounce back from the massive impact that the pandemic had on the tourism industry in the region. And part of Hong Kong’s plan involves giving away 500,00 airline tickets worth more than €250 million.Executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board Dane Cheng told the BBC that the free tickets were initially bought to support airlines during the pandemic. They will be…

Premier League players will take a knee before matches over the next two weekends as part of the ‘No Room For Racism’ initiative.It was agreed before the season that teams would stop taking a knee before every game and would instead choose significant moments, such as Boxing Day fixtures and cup finals.Players started to take a knee when the league resumed in June 2020 to support the Black Lives Matter movement.Premier LeagueTottenham fitness coach Ventrone dies from leukaemia8 HOURS AGO”We support the decision made by players to take the knee at specific moments during the season and we will use…

The African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned the “unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso after the second coup in less than a year in which a group of junior army officers removed military ruler Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. “The chairperson calls upon the military to immediately and totally refrain from any acts of violence or threats to the civilian population, civil liberties, human rights,” the AU said in a statement on Saturday, calling for the restoration of the constitutional order by July next year “at the latest”. Earlier the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…

About 200 environmental and land-defence activists were killed in 2021 alone with Mexico the deadliest country with 54 deaths, according to Global Witness report.More than 1,700 environmental activists have been killed “trying to protect their land and resources” over the past decade, according to a report by international NGO Global Witness. In 2021 alone, some 200 environmental and land-defence activists were killed around the world including 54 in Mexico, the deadliest country for environmentalists. More than three-quarters of the killings took place in Latin America. “[Since 2012] 1,733 defenders have been killed trying to protect their land and resources: that’s an…