Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt was back on the starting line Thursday — but found it a challenge to stay on his feet in zero gravity conditions aboard an aeroplane. The 32-year-old briefly broke off…
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Nike took ‘risk’ with Kaepernick campaign, says Jordan Brand chief
The president of Nike’s Jordan Brand insists that the sportswear giant were “absolutely” right to use Colin Kaepernick as the face of their new “Just Do It” campaign. “One of the great things is that…
Updated Apple system takes on smartphone addiction
Apple’s polished iPhone line-up comes with tools to help users dial back their smartphone obsessions, amid growing concerns over “addiction” and harmful effects on children. An iOS 12 mobile operating system that will power new…
Rihanna’s anything-goes lingerie crowns NY Fashion Week
Rihanna celebrated women of every shape, size and color in an outre show unveiling her Savage X Fenty lingerie line, bringing New York Fashion Week to a juddering climax on Wednesday. The Barbadian superstar stepped…
Top 10 take-aways from New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week wrapped up with Rihanna’s outre Brooklyn party unveiling her new Savage X Fenty lingerie line, snatching an honor traditionally the preserve of creme-de-la-creme designer Marc Jacobs. As the spring/summer 2019 season…
Defiant Australian paper reprints ‘racist’ Serena cartoon
An Australian newspaper defiantly republished a controversial cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams on its front-page Wednesday, slapping aside “politically correct” accusations that the drawing was racist and sexist. Melbourne’s Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight’s…
Calvin Klein puts ‘Jaws’ bite into NY Fashion Week
Calvin Klein took a bite out of the New York runway Tuesday with Belgian designer Raf Simons inspired by “Jaws,” in his latest exploration of America, its glistening surface and dark underbelly. Models marched down…
White wine and bubbles: a Hungarian passion returns
In a Budapest workshop, a shelf lined with antique glass bottles emblazoned with pre-World War II-era producer labels and topped with metal and porcelain siphon heads testifies to the long history of Hungary’s soda-making trade….
Ivorian rap has rising star in sardonic Bop de Narr
Boycotted by radio shows for being too provocative but piling up hits on Ivory Coast’s social media for nailing facts of life, the young rapper’s latest song has a bite. Sex, money, social injustice —…
Snakes on a plate: Vietnam’s coiled cuisine
With their meat served up in a wide array of dishes and blood added to rice wine, snakes make a reputedly satisfying — and nourishing — meal in Vietnam. Caught in the jungles of the…