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Month: February 2024

The artist and the fashion designer: How two African creatives teamed up to effect change

By Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Beneath the Nicola Bertucci frescoes and gilt Rococo cornicing of the 17th-century Palazzo Visconti Di Modrone in Milan, a six-foot fibreglass character stands among piles of white and mustard granite stones. If the mix seems incongruous, then consider the objective achieved. The character forms part of an installation by

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UK’s Sunak criticizes a Conservative’s attack on London mayor and denies Islamophobia accusations

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists. He also denied the governing party tolerates anti-Muslim prejudice. Sunak was pressured to condemn Islamophobia after the comments by Lee Anderson about Mayor Sadiq Khan, amid

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Polish, Canadian leaders discuss boosting Ukrainian food exports to hungry countries outside Europe

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain to the world’s poorest countries to ease protests by farmers in Europe who see the Ukrainian goods as a market threat. Farmers in Poland and elsewhere say food imports from Ukraine are undercutting their livelihoods, even as

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