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Anna Wintour attends The Costume Institute's exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, U.S., May 5, 2025.

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HARD NUMBERS: Wintour steps down, Top Chinese official ousted, Norwegian royal faces rape charges, US funds controversial aid organization

37: Anna Wintour is stepping down after 37 years as editor-in-chief of American Vogue. She revolutionised the iconic fashion magazine, introducing celebrities to the cover and spotlighting emerging designers. Wintour will remain Vogue’s global editor, as well as chief content officer at the magazine’s publisher Condé Nast.

1: China’s Central Military Commission, the country’s highest military leadership body, now has one fewer member after voting to remove Miao Hua, senior admiral of the People’s Liberation Army. Miao has been under investigation for “serious violations of discipline” since last November, and his ouster is seen as part of a broader crackdown on corruption under Chinese President Xi Jinping.

28: Norwegian police on Friday accused Marius Borg Høiby, the 28-year old stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, of multiple counts of rape, sexual assault, and bodily harm. The announcement follows a months-long investigation involving “double-digit” victims.

$30 million: The US State Department approved $30 million in funding for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid organization that has been criticized by the UN and other rights groups. Over 400 Palestinians have been killed at various aid points in recent weeks, per UN estimates, after Israeli soldiers fired into crowds seeking food. Israel has reportedly launched a war-crime probe into the incidents.

Indian action hero Rajinikanth enters political fray

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He vows to bring in “corruption-free” government to his home state of Tamil Nadu.

Parties count on stars to pull in the voters India elections

May 12, 2019 5:00 AM

In his 1980s and 1990s heyday, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol was famed for portraying angry men with a heart of gold.

Billionaires and celebrities join slum dwellers at the polls in India

April 29, 2019 8:40 AM

NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India's financial capital goes to the polls on Monday (April 29) with billionaires, celebrities and slum dwellers among those lining up to elect lawmakers they hope will fix Mumbai's crumbling and stretched infrastructure.

Police raid South Korean pop singer Park Yoo-chun's house in drug probe

April 16, 2019 4:45 PM

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Gyeonggi police searched South Korean singer-actor Park Yoo-chun's home and took hair samples on Tuesday (April 16) in a drug probe that started when his ex-girlfriend accused him of using illegal drugs.

Bollywood playing lead role in Modi's push for second term

April 11, 2019 5:00 AM

MUMBAI/BENGALURU • Early this year, a dozen of Bollywood's biggest names took a private jet from India's film capital of Mumbai to New Delhi for a private audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

India's Bollywood plays starring role in Modi's re-election bid

April 10, 2019 2:26 PM

MUMBAI/BENGALURU (REUTERS) - Early this year, a dozen of Bollywood's biggest names took a private jet from India's film capital of Mumbai to New Delhi for a private audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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