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Australian Royal Memorabilia Collector Recalls Her Crowning Piece: Meeting the King
Date: September 16, 2022
By Stefica Nicol Bikes SYDNEY (Reuters) – Surrounded by tens of thousands of pieces of British royal memorabilia in her home in rural Australia, Jan Hugo now has one more thing to boast about: meeting the man who is now King Charles. Starting in 1981 with a commemorative coin of then-Prince Charles’ wedding to his...
At 75, Edinburgh Festival More Intent Than Ever on Healing Divisions
Date: August 1, 2022
By Barbara Lewis and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – Self-described working class playwright Kieton Saunders-Browne used to think the Edinburgh Fringe wasn’t for people like him – until a fund set up to draw a more diverse cast of performers to the world’s largest arts festival stepped in to help. The 24-year-old Londoner, of Irish...
Foo Fighters Announce Tribute Concerts for Late Drummer Taylor Hawkins
Date: June 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – American rock band Foo Fighters will play two tribute concerts for their late drummer Taylor Hawkins, taking to the stage in London and Los Angeles in September, the group said on Wednesday. Hawkins, 50, died unexpectedly in late March in a Bogota hotel during the group’s South American tour, the rest of...
Pope Gives F-Word Cancer Campaigners Vip Treatment at Audience
Date: June 8, 2022
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The F-word made its debut on T-shirts at a papal general audience on Wednesday and a laughing Pope Francis gave members of the choir wearing them VIP treatment. About 30 Italians wearing red T-shirts bearing the words “Fuck Cancer Choir” sat in a front section at the audience in...
Turkey’s Baykar Donates Drone for Ukraine After Lithuanian Crowdfunder
Date: June 2, 2022
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Manufacturer Baykar and Turkey’s Defence Industry Agency will donate a Bayraktar TB2 advanced combat drone to Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine, after Lithuanians crowdfunded nearly 6 million euros to buy it, Lithuania’s defence ministry said on Thursday. Baykar will deliver the drone in a few weeks. It will be...
Axa Registers Shanghai Fund Unit as City Seeks Revival From Covid
Date: June 2, 2022
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -AXA Investment Managers has completed registration for a private fund unit in Shanghai, as Chinese regulators streamline processes to help foreign and local asset managers revive businesses amid COVID-19 outbreaks. Other filings with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) show that Shanghai subsidiaries of global asset managers including Neuberger Berman, Abrdn Plc,...