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When Uruguayan fashion designer Gabriela Hearst was announced as the creative director of luxury fashion house Chloé in December last year, those familiar with her work knew it spelled change for the 70-year-old French brand -- especially given the maison's CEO, Riccardo Bellini, had already indicated he was looking to take the label in a new purpose-driven direction. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3GN0eEp

The Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC has removed its Benin bronzes from display and is planning to repatriate artifacts that were looted by the British in an 1897 raid on the royal palace, according to the museum's director, Ngaire Blankenberg. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3o0Prhg

A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the state government. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/31vdU6B

Last year, like many people across the US, I couldn't imagine feeling more anxious about a presidential election than I did in November 2020. In the weeks leading up to the vote, I followed every twist of an often surreal and harrowing campaign. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3BJU6cc

The State Department has established a new task force to oversee its "planning, management and logistics related to events in Ethiopia," a spokesperson confirmed Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3BKLoKF

A hotel in Mexico popular with American tourists was sent into chaos Thursday amid reports of gunfire. According to local authorities, a confrontation between drug dealers had exploded into lethal violence on a beach nearby. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3CRVnzi

A former security adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron was sentenced on Friday to three years in jail, two of them suspended, over charges including roughing up May Day protesters in 2018, media reported. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2ZUL3bL