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More sex education needed in China, director Vivian Qu says with new film
VENICE Vivian Qu hopes her new film "Angels Wear White" ("Jia Nian Hua") will generate a discussion on sex education and child protection in her home country, the Chinese director said at the Venice film festival on Friday.
Weeks after row over academic articles, China says imported publications must be legal
BEIJING Chinese importers of foreign publications must verify the products are legal, China said on Friday, weeks after a British academic publisher which blocked access to hundreds of scholarly articles in the country reposted the material.
Jamie Dimon leaves Wall Street perch to have a say in Washington
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon is starting to look like Corporate America's shadow president.
Stop sugar-coating homosexuality, Italian director says
VENICE Italian director Sebastiano Riso said he chose to make it a gay couple who refuse to adopt a terminally ill child in his new film to show how a person can commit good or terrible deeds, regardless of sexual orientation.
Evening gown designer Shoji breezes into New York Fashion Week
Fashion designer Tadashi Shoji, whose evening gowns are adored by Hollywood stars, showcased a casual, breezy collection in strong colors at New York Fashion Week.
U.S. banks move to broaden reach of Zelle instant payments app
NEW YORK A consortium of U.S. banks is taking another step next week to attract a critical mass of users to their Zelle network, a rival to PayPal's Venmo for handling instant payments between individuals with smartphones.
Kenya election campaigns turn personal after court orders fresh polls
NAIROBI The president calls the chief justice a cheat. A lawmaker denounces the head of the opposition as the devil and says he needs a whipping. The opposition leader accuses the president of making a public speech while drunk.
Pierre Berge, who co-founded Yves Saint Laurent fashion house, dies
PARIS French businessman and art patron Pierre Berge, who co-founded the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house, has died at age 86 following a long illness, his foundation said on Friday.
Control of information shifts up a gear in run-up to Cambodia election
PHNOM PENH Critics of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen have grown used to following upstart news service Fresh News to find out what the government’s next target might be.
Western Digital seeks Y50 billion from Apple to help finance Toshiba chip bid: Kyodo
TOKYO A group including Western Digital is seeking around 50 billion yen ($464 million) from Apple Inc to help finance a bid for Toshiba Corp's memory chip unit, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.