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Beyoncé’s Dubai performance isn’t just an affront to LGBTQ+ fans, but workers’ rights in the UAE

Arguments focusing on the low application of the UAE’s anti-gay laws overlook the privilege it takes to evade them – and the reality of the labour that builds Dubai’s luxury playground

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023

Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest

An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale,” with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Kylian Mbappe produces the most memorable fightback only to end with the most inglorious despair

France’s posterboy for the present and the future hit a World Cup final hat-trick and earned the Golden Boot but still ended on the losing side

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Walker's chicken firm tied to benefits from unpaid labor

Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

Beyoncé's Renaissance tour announced at auction where daughter Blue Ivy stole the show

LOS ANGELES — Tickets to the singer’s forthcoming Renaissance tour were auctioned off over the weekend at her mother and stepfather’s Wearable Art Gala marking the fifth anniversary of the couple’s Where Art Can Occur Theater Center in Los Angeles. The star-studded, Harlem Renaissance-themed event raised money for the WACO…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022

'Arrogant' Beyoncé didn't ask permission before ripping Right Said Fred sample, band claim

Right Said Fred have branded Beyoncé, 41, "arrogant", claiming she didn't ask for permission to sample their song I'm Too Sexy in her hit Alien Superstar

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Freewrite's new smart typewriter is a spiritual AlphaSmart successor

The Freewrite Alpha is cheaper and smaller than the company's previous E Ink typewriter and it's headed to Indiegogo.

Input · Aug 29, 2022

Beyoncé flashes her chest in sexy black dress with bra cut-outs in new post on Instagram

As fans beg for music videos for her Renaissance album, Beyoncé has teased her 273million Instagram followers with a video slideshow showing off her figure

Daily Mirror · Aug 20, 2022

2 California companies face $1 million fines for smuggling protected live corals from Vietnam

LOS ANGELES — Two Inglewood marine wildlife companies pleaded guilty in federal court this week to illegally importing live coral from Vietnam, prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 13, 2022

Beyoncé’s new album tops Billboard 200 chart with 2022’s biggest debut by a woman

The last female musician at No 1 was Adele with her 2021 album 30

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022