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Jennifer Lopez takes fashion line to Mexico
MEXICO CITY - US singer, actress and businesswoman Jennifer Lopez took her fashion line outside the United States for the first time on Monday, launching in Mexico. Speaking in Spanish, the star -- a New Yorker whose parents are from Puerto Rico -- said she wanted to make her designs affordable to low-income women who want some glamor in their lives. “I think that, coming from the Bronx, I have a good urban mix,”
Lopez, 45, said at a news conference, wearing a black shirt and pants ensemble with a white jacket. “I’m more interested in doing (designs for working people) instead of luxury.” She inaugurated a store in the capital in cooperation with Mexican retail chain Coppel. Her line -- which includes clothing, accessories and suitcases -- will be available in more than 1,000 stores in Mexico. (afp)
Taylor Swift, Microsoft among those buying up .porn suffixes English, others could include the likes of .music, .app or, of course, .porn. To check what brands, groups and celebrities have bought their domain names, visit http://icmregistry.com/domaincheck. According
to the site, Microsoft has bought not only Microsoft.porn but Office.porn and Office.adult as well. Representatives for Taylor Swift, Microsoft and Harvard could not immediately be reached for comment. (ap)
chose to go ahead with the surgery because of her family history and because she carries a gene mutation that had given her a 50 percent risk of developing ovarian cancer, the same mutation that put her at 87 percent risk of developing breast cancer. “I did not do this solely because I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation, and I want other women to hear this,” Jolie wrote in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, the same venue where she announced her double mastectomy two years
ago. “A positive BRCA test does not mean a leap to surgery,” said Jolie, who is married to fellow Hollywood heavyweight Brad Pitt. “In my case, the Eastern and Western doctors I met agreed that surgery to remove my tubes and ovaries was the best option, because on top of the BRCA gene, three women in my family have died from cancer,” she wrote. Her doctors said that she should have the preventive surgery about a decade before the earliest onset of
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Jennifer Lopez holds up a blouse during the unveiling of her clothing and accessories collection at the Coppel store in Mexico City, Monday, March 23, 2015.
cancer in her female relatives. “My mother’s ovarian cancer was diagnosed when she was 49. I’m 39.” Jolie said that she had been preparing for the possibility of ovary removal ever since her double mastectomy. But two weeks ago, she said, she got a call from a doctor who said her blood test results had “a number of inflammatory markers that are elevated, and taken together they could be a sign of early cancer.” She was told to see a surgeon
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Indonesia to withdraw local language plan for foreign workers-sources
Manpower Minister Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri earlier this month told reporters the government would require existing and prospective foreigners to pass Indonesian language tests to work in the country, a move seen by many foreign investors as protectionist. Currently, foreigners do not have to speak Indonesian to receive a work permit for Southeast Asia’s largest
Angelina Jolie has ovaries removed over cancer fears
WASHINGTON - Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed over fears of cancer, following her double mastectomy two years ago. The actress, who has lost her mother, grandmother and aunt to the disease, said she had the procedure last week after results from a blood test raised fears that she may be in the early stages of cancer. Although later tests showed that wasn’t the case, Jolie said she
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JAKARTA - Indonesia will withdraw a plan that would force foreign workers to take local raised concerns about the growing difficulties of obtaining work permits language proficiency exams after protests from investors, two government officials said.
NEW YORK — The singer Taylor Swift, Microsoft Corp. and Harvard University are among those buying up .porn and .adult Web suffixes as a pre-emptive move before those domain names become available this summer. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is making Internet address suffixes beyond the usual .com or .org available for people and businesses to use. While some are in Chinese or other languages besides
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economy. “Coordinating ministers agreed last week that the planned regulation should be dropped. The details are now being worked out within the cabinet,” said a government official, with knowledge of the matter, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. A second government official
confirmed that the plan for language tests would be withdrawn after “many people complained, including domestic investors who said they needed foreign expertise.” Minister Dhakiri on Friday denied that the language test requirements would be cancelled. The minister was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday. Companies have increasingly
for foreign workers, with language exams being the latest example. “If they do withdraw this, we are encouraged by that. It is an unnecessary barrier,” said Lin Neumann, managing director of the American Chamber of Commerce Indonesia. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told Reuters last week that the planned regulation was “well intentioned” to protect low-skilled jobs ahead
of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration this year, but should be reviewed because of its potential impact on investment. President Joko Widodo, who took office in October, wants to spur economic growth from an estimated 5.1 percent in 2014 to 5.8 percent this year, relying mainly on higher investment. (rtr)
News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
immediately. “I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn’t live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren,” Jolie wrote. “I called my husband in France, who was on a plane within hours. The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters. It is polarizing, and it is peaceful.” (afp)
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Foreigners work as chef at one of hotels in Bali Island. Indonesia will withdraw a plan that would force foreign workers to take local language proficiency exams after protests from investors, two government officials said.