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...“Amber objects of exceptional quality and condition are extremely rare,” says fifth-generation dealer Alexis Kugel....
...“Look at how the US and UK absolutely support the one-party state of Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. “Inside the country no one can tell the difference between the US position and the Chinese.”...
...As ever, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with your thoughts....
...Hungary is the only EU member to have approved both the Chinese-made Sinopharm and Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines....
...“If I were King of Lisbon, I would soon rule over the whole world,” said Charles V of Portugal’s 16th-century capital....
...Trivia Royale shot to the top of the US iPhone App Store charts this weekend, according to App Annie....
.../ From John V Baldwin, Cernobbio, Italy...
...This followed President Donald Trump’s measures preventing US companies doing business with Huawei....
...“It provides us with the chance to develop a programme to show the collections, and to partner with other curators and institutions.”...
...Interestingly, two artists — Alexis Teplin and Céline Manz — take inspiration from the weightless arabesques of the early 20th-century abstractionist and costume designer Sonia Delaunay....
...Leading the way are Spanish duo Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarran, here given a whole booth by Swiss photography specialists Bildhalle, who travel to Japan every year and use a plethora of techniques including...
...In an interview with the FT, Alexis Tsipras said he was open to making it easier for Berlin to send asylum seekers back to other European countries....
...Alexis Tsipras, Greek premier, told the FT that Athens is prepared to help curb migrants “secondary movements”. This might be harder to agree with Italy, the main concern for Berlin....
...(Guardian) Dynasty v shareholders Some executives at Samsung are trying to ensure a third generation of family control at South Korea’s biggest business group....
...(Guardian) Dynasty v shareholders Some executives at Samsung are trying to ensure a third generation of family control at South Korea's biggest business group....
...Variety is a good thing - and would be even if each country had the same preferences - as the US demonstrates....
...(NYT) Silicon Valley v DC The pro-privacy tech industry and the, let's say, not-so-pro-privacy US intelligence apparatus are engaged in a battle over the encryption software that uses secret keys to protect...
...(The Guardian, FT) US trade The US House is set to vote to grant President Barack Obama the fast-track authority he needs to close a massive trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations....
...(FT) US v China: the new cold war? David Pilling looks at the simmering tensions between the two superpowers....
...A protest called “V-day” — V being for vaffanculo, the Italian equivalent of “fuck off” — drew 80,000 people to one event....
...There were denim trouser suits at Acne, Western pin-ups at Alexis Mabille and girlish pastel-coloured denim at Isabel Marant....
...Club V-Dub, Kent “We have an anti-anorak policy,” says Dee Parkinson, the club’s founder and organiser. “V-Dubs … I love the simplicity of them....
...Most of us regard the erosion of our liberty with a mixture of apathy and apprehension....
...US politics has, unarguably, tilted right....
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