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'Maldives what?': Saudi fashionistas attempt beach rebrand
'Maldives what?': Saudi fashionistas attempt beach rebrand
Economy
by  AFP

Saudi designer Tima Abid got her start at a time when fashion shows were taboo and tourism, apart from religious pilgrimages, was almost nonexistent in the Gulf kingdom. Taking in preparations for Abid's show, Saudi designer Alanoud Badr of Lady Fozaza compared the kingdom favourably to a more established island locale.

The French 'Erin Brockovich' vs Goodyear
The French 'Erin Brockovich' vs Goodyear
Economy
by  AFP

For a decade, French former childcare worker Sophie Rollet carried out her own, lonely investigation to make US auto equipment group Goodyear accountable for the death of her husband, Jean-Paul, in a collision linked to the company's tyres. Rollet's investigation led her to link the tyre's model, Goodyear Marathon LHS II, to many other accidents in France and Europe.