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January 21, 2019

Ghosn vows to stay in Japan if granted bail

Carlos Ghosn, the ousted Nissan boss detained in Tokyo on charges of financial misconduct, on Monday vowed to remain in Japan if granted bail and again proclaimed his innocence. The Tokyo District Court will later Monday consider the 64-year-old’s latest…

January 20, 2019

Slimane goes super skinny in Paris Celine men’s debut

Paris men’s fashion week finished late Sunday with superstar designer Hedi Slimane’s first menswear collection for Celine, which has up to now only dressed women. The “sultan of slim”, who previously sent revenues soaring at Dior Homme and Saint Laurent,…

January 20, 2019

French say ‘lingerie rocks’ even in age of #MeToo

Fourteen top French lingerie labels staged a huge rock concert cum fashion show Sunday in the city which invented sexy underwear. The musical extravaganza in Paris called “Lingerie Rocks” set out to show that in the era of #MeToo lingerie…

January 20, 2019

#MeToo’s Asia Argento to model in Paris fashion show

Italian actress and #MeToo campaigner Asia Argento is to be a model in a haute couture fashion show in Paris on Monday. The 43-year-old, who helped start the movement by accusing Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of rape, will lead out…

January 20, 2019

Renault-Nissan merger ‘not on the table’: French minister

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday dismissed talk of a merger between Renault and Nissan, despite Japanese media reports that France was pushing for it. Le Maire’s remarks were made during his visit to Cairo. Earlier on Sunday,…

January 20, 2019

France nears implementation of digital tax

France will push ahead with its own tax on large internet and technology companies by introducing a bill that would be retroactive to January 1, its finance minister said Sunday. The move comes as the European Union tries to finalise…

January 20, 2019

Two dead, 25 hurt in French ski resort fire

Two people died Sunday and 25 more were injured, four seriously, in a fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps, officials said. The pre-dawn blaze forced the evacuation of some 60 resort workers, including foreigners, from…

January 20, 2019

France pushes Japan to accept Renault-Nissan merger: reports

Japanese media reported Sunday that France wants a merger between Renault and Nissan following the arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, but according to France’s economy minister changing the current set-up is “not on the table”. Ghosn headed a…

January 20, 2019

Two dead, 22 hurt in French ski resort fire

Two people died Sunday and 22 more were injured, four seriously, in a major fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps, officials said. The pre-dawn blaze forced the evacuation of some 60 resort workers, including foreigners,…