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Bobby Berk on Monday said he will be exit as the co-host of Netflix reality show “Queer Eye” after the upcoming Season 8. Berk took to social media to share the news on morning. Netflix has officially announced the renewal of the popular reboot «Queer Eye» for both Season 8 and Season 9, promising fans more heartwarming transformations.

Crocs to introduce a collection of specially designed clogs. The fast food-themed collection will include three traditional Crocs designs and a Crocs sandal inspired by McDonald’s characters Grimace, Hamburglar, and Birdie, along with the iconic red and yellow color scheme of the chain. Not just the classic Crocs, also for sale there will be N number of McDonald’s-themed charms that can be attached to the clogs which will include french fries, the Big Mac, and the iconic Golden Arches logo.

Forty-eight countries across six continents have committed to a new tax transparency standard starting in 2027 to fight crypto-related tax evasion.

Investing.com — European stock markets edged higher Monday, helped by the positive close on Wall Street last week but investors continue to fret about the global growth outlook amid restrictive monetary policies.

India voted in favour of five resolutions relating to the situation in the Middle East, including one that condemned Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and abstained on one resolution. The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) of the UN General Assembly approved six draft resolutions on November 9 all by recorded votes, relating to the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Megan Rapinoe limped out of the final game of her storied career Saturday, suffering a suspected torn Achilles tendon less than three minutes into the National Women's Soccer League Final which her OL Reign team lost to NJ/NY Gotham FC. No other players were near Rapinoe when she went down on the pitch, a stunned crowd at Snapdragon Stadium holding their breath as medical staff attended her. After several minutes, the dejected OL Reign star limped off the field, fans giving her a massive ovation as she was replaced by Bethany Balcer. The 38-year-old American had vowed the match was «really the last one,» in a career that included World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019 and gold at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite her many achievements, Saturday's defeat means Rapinoe retires from the game without an NWSL championship title. «It was a tough one. Definitely not how I envisioned this last one going,» a tearful Rapinoe said after the game.

Liverpool were expected to pull their socks against Toulouse in the Europa League. But Klopp's men could not rise to the occasion and fell to a 3-2 loss to their French opponents. With this performance in the background, Liverpool will meet Brentford on Sunday, November 12 in the Premier League.

France, whether it be in the fields of business, innovation, education, culture or science. The campaign’s ambassadors include footballer Kylian Mbappé, astronaut Thomas Pesquet, designer Philippe Starck, and world-renowned chef Mory Sacko. India is one of the five countries selected by France as a priority for this campaign, reflecting the importance of India for the French government.

Microsoft and its counterparts are actively combating disinformation, specifically through the utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI), as per the report. Reportedly, Smith conveyed that Microsoft and other companies are accomplishing this task "by developing technological tools that aid in identifying manipulated, modified, and altered content," as translated into French by radio France Inter. "We are getting very good at identifying a Russian campaign, like when they tried to tell people not to get the Covid vaccine.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

Gaza as the death toll rose and fighting intensified between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near and around hospitals. Global calls for Israeli restraint increased as the number of Palestinians killed rose above 11,000 in a five-week-old Israeli bombardment launched against Hamas in retaliation for its deadly Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. In his strongest comments to date on the plight of civilians caught in the Gaza cross-fire, U.S.

The inaugural Institute of Crypto-Assets, focused on research about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, has been officially opened at the Léonard de Vinci Center in Paris.

Foreign luxury brands ranging from Swarovski, Coach, Jimmy Choo, Bulgari, Cartier, Gucci and many more have brought in new collection especially for Diwali. Swarovski's Diwali special collection includes Mesmera, Millenia, and Gema. The brand unveiled new pieces of Jewelry Collection with items ranging from jewellry, gifts, wactches, decorative items.

Annual private capital mobilisation by multilateral development banks needs to quadruple to $240 billion by 2030, co-chair of the Independent Expert Group of MDB reforms set up under India’s G20 presidency N K Singh said, while cautioning against a piecemeal approach to reform of these institutions. Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum at a session on “Achievements since the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact”, moderated by French President Emmanuel Macron, Singh asserted that MDBs required a tectonic makeover. “The next 12 months are crucial to translate the current fervour into changes in process, procedures, and hopefully changes for better outcomes…. I worry about a piecemeal approach to reforms, and institutions acting in silos,” Singh said, adding that a change is needed in the management culture on many fronts. The first volume, submitted to the G20 in July at Gandhinagar, had recommended enhancing their sustainable level of own-account non-concessional finance to $300 billion annually. The second volume handed before the Marrakech G20 ministerial has suggested introducing new instruments – pooled portfolio guarantees and hybrid capital — and inclusion of new investors into the MDB capital stack, as part of steps to diversify the sources of capital.

On Nov. 8, the first-of-its-kind Institute of Crypto-Assets held a formal opening at the Léonard de Vinci center in the business district just outside of Paris. 

OTTs like Disney Plus Hotstar, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video promises a little something for everyone. Here's a curated list of the most promising releases this week, from action movie ‘The Killer,’ comedy movie ‘Dina Hashem: Dark Little Whispers’ to drama show ‘At the Moment,’ and more. Release date: November 10 Platform: Netflix ‘The Killer’ is an American neo-noir action thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker.

Maharaja' using Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service, which responds to over 6,000 consumer inquiries every day, is set to get more advanced functionality. The airline is using ChatGPT to assess questions, even some complex ones that it might not be able to respond to right away, in order to enhance customer experience in subsequent contacts and help it become more natural language sensitive, the company said in a press release on Friday. Air India said it has successfully implemented 'Maharaja', making it the first airline in the world to do so. Since its experimental introduction in March 2023, the agent has satisfactorily addressed over half a million client queries, Air India said.

ZURICH (Reuters) -Luxury group Richemont reported weaker than expected earnings on Friday as the owner of Cartier jewellery said the rising cost of living, economic headwinds and geopolitical tensions were weighing on customers' spending.

A New York-based climate watchdog says the French oil company TotalEnergies is failing to protect the sanctity of hundreds of graves in a controversial project that aims to build a heated pipeline from oil fields in Uganda to a port in Tanzania

Nissan has reported that its profit zoomed more than 10-fold in the last quarter from a year before, boosted by a weak Japanese yen and strong vehicle sales around the world

By Saeed Azhar and David French