WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A mascara ad featuring Taylor Swift has been pulled from U.S. magazines following a complaint that it had been digitally altered to enhance the looks of the chart-topping country music star.The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Claims said Proctor and Gamble, maker of CoverGirl cosmetics,“discontinued the advertisement in question” after it challenged its claims.“The advertising at issue featured a celebrity looking up to highlight her lon

PARIS (AFP) ― Italian designer Giambattista Valli is to join the exclusive club of haute couture fashion, showing a spring-summer collection in Paris next month, organisers said Monday.A Paris commission including existing haute couture labels has awarded the 45-year-old designer the coveted appellation, France’s fashion federation said in a statement ahead of the Jan. 23-26 shows.Haute couture exists only in Paris, where it is a legally protected appellation subject to strict criteria such as t

Up to 30,000 French women and perhaps tens of thousands more around the world may have to have defective breast implants removed after several suspicious cases of cancer, officials said Tuesday.A decision on whether to order the removal of the implants, produced by the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) co

For thousands of foreign residents in Korea, this Dec. 25 will be one spent many miles from home on a day that centers on family. Emigration can come as a blessed relief, and having an opportunity to travel the world is a privilege. Nonetheless, a great many will take time this Sunday to acknowledge the distance between themselves and their loved ones, and how unfortunate it is to be absent on that day of all days.Andre Linde, 31, will be celebrating his second Christmas in Korea in traditional

The Christmas season brings a sense of joy and excitement every year for most.However, for a lot of expats looking to partake in a traditional Christmas dinner in the comfort of their homes, it can bring a sense of anxiety. Where to find the turkey? What stores sell ingredients for fruit cake or stuffing? What restaurants cater? And where, oh, where can one find eggnog? This year those looking to have the perfect Christmas dinner -- whether homemade or ordered in -- are in luck. Many businesses

CAIRO (AP) ― Volunteers in white lab coats, surgical gloves and masks stood on the back of a pickup truck Monday along the banks of the Nile River in Cairo, rummaging through stacks of rare 200-year-old manuscripts that were little more than charcoal debris.The volunteers, ranging from academic experts to appalled citizens, have spent the past two days trying to salvage what’s left of some 192,000 books, journals and writings, casualties of Egypt’s latest bout of violence.Institute d’Egypte, a r