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US small-screen series explore the drama of startu...
As the founders of massive startups like Theranos, WeWork and Uber fall from grace, their failures have proven rich territory for...
![YouTube expands block of Russian state media to apply globally](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/1f/25/1d/YouTube-expands-block-of-Russian-st-676667_small.jpg)
YouTube expands block of Russian state media to ap...
YouTube on Friday broadened its blocking of Russian state-linked media channels to apply internationally after initially barring t...
![Baldwin wanted to finish 'Rust' after fatal shooting: legal filing](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/98/29/0d/Baldwin-wanted-to-finish--Rust--aft-882246_small.jpg)
Baldwin wanted to finish 'Rust' after fatal shooti...
Actor Alec Baldwin wanted to finish filming "Rust" in the weeks after the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer, new legal do...
![Burberry gets 'back to reality' with live London show](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c0/5e/91/Burberry-gets--back-to-reality--wit-762601_small.jpg)
Burberry gets 'back to reality' with live London s...
Burberry returned to live fashion shows after two years of pandemic-induced absence on Friday with Italy's Riccardo Tisci taking o...
![Mexico president lambasts EU lawmakers' plea to protect press](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/9c/61/3c/Mexico-president-lambasts-EU-lawmak-878622_small.jpg)
Mexico president lambasts EU lawmakers' plea to pr...
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hit out Friday at EU lawmakers who urged his government to protect journalists and a...
![Russia restricts Instagram access over violent post policy](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/88/44/6b/Russia-restricts-Instagram-access-o-103163_small.jpg)
Russia restricts Instagram access over violent pos...
Russia restricted access on Friday to Instagram and launched a criminal case against its owner Meta, as Moscow fired back at the t...
![Kyiv City Ballet become exiles overnight in Paris](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/46/da/0b/Kyiv-City-Ballet-become-exiles-over-214182_small.jpg)
Kyiv City Ballet become exiles overnight in Paris
Kyiv City Ballet is used to being away from home, often touring for nine months of the year.
![Court refuses to drop rape charge against actor Gerard Depardieu](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/f6/2d/ab/Court-refuses-to-drop-rape-charge-a-212437_small.jpg)
Court refuses to drop rape charge against actor Ge...
A Paris court on Thursday rejected a bid by Gerard Depardieu to have rape charges against him dropped, the chief prosecutor in the...
![K-pop's BTS on stage for first Seoul gig since pandemic](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/d2/33/1d/K-pop-s-BTS-on-stage-for-first-Seou-041687_small.jpg)
K-pop's BTS on stage for first Seoul gig since pan...
Tens of thousands of BTS fans were gathering in Seoul on Thursday for the K-pop superstars' first live concert in South Korea sinc...
![K-Pop's BTS back on stage for first Seoul gig since pandemic](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/d2/33/1d/K-Pop-s-BTS-back-on-stage-for-first-268218_small.jpg)
K-Pop's BTS back on stage for first Seoul gig sinc...
Tens of thousands of BTS fans were gathering in Seoul on Thursday for the K-Pop superstars' first live concert in South Korea sinc...
![World clamours to air Ukrainian president's hit TV series](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/43/e1/55/World-clamours-to-air-Ukrainian-pre-682412_small.jpg)
World clamours to air Ukrainian president's hit TV...
First one, then two, then 20: a small Stockholm agency has in recent days been deluged with bids for the rights to air the hit com...
![Music icon Caetano Veloso urges Brazil to stop Bolsonaro](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/21/d7/88/Music-icon-Caetano-Veloso-urges-Bra-648868_small.jpg)
Music icon Caetano Veloso urges Brazil to stop Bol...
Singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso, a living legend of Brazilian music, was jailed and exiled by his country's military dictatorship...
![Cold shoulder for Russian artists sparks debate over cultural boycotts](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/f9/30/3d/Cold-shoulder-for-Russian-artists-s-664147_small.jpg)
Cold shoulder for Russian artists sparks debate ov...
As Moscow's invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, a pall has fallen over Russian artists, long crown jewels of a country whos...
![In rare pandemic upside, NY Phil expedites $550-million revamp](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/49/7e/4f/In-rare-pandemic-upside--NY-Phil-ex-644685_small.jpg)
In rare pandemic upside, NY Phil expedites $550-mi...
As the pandemic reduced the performing arts to streamed concerts and quarantine albums, New York's Philharmonic found a glimmer of...
![Elon Musk aims to end controls on his Tesla tweets](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/95/92/4d/Elon-Musk-aims-to-end-controls-on-h-781652_small.jpg)
Elon Musk aims to end controls on his Tesla tweets
Tesla chief Elon Musk is trying to cancel an agreement he made in 2018 with the US stock market regulator (SEC) that requires some...
![Bob Dylan to release new book in November](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/cd/40/b5/Bob-Dylan-to-release-new-book-in-No-343866_small.jpg)
Bob Dylan to release new book in November
Nobel laureate and folk-rock legend Bob Dylan will release a new book on songwriting in November, his publisher Simon and Schuster...
![First photos from the Moon under the hammer in Denmark](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/47/0c/86/First-photos-from-the-Moon-under-th-477175_small.jpg)
First photos from the Moon under the hammer in Den...
The first NASA photographs taken on the Moon, including the first shot of an "Earthrise" and Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface, w...
![UK court stages mistaken world debut of Ed Sheeran song](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4e/2a/30/UK-court-stages-mistaken-world-debu-476143_small.jpg)
UK court stages mistaken world debut of Ed Sheeran...
Diehard Ed Sheeran fans would pay good money to hear his unreleased material, but attendees at a high-profile copyright trial inad...
![K-Pop's BTS back for first Seoul show after thriving in pandemic](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/7c/4b/1e/K-Pop-s-BTS-back-for-first-Seoul-sh-646632_small.jpg)
K-Pop's BTS back for first Seoul show after thrivi...
South Korean supergroup BTS return to the stage in Seoul to play for their adoring home-grown fans for the first time since 2019 o...
![Solemn Paris Fashion Week draws to a close](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/64/f5/52/Solemn-Paris-Fashion-Week-draws-to--647565_small.jpg)
Solemn Paris Fashion Week draws to a close
Paris Fashion Week, which ends on Tuesday, has been over-shadowed by the war in Ukraine, with designers struggling for ways to bal...
!['The bottom line': Scuba divers help preserve historic Bangkok mansion](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/3b/2b/37/-The-bottom-line---Scuba-divers-hel-664946_small.jpg)
'The bottom line': Scuba divers help preserve hist...
A 200-year-old Chinese mansion in Bangkok's heart isn't an obvious place for a scuba school, but in a city relentlessly demolishin...
![Lanterns light the way as Basel carnival comes back](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/8c/56/24/Lanterns-light-the-way-as-Basel-car-994656_small.jpg)
Lanterns light the way as Basel carnival comes bac...
Revellers in fancy costumes lit up the freezing streets of Basel in the early hours of Monday as Switzerland's biggest carnival re...
![British firm acquires entire catalog of folk icon Leonard Cohen](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/7f/58/fc/British-firm-acquires-entire-catalo-664422_small.jpg)
British firm acquires entire catalog of folk icon...
British song management firm Hipgnosis said Sunday it has acquired the entire catalog of famed Canadian singer-poet Leonard Cohen,...
![Not for the faint-hearted, Taliban embrace buzkashi in new Afghanistan](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/03/98/1e/Not-for-the-faint-hearted--Taliban--834538_small.jpg)
Not for the faint-hearted, Taliban embrace buzkash...
The announcer roared over the public address system as a lone rider separated from a melee of horses and galloped towards a chalk...
![UK woman on 11-year mission to reproduce Bayeux Tapestry](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/78/e6/ff/UK-woman-on-11-year-mission-to-repr-464696_small.jpg)
UK woman on 11-year mission to reproduce Bayeux Ta...
Curled up on her sofa in the east of England, former teacher Mia Hansson carefully adds another stitch to her life-size reproducti...
![To fight its war, Russia closing digital doors](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e9/16/f8/To-fight-its-war--Russia-closing-di-540246_small.jpg)
To fight its war, Russia closing digital doors
Russia's blocking of Facebook is a symptom of its broader effort to cut itself off from sources of information that could imperil...
![Facebook blocked as Russia backs jail time for 'fake news'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/b0/1f/a1/Facebook-blocked-as-Russia-backs-ja-401614_small.jpg)
Facebook blocked as Russia backs jail time for 'fa...
Russia on Friday blocked Facebook and moved to impose harsh jail terms for publishing "fake news" about the army as part of effort...
![McCartney, Eilish, Lamar to headline Glastonbury](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/40/f6/e5/McCartney--Eilish--Lamar-to-headlin-226221_small.jpg)
McCartney, Eilish, Lamar to headline Glastonbury
Paul McCartney and US rapper Kendrick Lamar will join Billie Eilish to headline the UK's Glastonbury festival when it returns in J...
![Russia backs jail time for 'fake' army news, restricts media](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/b0/1f/a1/Russia-backs-jail-time-for--fake--a-146360_small.jpg)
Russia backs jail time for 'fake' army news, restr...
Russian lawmakers approved legislation Friday to impose fines and harsh jail terms for publishing "fake news" about the army -- th...
![Russia says 'limiting' sites of BBC, Deutsche Welle, Meduza](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/a1/a6/94/Russia-says--limiting--sites-of-BBC-606061_small.jpg)
Russia says 'limiting' sites of BBC, Deutsche Well...
Russia's media watchdog said Friday it had restricted access to the BBC and other independent media websites, tightening controls...
!['Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/9b/c6/88/-Woven-air---Bangladesh-revives-eli-612262_small.jpg)
'Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fa...
With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette...
![Google Maps and Tripadvisor nix war news in reviews](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/65/20/6d/Google-Maps-and-Tripadvisor-nix-war-062406_small.jpg)
Google Maps and Tripadvisor nix war news in review...
Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to p...
![Courtney Love settles Kurt Cobain guitar murder plot lawsuit](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/54/31/79/Courtney-Love-settles-Kurt-Cobain-g-634284_small.jpg)
Courtney Love settles Kurt Cobain guitar murder pl...
US singer Courtney Love has settled a lawsuit with her ex-son-in-law over claims she planned to kill or kidnap him in a dispute ab...
![Marilyn Manson accuses Rachel Evan Wood of conspiracy after rape claim](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e9/a5/7f/Marilyn-Manson-accuses-Rachel-Evan--729671_small.jpg)
Marilyn Manson accuses Rachel Evan Wood of conspir...
Marilyn Manson on Wednesday filed court proceedings against his ex-fiancee US actress Rachel Even Wood -- who has accused the goth...
![Auctioneer Sotheby's sees double benefit to crypto wave](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/34/aa/5e/Auctioneer-Sotheby-s-sees-double-be-668848_small.jpg)
Auctioneer Sotheby's sees double benefit to crypto...
Sotheby's auction house is almost three centuries old but its top brass want to embrace the cutting edge of technology and all of...
![Cairo's newspaper vendors go silent as sales collapse](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/91/56/3b/Cairo-s-newspaper-vendors-go-silent-422622_small.jpg)
Cairo's newspaper vendors go silent as sales colla...
Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions hav...
![Ukraine official Twitter-shaming firms to action over invasion](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/6e/cb/7b/Ukraine-official-Twitter-shaming-fi-662242_small.jpg)
Ukraine official Twitter-shaming firms to action o...
Ukraine's vice prime minister has been calling out big tech companies by name on Twitter to push them to penalize Russia over its...
![Collective of US states investigate TikTok's impact on children](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/72/ba/17/Collective-of-US-states-investigate-364444_small.jpg)
Collective of US states investigate TikTok's impac...
A consortium of US states announced on Wednesday an investigation into TikTok's possible harms to young users of the platform, whi...
![Kim Kardashian divorce from Kanye West finalized](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e9/ff/08/Kim-Kardashian-divorce-from-Kanye-W-104866_small.jpg)
Kim Kardashian divorce from Kanye West finalized
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian officially became single again on Wednesday, after a Los Angeles judge finalized her divorce from r...