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Look of the Week: Blackpink headline Coachella in Korean hanboks

Bringing the second day of this year's Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became the first Asian act to ever headline the festival. To a crowd of, reportedly, over 125,000 people, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé used the ground-breaking moment to pay homage to Korean heritage by arriving onstage in hanboks: a traditional type of dress.

Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals sneakers sell for a record $2.2 million

In 1998, Michael Jordan laced up a pair of his iconic black and red Air Jordan 13s to bring home a Bulls victory during Game 2 of his final NBA championship — and now they are the most expensive sneakers ever to sell at auction.

The game-winning sneakers sold for $2.2 million at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday, smashing the sneaker auction record of $1.47 million, set in 2021 by a pair of Nike Air Ships that Jordan wore earlier in his career.

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Ex-hostage Gadi Moses argued with Hamas terrorists over ownership of land, family says – The Jerusalem Post

Ex-hostage Gadi Moses argued with Hamas terrorists over ownership of land, family says  The Jerusalem PostHostages’ stories: Gadi Mozes paced 7km a day in tiny cell, soldiers rationed grains of rice  The Times of Israel7 Km A Day In Tiny Cell, Total Darkness: Israeli Hostage On Hamas Captivity  NDTVFreed Israeli Hostages: What They Endured in Captivity and How They Survived  American Jewish Committee'There's Some Air in Our Lungs Now; We Deserve to Be a Little Happy'  Haaretz

Budanov Contradicts Reports of North Korean Troop Withdrawals – Kyiv Post

Budanov Contradicts Reports of North Korean Troop Withdrawals  Kyiv PostUkraine says N Korea troops may have quit front line after heavy losses  BBC.comBetter Armed, but No Helmets: How North Koreans Fought Ukraine  NewsweekNorth Korean Troops No Longer Seen on Front Lines Fighting Ukraine  The New York TimesMotivated, disciplined, well-equipped: North Koreans in Ukraine defy expectations  Washington Times

Jail Sentence For Trafigura Powerbroker Shows Bribery Crackdown – Bloomberg

Jail Sentence For Trafigura Powerbroker Shows Bribery Crackdown  BloombergThe Dirty Business That’s Stopping Climate Change  Foreign PolicyWainwright Convicted in Bribery Case  Sportscar365Trafigura’s former chief operating officer sentenced to 32 months in jail  Financial TimesFormer Trafigura executive Mike Wainwright convicted in bribery case  BBC.com

Former German President Horst Koehler Dead at 81

Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who served as head of state from 2004 to 2010, died on Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness, officials announced.
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