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Shein said in the report it had suspended orders from the suppliers that had employed children under 16. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto By Helen Reid, Reuters Fast fashion retailer Shein found two cases of child labour at its suppliers last year, it said in its 2023 sustainability report, as it stepped up audits of manufacturers in China to assuage criticisms of its low-cost business model ahead of a planned flotation. Shein said in the report it had suspended orders from the suppliers that had employed children under 16, sourcing from them again only after they had strengthened their processes, including checking workers' identity documents. The company said both cases had been "resolved swiftly", with remediation steps including ending underage employees' contracts, arranging medical checku...

Internet personality Andrew Tate put under house arrest. Photo: AFP / Daniel Mihailescu By Octav Ganea, Reuters A Romanian court has ordered internet personality Andrew Tate to be placed under house arrest, his representative said, after he was among six people taken into custody in an investigation into human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The former professional kickboxer and his brother Tristan were among six people detained on Wednesday for an initial 24 hours after Romania's anti-organised crime prosecuting unit DIICOT conducted four home searches in Ilfov county and the Bucharest municipality. DIICOT asked the Bucharest court to arrest the Tate brothers for 30 days, but the judge decided to place Andrew Tate under house arrest and Tristan under judiciary control for that pe...

British tech magnate Mike Lynch. Photo: AFP / Pool / Ben Gurr The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht that sank earlier this week off the coast of Sicily during a violent tempest, a source close to the rescue operation said. His body was brought ashore in a blue body bag and driven in an ambulance to a nearby hospital morgue. Lynch's 18-year daughter Hannah is still unaccounted for, the source said. The bodies of the other four people who vanished when the boat went down were recovered from the yacht on Wednesday. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht carrying 22 passengers and crew, was anchored off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, when it disappeared beneath the waves in a matter of minutes after ...

By Karl Puschmann Everyone involved was only ever on the attack. Before the show aired its creators and stars came out guns blazing. Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. The Acolyte was supposed to be the chosen one. The much-hyped Star Wars series was supposed to bring balance and unity back to Star Wars fans. It was supposed to be a hit that competed with streaming rivals like Netflix's Stranger Things, Prime Video's The Boys or Disney's own The Mandalorian. It was supposed to offer a new hope. Instead, it offered a weekly dose of cringe and nonsense. This week it was cancelled. It's been fascinating to watch. Not the show itself, which proved to be car-crash viewing, but rather the entire discourse surrounding the show. Everyone involved was only ever on the attack. Before the show aired its cr...