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Queen calls off meeting after 'full day' for UK's new PM
Queen calls off meeting after 'full day' for UK's new PM
World
by  AFP

Queen Elizabeth II has postponed a meeting of her Privy Council advisory group after doctors advised her to rest, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday, the day after she appointed Liz Truss as Britain's new prime minister. "After a full day yesterday, Her Majesty has this afternoon accepted doctors' advice to rest," the palace said in a statement.

France to send latest nuclear shipment to Japan
France to send latest nuclear shipment to Japan
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The departure of a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel from France to Japan has been delayed due to the breakdown of loading equipment, a French nuclear technology company announced Wednesday. But French nuclear technology group Orano, which is handling the transport, said Wednesday that the breakdown of one of its lifting gantries had prevented the loading of one of the two packages.

Kim Kardashian launches private equity firm
Kim Kardashian launches private equity firm
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Reality TV star-turned-entrepreneur Kim Kardashian announced Wednesday she is branching into a new business arena with the launch of a private equity firm co-founded with a former partner at industry giant Carlyle. "I'm pleased to announce the launch of @SKKYPartners with private equity veteran Jay Sammons as co-founder and co-managing partner," Kardashian wrote on Twitter.

British cinema chain Cineworld files for US bankruptcy
British cinema chain Cineworld files for US bankruptcy
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Britain's Cineworld, the world's second biggest cinema chain, announced Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States as it seeks to restructure after facing low audience numbers. The group, which operates hundreds of movie theatres in the United States, said in a statement that it filed for Chapter 11 at a bankruptcy court in Texas.