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US election: Rules on debates to change after Trump-Biden spat

Japan 'Twitter killer' pleads guilty to murders

Google Pixel phone 'designed for economic downturn'

Technical glitch halts trading on Japan's exchanges

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Russia offers to host Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks

Rwanda's clothing spat with the US helps China

Coronavirus: How Italy has fought back from virus disaster

Nigeria turns 60: Can Africa's most populous nation remain united?

Onions, ironing and 'sex appeal': Who is Tony Abbott?

Families of 12 Hong Kong activists captured at sea by China look for answers

US Election: Whoever becomes the next president, social media is changing

Coronavirus: Israel passes law to ban mass protests during lockdown

France announces 'gradual' ban on wild animals in circuses

French Open 2020: Serena Williams withdraws from competition on day four

Babri mosque: India court acquits BJP leaders in demolition case

Hathras gang rape: India victim cremated 'without family's consent'

Presidential debate: 'The loser is us, the American people'

Presidential debate: 'Shut up, man' and other insults and interruptions

Great Barrier Reef: Uncovering the secrets of Australia's deep waters

Female Koran reciters 'part of Islamic legacy'

Presidential debate: Trump and Biden clash on future of healthcare

US election debate 2020: Biden accuses trump of covering-up the truth

US 2020 election: Trump and Biden's debate claims fact-checked

First Trump-Biden presidential debate: Trump clashes with moderator

US election 2020: A really simple guide

US election 2020: Trump and Biden duel in chaotic, bitter debate

Brazil judge stymies plan to revoke mangrove protection

Extra facility opened for planes grounded by Covid-19

Disney lays off 28,000 at US theme parks

Helen Reddy: Australian singer of feminist anthem I Am Woman dies

Joyce Echaquan: Outcry in Canada over treatment of dying indigenous woman

Russian cleaner sweeps to power in surprise village vote

Chris Wallace: First debate host and Fox anchor unloved by Trump

Coronavirus: The disabled Indians losing their livelihoods

Spain Bankia trial: Thirty-four cleared of bank privatisation fraud

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Casualties mount in Nagorno-Karabakh

Anger as Brazil revokes mangrove protection regulations

Zuma: South Africa anti-graft inquiry is biased against me

No more 'ladies and gentlemen' on Japan Airlines flights

Aaron Sorkin: 'Right time' to tell Chicago riots story

Where has been hit hardest by cornavirus?

Hathras gang rape: India victim's death sparks outrage

Tourist faces jail in Thailand over hotel review

Amnesty International to halt India operations

US 2020 election: Social media's nightmare scenario

Congo's sapeurs pass their style on to a new generation

Trump and Biden: What to watch for in first presidential debate

Chinese teacher sentenced to death for poisoning nursery children

George Pell: Cardinal to return to Rome for first time since acquittal

Coronavirus: Global Covid-19 death toll passes one million

BTS to become multi-millionaires after label goes public

Ai Weiwei: 'Too late' to curb China's global influence

Kangana Ranaut: The star taking on Bollywood

TikTok ban: How did TikTok stay online in the US?

Dublin Lord Mayor: Hazel Chu and her Chinese heritage

Scientists create a microscopic robot that ‘walks’

From tea fields to university in Sri Lanka

Two beluga whales have their first swim in their new open water sanctuary

Iraq civilians killed in rocket attack near Baghdad airport

Trump taxes 'national security' issue, Nancy Pelosi says

Romanian mayor wins election two weeks after Covid-related death

Belarus: Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel winner and opposition figure, goes to Germany

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: 'Bomb on donkey' used to ambush Borno governor

Kosovo War: Salih Mustafa's case is the first for Hague court

Sir David Attenborough warns world leaders over extinction crisis

US squeezes China's biggest chip-maker SMIC

Quim Torra: Spain's top court bans Catalonia leader from office

Nagorno-Karabakh: What's behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict?

US 2020 election: Can Trump release his tax returns?

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting rages in disputed region

Sir David Attenborough spent lockdown 'listening to birds'

Trump denies story he avoided paying taxes

Dreamworld accident: Australian theme park fined over four deaths

TikTok: US judge halts app store ban

'You're an opera singer? But you're not white...'

The woman who quit smoking and built a global hypnotherapy firm

Why India needs to worry about post-Covid care

The South African cleric taking on the church over a rapist priest

Meng Wanzhou: The PowerPoint that sparked an international row

Donald Trump 'paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016' - New York Times

Coronavirus: 'Forced to work' as medics fighting Covid

Joe Montana: American football legend rescued grandchild from kidnapping attempt

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Tanks ablaze as fighting erupts over disputed region

Roe v Wade: Trump says Supreme Court ruling on abortion 'possible'

Belarus: Mass arrests at protests for President Lukashenko to resign

South African defence minister's pay docked over use of air force plane

Belarus: Mass arrests and tear gas on seventh weekend of protests

Sri Lanka returns 'hazardous waste' to UK

Islamist militants kill 18 in north-eastern Nigeria

Switzerland firmly rejects end of free movement with EU - projection

Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi found dead at 40

Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

France racism: Paris to commemorate slave rebellion figure

Brain-eating microbe: US city told not to use water amid contamination concerns

French Open: Andy Murray v Stan Wawrinka & Johanna Konta v Coco Gauff on day one

Denmark confronts sexual harassment at work in #MeToo moment

Italian family fosters Gambian migrant: 'The son we never had'

Amy Coney Barrett: Who is Trump's Supreme Court pick?

Photography award winners show the fragility and beauty of mangrove forests

California wildfires: The inmates training to be firefighters

Trump: Barrett 'a woman of unparalleled achievement'

Amy Coney Barrett: Trump nominates conservative favourite for Supreme Court

Belarus protests: Opposition icon Nina Bahinskaya, 73, bundled into van

Megan Thee Stallion: What do we know about the rapper's alleged shooting?

Coronavirus: Madrid at serious risk without tougher rules, minister warns

Charlie Hebdo: Stabbings suspect 'was trying to target magazine'

ICYMI: Bike race bar crawls and a unique face mask

Sparks fly during police chase in Los Angeles

Lebanon's PM-designate Adib fails to form new government after blast

Tasmania pilot whales: Rescuers release 108 surviving animals

Switzerland gets ready to vote on ending free movement with EU

Deepika Padukone: Bollywood star questioned in drugs case

Ukraine military plane crash: Cadets among at least 22 people killed

Week in pictures: 19 - 25 September 2020

Philippines Troll Patrol: The woman taking on trolls on their own turf

Rimbaud and Verlaine: France agonises over digging up gay poets

Singapore in world first for facial verification

Mumbi collapse: The man who filmed his ordeal under rubble

'My music students created an album in lockdown'

Coronavirus: Age and climate seen as behind Africa's low cases

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Personal trainer honours her with push-ups by casket

European Commission to challenge Apple tax bill verdict

Paris attack: Two hurt in stabbing near former Charlie Hebdo office

Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes first woman to lie in state in US capitol

Lizzo says body positivity has become too 'commercialised' and 'cool'

Disney sued over Toy Story 4 Evel Knievel 'knock-off'

Mine-detecting rat receives prestigious gold medal

The threat of 'vaccine nationalism'

SP Balasubrahmanyam: Legendary Indian singer dies

Bah Ndaw: Mali to swear in civilian interim leader after coup

Kim Jong-un 'apologises for killing of South Korean official'

Coronavirus: Rio 2021 carnival parade postponed indefinitely

FBI probes police killing of boy on family's drive

California wildfire trend 'driven by climate'

Magawa the mine-detecting rat wins PDSA Gold Medal

The German medical students who want to learn about abortion

Breonna Taylor: Why it's hard to charge US police over shootings

'One day everyone will use China's digital currency'

PMC Bank collapse: 'We lost our money and then our son'

How worried should we be about deadly cyber-attacks?

Covid-19: China's dilemma over wild meat trade

Polio campaigners battle misinformation and distrust

Breonna Taylor: Two officers shot during Louisville protests

Xinjiang: Large numbers of new detention camps uncovered in report

Indian grandmother makes Time's icon list

China’s new richest person is a bottled water tycoon

Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

Belarus: Lukashenko's new mandate lacks democratic legitimacy, EU says

Transracial adoption: 'People accused me of kidnapping my son'

Trump on Meghan Markle: 'I'm not a fan of hers'

North Korea 'killed and burned South Korean official'

Pilot whales Tasmania: Rescuing whales in Australia's worst stranding

Breonna Taylor: Police officer shot during Louisville protests

Wells Fargo's Charles Scharf apologises over race comments

Westpac bank to pay record Australian fine over laundering breaches

US election: Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power

The pandemic is fuelling a surfing boom - in Ohio corn country

Trudeau promises 'ambitious' Canada recovery plan

Alexei Navalny: How his team found Novichok bottle evidence in Tomsk

Heroes in Harm's Way: Covid-19 show sparks sexism debate in China

How much gold is there left to mine in the world?

Rwandan genocide orphan's 'miracle' WhatsApp reunion

US 2020 election: The economy under Trump in six charts

Breonna Taylor: Protests in Louisville after grand jury decision

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg personally shaped our lives

Coronavirus: Health chief hails Africa's fight against Covid-19

ICE whistleblower: Mexico investigating US immigrant 'sterilisations'

Nigerian fuel tanker explosion kills 25 in Lokoja

Ischgl: Austria sued over Tyrol ski resort's Covid-19 outbreak

Belarus: Lukashenko inaugurated in unannounced ceremony

Nike to make Australia away football kit in female sizes 'by 2021'

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia to gradually resume Umra pilgrimage

Alexei Navalny: Russian activist discharged from Berlin hospital

Julian Assange: Mother of Wikileaks founder's children dreaded making relationship public

China 'coercing' thousands of Tibetans into mass labour camps - report

Europe migration: EU to reveal mandatory rules on migration

Tommy DeVito: Four Seasons founding member dies aged 92

Breonna Taylor: Kentucky city braces for prosecutor decision

Australia whale stranding: 470 animals now beached in Tasmania record

Nike expects permanent shift to online sales

UK sends US evidence on Islamic State 'Beatles'

Musk: $25,000 Tesla ready "in about three years"

Gordi: The pop star doctor who answered the Covid call

Is the world entering a new Cold War?

The ‘Trump train’: 'I'm tired of people putting down our president'

Six African heritage sites under threat from climate change

How the UAE emerged as a regional powerhouse

Why the case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped Singapore

Charlie Hebdo: French magazine's head of HR 'forced out of home'

Sergei Torop: Russian religious sect leader arrested over allegations of harm

Luis Suarez: Police probe his Italian citizenship test

Karachi fire: Two to hang for garment factory inferno

John Lennon killer says sorry for 'despicable act'

Two men arrested over rape of nine-year-old girl in rural France

Nasa releases plan for Moon return by 2024

Sam McBratney: Guess How Much I Love You author dies

FinCEN: Why gold in your phone could be funding drug gangs

FinCEN Files: UK bank may have moved money 'linked to terror activity'

Ren Zhiqiang: Outspoken ex-real estate tycoon gets 18 years jail

Nascar: Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin form Cup Series team with Bubba Wallace as driver

Asian stock markets continue the global fallout

Wild maple trees 'in serious need of conservation'

Ava Max: 'I need to make it, no matter what'

Australia whales: 90 dead in mass stranding off Tasmania

Italy votes to slash size of parliament by a third

Ruth Bader Ginsburg death: Voters on what happens next

Coronavirus economy: The 'banker ladies' saving friends from debt

How Mali's coup affects the fight against jihadists

Bollywood bets on the small screen as Covid shuts cinemas

Airbus looks to the future with hydrogen planes

NYPD officer charged with spying for China

India: Baby dies after man 'cuts pregnant wife's belly'

Botswana: Mystery elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria

Twitter investigates racial bias in image previews

Hundreds of whales stranded off the coast of Tasmania

Emmy Awards 2020: Schitt's Creek wins nine awards at the Emmys

Zendaya makes Emmys history and sends message of 'hope in young people'

French MP left red-faced after parked car blocks train

The Emotions star Pamela Hutchinson, who sang Best Of My Love, dies

Thailand protests: Plaque calling for royal reform vanishes

Satellite achieves sharp-eyed view of methane

The tech putting the beef into Australian cattle farming

Emmy Awards 2020: Seven highlights from the ceremony

US Supreme Court: The top contenders to fill vacancy

Tributes to a 'warrior for gender equality'

'Ginsburg was an amazing woman' - Trump

India Covid-19: Taj Mahal reopens after longest shutdown

US Supreme Court: Trump told Woodward judge appointments are 'golden nuggets'

Humpback whale finds escape from Australian crocodile river

Solomon Islands: Men working for WW2 bomb clearing agency die in explosion

Emmy Awards 2020: Schitt's Creek wins big at virtual ceremony

Climate Week: World split on urgency of tackling rising temperatures, global poll shows

Inside Poland’s 'LGBT-free zones'

The black-owned coffee firm that became a bestseller

Lagos Inferno: The blast that destroyed a Nigerian girl's school

Trump's plan to replace Ginsburg an abuse of power, says Biden

Covid-19: Hundreds protest against localised Madrid lockdowns

FinCEN Files: HSBC moved Ponzi scheme millions despite warning

FinCEN Files: UAE central bank failed to prevent sanctions evasion

FinCEN Files: Sanctioned Putin associate ‘laundered millions’ through Barclays

Iran vows 'crushing response to US bullying' after sanctions announcement

Egypt tomb: Sarcophagi buried for 2,500 years unearthed in Saqqara

WeChat: Judge blocks US attempts to ban downloads of Chinese app

Spain triathlete gives up medal to rival who went wrong way

Coronavirus: WHO sets rules for testing African herbal remedies

Uganda Makerere University fire: 'Ivory Tower' gutted

Gore-Tex: Inventor of waterproof fabric Robert Gore dies aged 83

Australia coronavirus cases 'set to be lowest in months'

Thailand protests: Activists challenge monarchy by laying 'People's Plaque'

Emmy Awards 2020: Stars prepare to dial in for virtual ceremony

How the oil industry made us doubt climate change

The Indian queens who modelled for the world's first vaccine

Janusz Walus: Why far-right Polish football fans idolise a murderer in South Africa

'I still spend so much time on the kids - that needs to change'

The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

'I was paralysed but a year on I'm running a mountain marathon'

TikTok: Trump says Oracle deal for video app 'has my blessing'

Cyclone Ianos: Drone shows 'medicane' damage in Greece

Belarus protests: Opposition icon, 73, among hundreds detained in Minsk

Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar poised to win after stunning time-trial ride

Ruth Bader Ginsburg in pictures and her own words

Kosovo police officers arrested in crackdown on illegal casinos

Ethiopia charges opposition figures with terrorism

Cyclone Ianos: Two dead as 'medicane' sweeps across Greece

Ex-UK diplomat suspected of selling information to undercover Chinese spies

Central African Republic: Ex-officer arrested for war crimes

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Republicans vow to vote on Trump pick

Rochester shooting: Two dead after mass shooting in New York

Obituary: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembered

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'Inspiring, revolutionary, a fighter'

Thailand protests: Thousands gather for mass anti-government rally

Yasukuni Shrine: Japan's ex-PM Abe visits controversial memorial

Syria war: US deploys extra troops to Syria after Russia clashes

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice dies

How many people does it take to oust a political leader?

Coronavirus in South Africa: Relief, pride and the 'new normal'

Pakistan outcry over police victim-blaming of gang-raped mother

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court judge dies of cancer aged 87

Danny Masterson: That ’70s Show star's lawyer denies rape charges in court

Coronavirus: what Israel's second lockdown feels like

Belarus: Jailed protest leader Maxim Znak on hunger strike

Brexit: Amal Clooney quits government envoy role over law break plan

Stolen books worth £2.5m found under floor of Romanian house

Matildas replica kit unavailable in female sizes

US set to ban TikTok and WeChat in 48 hours

Afghan mothers' names to be included on children's ID cards

Coronavirus: Israel marks Jewish New Year with second lockdown

Twitter beefs up security for US election candidates

Medicane Storm Ianos lashes western Greece

Donald Trump: President denies new assault allegation

Police launch homicide inquiry after German hospital hack

What maths is involved in stirring a cup of tea?

Thai national park mails trash back to tourists

China holds military drill as US envoy visits Taiwan

Australian footballer awarded 'landmark' disability payout

Bolivia's interim leader Jeanine Áñez quits presidential race

Global coronavirus infections top 30 million

Siberia landscape scarred by climate change

Belarus protests: Women try to unmask those detaining protesters

US election: Are older Trump voters sticking with him?

Mozambique's jihadists and the 'curse' of gas and rubies

India's Covid crisis sees rise in child marriage and trafficking

How photographers track down stolen pictures

Coronavirus: Football team loses 37-0 in socially distanced match

Xinjiang: China defends 'education' camps

Barack Obama: Former president announces memoir release date

Lionel Messi wins fight to trademark his logo

Tony Abbott hacked after posting boarding pass on Instagram

Forest fires devastate Brazil's Pantanal tropical wetlands

Why forest fires in Siberia, Russia threaten us all

Alexei Navalny's aides say 'nerve agent' found on bottle in hotel room

Kanye posts photos of his record deal amid dispute

Heat ray 'was sought' against protest in Washington's Lafayette Square

Lesbos: Greek police move migrants to new camp after Moria fire

Colombia: Indigenous protesters topple conquistador's statue

Biden says US trade deal hinges on UK 'respect' for Good Friday Agreement

Covid pushes New Zealand into worst recession in years

Coronavirus: South Africa eases strict lockdown as cases drop

'For me whale meat is my childhood, my memories'

China debt dogs Maldives' 'bridge to prosperity'

Coronavirus: CDC director vs President Trump on face masks and vaccines

US election 2020: When will we get a result for the US election?

The student daring to challenge Thailand’s monarchy

Coronavirus: 'I cut a carrot for the first time, aged 41'

Migrant crisis 2015: What happened to Nujeen Mustafa?

Environment activists: 'I got death and rape threats’

Mass deaths of migratory birds reported in New Mexico

Unicef condemns jailing of Nigeria teen for 'blasphemy'

Coronavirus: Ukraine accuses Belarus over stranded Jewish pilgrims

Rosa Parks: US civil rights legend's house displayed in Naples

Germany far right: Police suspended for sharing neo-Nazi images

Former athletics head jailed for corruption

Mozambique video of killing fake, says defence minister

Coronavirus: Hit to global economy 'will be less than expected' in 2020

Five things from EU chief’s first State of the Union speech

Venezuela: UN investigators accuse authorities of crimes against humanity

Uber's self-driving operator charged over fatal crash

Cardi B files for divorce from Offset

Hurricane Sally: 'Catastrophic flooding' as storm hits US

US West Coast fires: Smoke spreads to New York and Washington

Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state

Gaza violence flares after Israel signs deals with Gulf states

Melania Trump: New metal statue unveiled in Slovenia

Yoshihide Suga: The unexpected rise of Japan’s new prime minister

Coronavirus: Trump denies downplaying severity of virus

Yoshihide Suga elected Japan's new prime minister succeeding Shinzo Abe

Coronavirus: India infections top five million mark

John Bolton: Criminal inquiry opened into explosive memoir

Recovering from Covid-19: 'I can't get the images out of my head'

Italian killer who fled jail for seventh time found in sheep pen

Greece arrests five over Lesbos migrant camp blaze

Bear from Ice Age found 'completely preserved' in Russian Arctic

Extinction: Urgent change needed to save species, says UN

ICE whistleblower: Nurse alleges 'hysterectomies on immigrant women in US'

Lebanon crisis: Fire erupts in shopping centre near Beirut’s port

Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Putin critic 'will return to Russia'

Malaysian man 'finds' monkey selfies on lost phone

Mozambique: Army to investigate 'horrific killing' video

Hong Kong's dolphins make comeback during pandemic

Tiger King: New ad demands answers about Carole Baskin's missing ex

John Boyega resigns from Jo Malone ambassador role over Chinese ad

Asia sees first regional recession in 60 years

Coronavirus: Bill Gates says rich countries must help make vaccine accessible to all

TikTok: YouTube launches rival to be tested in India

Daniel Prude death: Rochester mayor sacks police chief over 'spit hood' case

Panama: Mass grave uncovered in area linked to religious sect

Hurricane Sally forms off US Gulf Coast, threatening southern states

Five reasons why Israel's peace deals with the UAE and Bahrain matter

The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

Kremlin looks to keep protest-torn Belarus in Moscow's orbit

Is Trump right about cause of US wildfires?

Ship with no crew to sail across the Atlantic

TikTok: Oracle confirms being picked by Bytedance to be app's partner

Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Russian opposition figure 'able to leave bed'

Mercy Baguma: Woman who died with crying baby in Glasgow buried in Uganda

Paraguayans call for release of kidnapped ex-VP Óscar Denis

US West Coast fires: Row over climate change's role as Trump visits

Warren Harding: Grandson of former US president asks to exhume his remains

Google says its carbon footprint is now zero

Dong Tam case: Two sentenced to death in Vietnam over police killings

Climate change: Rising sea levels in Fiji create 'ghost towns'

Belarus protests: Lukashenko to meet Putin as unrest continues

Khalifa Haftar's rival Libya government resigns after Benghazi protests

Umar Khalid: India student leader arrested over Delhi riots

Neymar among five sent off as Marseille beat PSG

Japan's governing party chooses Shinzo Abe's successor

Humpback whales take wrong turn up crocodile river

TikTok rejects Microsoft bid at eleventh hour

Roderick Walker: Georgia deputy filmed punching black man is fired

Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf

Coronavirus: WHO reports record daily rise in new infections

ARM: UK-based chip designer sold to Nvidia

Nigeria's slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want

The coal-pots fuelling Antigua's ghost stories and folk tales

How her own illness led one woman to set up a global firm

Belarus protests: Police target female protesters

Greece to build permanent migrant centre to replace Moria

US West Coast fires: Wind warning prompts fears of further spread

Coronavirus: Melbourne police arrest 74 anti-lockdown protesters

Uganda and Tanzania sign $3.5bn oil pipeline deal

Coronavirus: Israeli minister resigns over plans for second lockdown

US Open 2020: Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev set for New York final

Belarus protests: Opposition keeps up pressure on Lukashenko

US Open winner Osaka says a Covid break helped

Los Angeles police officers shot in 'ambush'

Mali coup: Opposition rejects transition deal as 'power grab'

LeBron James leads Lakers to play-offs final

Coronavirus: Cases in France leap past 10,000 a day

Australian optometrist suspended for altering prescriptions

Migrants allowed off Maersk tanker after 40 days at sea

Russia: Local elections test Kremlin party's grip on power

US film Nomadland triumphs at Venice Film Festival

Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love: Living with my autism

Why do women appear to bear the brunt of ageism at work?

Working from home: The rise of the DIY office

Brian Cox and Adele's producer Paul Epworth discuss music and the cosmos

Coronavirus: How the lockdown has changed schooling in South Asia

Letter from Africa: Behind Ghana and Nigeria's love-hate affair

Coronavirus: Oxford University to resume vaccine trial after pause

India-China dispute: China returns five missing Indian nationals

Moria migrants tear gassed by Greek police in protest over new camp

US wildfires fuelled by climate change, California governor says

Navid Afkari: Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry

ICYMI: Sparkles, surfing and a leopard in a shed

Toots Hibbert: Jamaican reggae legend dies aged 77

Obituary: Shere Hite, pioneering sex researcher

Venezuela: President Maduro says US spy seized near oil sites

Peru Congress opens way for impeachment of president

The woman trying to save India's tortured temple elephants

Is Italian fashion racist?

Amazon's murky world of one-star reviews

Woman who sawed off own hand found guilty of fraud