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Prada's Milan runway offers freedom to compose looks beyond fashion's conventions

Prada's cavernous showroom was awash in bright orange paint Thursday for a women's collection that swerved from cocooning to revealing, rigorous to feminine.

Co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons continued their meditation on the uniform, but here they invited women to throw caution to the wind, and pair bright opera gloves with coveralls, the kind a mechanic with sartorial sense might wear.

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Turkish soccer leader urges FIFA, UEFA to suspend Israel

Turkey on Friday became the first UEFA member to publicly call for Israel to be suspended from soccer, calling the situation in Gaza "inhumane and unacceptable."

Turkish Football Federation president Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu's letter to international soccer leaders comes as European body UEFA moves toward a vote to suspend Israel, whose men's team is in the middle of qualifying for next year's World Cup.

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Barcelona rallies to defeat Oviedo 3-1 in Spanish league

Barcelona overcame a blunder by goalkeeper Joan García to come from behind and win 3-1 at promoted Oviedo in the Spanish league on Thursday.

Barcelona trailed after García gave the ball away when he left the area and Alberto Reina scored for the hosts with a shot from near the midfield circle.

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Cycling team urged to remove 'Israel' from its name due to pro-Palestinian protests

A top cycling team has been urged to remove "Israel" from its name in the face of pro-Palestinian protests.

The title sponsor of Israel Premier Tech, which competes in races around the world including the Tour de France, said on Thursday it expects the team to be rebranded.

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European football body UEFA moves toward vote to suspend Israel

European football body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday.

A majority of UEFA's 20-member executive committee is expected to support any vote in favor of suspending Israeli teams from international play, two sources told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

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Microsoft reduces Israel's access to cloud and AI products over reports of mass surveillance in Gaza

Microsoft said Thursday it had disabled services to a unit within the Israeli military after a company review had determined its artificial intelligence and cloud computing products were being used to help carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians.

The action comes after The Associated Press and The Guardian published reports earlier this year revealing how the Israeli Ministry of Defense had been using Microsoft's Azure platform to aid in the war in Gaza and occupation of the West Bank. Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice chair and president, wrote in a blog post that the company was taking steps to enforce compliance with its terms of service.

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Turkish Airlines to expand fleet with 225 new Boeing aircraft after Erdoğan's US visit

Turkish Airlines, Turkey's national carrier, has announced plans to add 225 Boeing aircraft to its fleet.

In an a declaration to the Istanbul Stock Exchange on Friday, the airline said it has decided to purchase 75 Boeing B787-9 and B787-10 aircraft and has completed negotiations with Boeing to acquire 150 737-8/10MAX models.

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Iraq says will resume oil exports from Kurdish region after halt of more than 2 years

Iraq will resume exporting oil from the country's northern, semiautonomous Kurdish region through Turkey's Ceyhan port after exports had been halted for more than two years, officials said Friday.

The resumption, which starts on Saturday, is a step toward boosting Iraq's oil revenues and stabilizing the relationship between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish region, even as disputes over revenue sharing and field management persist.

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UN adds 68 firms to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in West Bank

The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The new list spotlights companies that do business that's deemed supportive of the settlements, which are considered by many to be illegal under international law. It includes an array of companies like vendors of construction materials and earth-movers, as well as providers of security, travel and financial services.

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Trump to put import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs, kitchen cabinets, furniture and trucks

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.

The posts on his social media site showed that Trump's devotion to tariffs did not end with the trade frameworks and import taxes that were launched in August, a reflection of the president's confidence that taxes will help to reduce the government's budget deficit while increasing domestic manufacturing.

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