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Zegna focuses on art for home-country preservation

Plate from Zegna Italian menswear label Ermenegildo Zegna is dabbling in art during the Expo Milano 2015 for a long-term preservation project on the Italian coasts. Fabulae Naturae was created by the artists Lucy + Jorge Orta and commissioned for the Milan headquarters of Zegna. The multi-sensorial performance and 500 plate designs will help the brand’s attempt to preserve the coastline of the Cinque Terre. Plate for tree ZegnArt will

'No room' for gays in Kenya, says deputy president

Kenya’s deputy president has said there is “no room” for homosexuality in Kenyan society, a widely-shared view in African countries that puts their leaders at odds with Western aid donors who back gay rights. William Ruto made the remarks at a church service on Sunday, the day U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks. The United States has been at the forefront of calls for gay rights in

Turkey reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Kastamonu province

Turkey has reported an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus in a backyard in the northern province of Kastamonu, the first case of the highly pathogenic strain in seven years, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. The Turkish farm ministry said in a report posted on the OIE website that 35 backyard poultry died in the outbreak which started on April 23 and that another 92