Source: CBS News
Security & Justice
Over 70% of Baalbek Residents Forced to Flee Amid Escalating Conflict
Over 70 percent of Baalbek’s residents have fled the eastern Lebanese city in recent days following heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Opinion
My Hope for Lebanon
A company of Lebanese soldiers assigned to maintain order in this anxious wartime capital is gathered at its headquarters 100 yards from the Mediterranean. I make the blunder of asking their commander how many of his men are Shiites, Sunnis, Christians and Druze.
Monday, November 4, 2024
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Sports
FC Barcelona Fears First Team Star Will Be Banned From Playing, Reports SPORT
FC Barcelona is concerned that one of its main first-team stars will be banned from playing at the turn of 2025 because of issues related to his registration and Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Friday, November 1, 2024
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Wednesday 7 August 2019 13:53:49
Victoria's Secret Hires Its First Transgender Model for Pink Campaign
Victoria's Secret has hired its first transgender model, 22-year-old Valentina Sampaio, according to Entertainment Tonight. The model and actress will be featured in the new Victoria's Secret Pink campaign set to be released this month, her agent Erio Zanon confirmed to ET.
"Of course she is very happy for it and she hopes that it shall continue to break barriers and to make a step to more inclusivity and representation for everybody," Zanon said.
Sampaio previously made history as the first transgender model to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine, ET reports. She graced the cover of the March 2017 issue of Vogue Paris.
Before the news about the Pink campaign was confirmed, the Brazilian model shared a photo and video of herself at a Victoria's Secret photo shoot – it was history in the making. Several celebrities and fellow Victoria's Secret models commented on the Instagram posts.
Lais Ribeiro, a Victoria's Secret Angel, said the the news made her "so happy!"
"Wow, finally!" actress Laverne Cox commented.
Victoria's Secret came under fire last year when the company's chief marketing officer Ed Razek made derogatory comments about plus-sized and transgender models.
"We attempted to do a television special for plus-sizes…No one had any interest in it, still don't," Razek said. When he was asked about including transgender models he said, "I don't think we should…the show is a fantasy." He later apologized and said they would cast a transgender model.
Razek's interview unleashed an angry response online, but he remained at the company. In recent years, the brand and its fashion show have received widespread criticism that it is out of touch.
Victoria's Secret model Shanina Shaik recently revealed the company will not hold its annual fashion show. This news came after the company said it was re-thinking the show, and that it wold no longer air on television.
While Victoria's Secret has built a $7 billion lingerie empire on the idea that "sex sells," declining profits and criticism of the TV may mean a revamp is coming.
