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Angelina Jolie is on a mission to empower women beekeepers
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Acclaimed Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has jumped aboard a project that helps empower women beekeepers.
The Salt star wasnamed ‘Godmother’ of the 2021 Women for Bees program that was created through the partnership of GUERLAIN and UNESCO.
The program aims to train women beekeepers from across the globe to become entrepreneurs.
Starting from June 21, 2021, the 30-day program will be held at the French Observatory of Apidology (OFA) in Provence and will be led by them to guide the participants on how to run their own apiaries.
Chatting about the initiative with
Project Auckland: After the pandemic we need a smarter city
4 Mar, 2021 03:59 PM
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Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson says Auckland faces a unique set of challenges.
"We're recovering from the impact of Covid. It has meant significant disruption for businesses, industries and individuals.
"While that is not over yet, we are more on the side of recovery than some other nations.
"Then are other tests in front of us: Climate change, poverty and the way our productivity continues to lag other OECD countries. Technology has to play a critical, enabling role as we find solutions to these questions."
LONDON: A painting by former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7 million at auction in London, foreign media reported. The sale...
LONDON: A painting by former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7 million at auction in London, foreign media reported. The sale...
Winston Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for $15.86m
2 Mar, 2021 07:05 PM
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The Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction, smashing the previous record for a work by Britain's World War II leader. Photo / AP
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A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than $15.86 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britain's World War II leader.
Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque sold at Christie's in London for £8,285,000 ($15.86m). The pre-sale estimate was £1.5m to £2.5m, and the previous record price for a Churchill painting was just under £1.8m.
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