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    NEWS OF THE WEEK: David Beckham wins court case against counterfeiters

    The former football star took action against online sellers touting fake versions of his designer clothes and accessories. DB Ventures (DBV), of which Beckham is a director, had been seeking up to $2 million (£1.6 million) from each of 150 online sellers, mostly in Asia, who it claimed were profiting from the racket. DBV looks after the star's most lucrative deals and had filed a lawsuit in the US, as reported by The Sun newspaper. Paperwork from the case shows the counterfeiters were selling via sites including Amazon, eBay and Etsy.

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    US House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package

    The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is set to vote on, and expected to pass, a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, over bitter objections from party hardliners. More than two months have passed since the Democratic-majority Senate passed a similar measure and U.S. leaders from Democratic President Joe Biden to top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell have been urging embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring it up for a vote. Johnson this week chose to ignore ouster threats by hardline members of his fractious 218-213 majority and push forward the measure that includes some $60.84 billion for Ukraine as it struggles to fight off a two-year Russian invasion.

  • Reuters

    INSIGHT-Deconstructing the spectacle and stagecraft of a Donald Trump rally

    By the time Donald Trump took to the stage for his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, some of his most ardent supporters had spent the night in their cars amid frigid temperatures to see the man they hope to once again elect as president. "Trump, Trump, Trump," some in the crowd of 3,200 people chanted. Trump's rallies are a defining feature of his presidential campaigns: all-day spectacles blending evangelical revivalist meeting and carnival, designed to deliver an emotional experience to his base and bring new backers into the fold, his campaign said.