Princess Diana’s Life, and How Her Legacy Lives on in Fashion
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Princess Diana’s Life, and How Her Legacy Lives on in Fashion

 The life and legacy of Princess Diana

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Princess Diana wearing the ‘Elvis dress’ during a visit to the Culture Centre in Hong Kong

Had Princess Diana still been alive, she would have turned 60 just last month. She was known for several things – among these, she was probably best known for her charity work, impeccable style and untimely death. She championed various causes, and most notably fought against the stigma surrounding AIDS patients. Princess Diana was also known as a style icon, for she single-handedly revived dying fashion trends as the clothes and accessories that she was spotted wearing often flew off the shelves, racking up millions of sales. Sadly, her life was cut short when she died in a tragic car accident at the young age of 36.

Echo Eats: Tour Japan with Starbucks’ 47 New Local-Inspired Frappuccinos
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Echo Eats: Tour Japan with Starbucks’ 47 New Local-Inspired Frappuccinos

Frappuccinos representing each of Japan’s 47 prefectures

In celebration of Starbucks’ 25th anniversary in Japan, they have released a limited-edition series of 47 Frappuccinos, each representing a prefecture. Frappuccinos are Starbucks’ trademarked name for sweetened, ice-blended drinks topped with whipped cream. This line-up is titled ‘47 JIMOTO Frappuccino’, jimoto meaning local.

America’s ‘Heartbeat Bill’: Banning Abortions at 6 Weeks
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America’s ‘Heartbeat Bill’: Banning Abortions at 6 Weeks

On September 1, 2021, a ‘heartbeat bill’ – a pro-life law that bans abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy will go into effect in Texas, the second-most populous state in the United States with a population of approximately 30 million. For the 15 million women residing in Texas, this means that they can only get an abortion before fetal heartbeat can be detected at 6 weeks, even if the pregnancy occurred as a result of rape or incest.

Echo Eats: A Matcha Made in Heaven
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Echo Eats: A Matcha Made in Heaven

‘Matcha is just posh green tea’- If that is the claim, think twice. There is so much more to matcha than it meets the eye. Japanese linguistics utterly, ‘ma’ which means rubbed or ground and ‘cha’ which is tea spectacularly, brings the term ‘matcha’. Hold on, where does ‘green’ fit in this context?