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Amal Clooney

June

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kiss as they leave a hotel for their pre wedding reception, in Venice.

Gates, Oprah, Kushner: Bezos celebrates ahead of nuptials

Five hotels and 30 water taxis were booked out as the three-day $76 million wedding got under way in Venice despite local protests.

Amazon multi-billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave a hotel in Venice on Wednesday ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to their wedding.

Italian destination weddings are having a moment – again

It’s not just billionaires in Venice – demand from Americans more broadly has revived a trend, once driven by Britons and Australians, to tie the knot in Italy.

March

Jeff Bezos to hold star-studded three-day wedding

The guest list reportedly includes Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her property developer husband Jared Kushner, along with Kim Kardashian and Oprah Winfrey.

May 2020

Amal Clooney is calling for Australia to adopt the sanctions regime.

'Join the club': Amal Clooney's personal appeal to Australia

The growing push for an Australian Magnitsky Act has a powerful new champion in the form of human rights campaigner Amal Clooney.

August 2019

Maria Ressa, the award-winning head of a Philippine online news site Rappler.

Facebook, Australia should help hold Duterte to account: Ressa

Maria Ressa is facing up to 63 years in jail on questionable charges and says Facebook and Australia have a role to play in holding the Philippines government to account.

June 2019

George Clooney (second from left) on the set of Catch 22

How Catch-22 brought Clooney back to the small screen

The actor, producer and reasonably-new-father tells why Heller's satire retains its bite almost 60 years on.

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