'Make them free': Supermarkets renaming 'feminine hygiene' aisle sparks debate

Naman Ramachandran British music exports soared 13.7% to a high of £590.8 million ($709 million) in 2021, the highest total on record, per the latest analysis from British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the trade body for independent and major record labels in the U.K.The 2021 total is the highest since the BPI began its annual survey of record label overseas income in 2000 and was driven by a record number of U.K. artists, nearly 400, each achieving 100 million-plus global streams. These include superstars like Adele, Dua Lipa, Dave and Ed Sheeran, and several emerging artists, including Glass Animals, PinkPantheress and Rex Orange County.

Jennifer Lopez has revealed her wedding ring for the first time after getting married to Ben Affleck.The actress, 52, and actor, 49, got married in A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas over the weekend – 18 years after the couple called off their first engagement in January 2004. Sharing an Instagram snap of her face makeup free, the Jenny from the Block singer, 52, smiled from bed whilst holding her phone and sporting her wedding ring in her latest pic. J.Lo certainly looked happy as she showcased her simple silver-coloured wedding band in her white bed sheets.

Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who daringly interrupted a live TV broadcast to protest her country’s invasion of Ukraine, was briefly detained by Russian authorities for a second time over the weekend.

New Music Friday is back on HOLA! USA, and we have a round-up of new music from a variety of genres. Listen to music from some of your favorite artists and get to know some rising stars in the industry.Demi Lovato goes back to their pop rock ways in “SUBSTANCE.” Watch the video or a surprise appearance by Paris Hilton. The Cody Critcheloe-directed will have you thinking of all your favorite songs in the 90s and 00s.Lizzo’s new album “Special” is available now.

The friends of a Super League rugby star who has been missing for six months say they fear he has come to harm.

Rafael Caro Quintero, whose role in the murder and torture of a US anti-narcotics agent in 1985 was profiled in the Netflix drama series Narcos: Mexico, has been captured by a joint law task force.

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scribed: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!”“They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators,’ and even ‘people with vaginas!’ Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you,” she continued.Twitter users slammed Midler on social media, with several arguing that her words were false.“Really disappointed in this as a trans man and a Bette Midler fan. Bette, including trans men in the conversation about reproductive health does not harm women.

Temperatures across Britain could reach up to 36C over the coming weeks, with a four-week heatwave predicted. Forecasters have predicted that sweltering weather is just around the corner, with parts of the UK being hotter than Cancun by Saturday 9 July.

Budget supermarket Aldi has followed the lead of Asda and Boots in renaming one of their store aisles. In March, shoppers praised supermarket Asda when it changed the name of their ‘feminie hygiene’ aisle to period products , with Boots following a month later.