People News Roundup: Terence Conran dies at 88; Spanish princess quarantined and more
Spanish princess quarantined after classmate diagnosed with COVID-19 Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, has gone into quarantine after a classmate at her school tested positive for COVID-19, the royal household said on Saturday.
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'He changed the way we live': British designer Terence Conran dies at 88
Terence Conran, a renowned designer, and restaurateur credited with modernizing British retail and decor, has died aged 88, his family said on Saturday. Conran made his name in the 1960s with the Habitat home-furnishing store, known for its contemporary pine furniture, brightly colored fabrics and tasteful kitchenware which proved a big hit with the public.
Spanish princess quarantined after classmate diagnosed with COVID-19
Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, has gone into quarantine after a classmate at her school tested positive for COVID-19, the royal household said on Saturday. The 14-year-old daughter of King Felipe will be tested for coronavirus like other pupils in her class at the Santa María de los Rosales school in Madrid.
Rapper T.I. in $75,000 U.S. settlement over cryptocurrency offering
Grammy award-winning rapper Clifford Harris, known as T.I., agreed to pay a U.S. regulator $75,000 to settle charges that he broke securities laws by selling fraudulent crypto-currency investments, the agency said on Friday. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had charged the Atlanta rapper and actor along with four associates, including film producer Ryan Felton who it says controlled the companies FLiK and CoinSpark that conducted the initial coin offerings which T.I. promoted.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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