Astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir to Spacewalk Friday

Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are continuing preparations for a spacewalk outside the International
Space Station on Friday to replace a failed power controller, also known as the battery charge-discharge unit
(BCDU). The duo will set their suits to battery power at 7:50 a.m. when the spacewalk officially starts and exit the
Quest airlock. NASA TV begins its live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m.

 Friday's All-Women Spacewalk: The Basics

 News Release: NASA to Televise First All-Female Spacewalk
 Preview Video: First All-Woman Spacewalk on Oct. 18
 Biography: Astronaut Christina Koch
 Biography: Astronaut Jessica Meir

Dior apologises for using China map without Taiwan

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Christian Dior has become the latest foreign brand to apologise to China after it used a map that Beijing sees as
misrepresenting its territory.

The French luxury brand was criticised on Chinese social media after an employee reportedly used a China map in a
presentation that excluded Taiwan.

Taiwan has been self-ruled since the 1950s, but Beijing's official policy is that the island is a Chinese province.

Dior apologised for the "mistake in representation" made by an employee.

 Brand 'witch hunt' takes over Chinese internet
 Vietnam pulls film over South China Sea map

The row broke out after a video was posted online anonymously claiming to show a Dior employee giving a talk at a university
in China and showing the map.

It sparked a huge reaction on social media, as people complained that Dior was not respecting Chinese territorial claims.

"Dior statement" was one of the top 10 most searched items on Weibo on Thursday.

"The company firstly deeply apologises for the incident on 16 October 2019 where a member of the Dior HR team was... giving
a presentation when [the employee] made a mistake in representation and gave an incorrect explanation," the company said in
its statement.

Christian Dior said it had done a "diligent investigation", adding it would "seriously handle" the matter.

"Dior has always respected and upheld the principle of one China, strictly upholding China's rights and complete sovereignty,
treasuring the feelings of Chinese citizens," it added.
 Versace apologises after T-shirt angers China
 Swarovski apologises to China over Hong Kong error

In recent years, Chinese social media users have aggressively been pursuing companies which they believe are challenging
China's territorial claims.

China is a huge market for luxury brands, so they are keen not to risk negative PR or a boycott by offending Chinese
consumers.
Versace apologised in August after an image on one of its T-shirts appeared to imply Hong Kong and Macau were
independent territories.

Coach and Givenchy have also faced a backlash recently over the representation of Chinese territories on some of their
garments.

Airlines and hotel chains have also had to apologise after listing Taiwan as a separate country on their booking menus, not as
part of China.

Earlier this week, Vietnam banned the animated movie Abominable over another map row.
 The film, the first tie-in between Dreamworks and China's Pearl Studio, briefly displayed a map that showed areas of the South
China Sea claimed by Vietnam as being Chinese territory.

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the 550km journey by bus rather than airplane, but this appears to have been dismissed.
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very much part of his present and future. Transfer talk has swirled around the Argentine superstar in the
past, and he recently revealed that he considered a move in 2013 after being caught up in a tax
avoidance case.
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half Virgil van Dijk has earned special praise from the five-time Ballon d’Or winner as they prepare to
do battle for the 2019 award. The Netherlands international crossed paths with a mercurial Argentine
forward at the semi-final stage of last season’s Champions League.
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professional debut for the club in a league game against local rivals Espanyol.

Netflix feels the pressure as competitors circle

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Things have not driven subscriber growth in Netflix's home country

As the famed and admired early-mover in the high-quality streaming industry, Netflix has built a formidable business
worth in the region of $125bn. In the past three months, it added 6.7 million new subscribers, bringing its total userbase
to 153 million worldwide.

But the next three months will prove to be its most challenging yet. Soon, Netflix will be competing with Disney+, HBO Max
and Apple TV+ - all companies with enormous brand recognition and a strong desire to take their own slice of streaming’s
riches.
On Wednesday, Netflix wrote to investors to tell them that competition would be a good thing. The rising tide of streaming
services would just tempt more people away from “linear TV”, as they term it, and into streaming services.

“Just like the evolution from broadcast TV to cable, these once-in-a-generation changes are very large and open up big, new
opportunities for many players,” the company told investors.

“For example, for the first few decades of cable, networks like TBS, USA, ESPN, MTV and Discovery didn’t take much
audience share from each other, but instead, they collectively took audience share from broadcast viewing.”