IF YOU HAD TO NAME THE TOP three museums in Paris, you would probably tick off the three most established and iconic: the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou. But if you had to name those most influential in the art world, it would be two that opened in the past decade: the…
China’s long-struggling economy is showing fresh signs of distress, as exports to the United States collapse under President Donald Trump‘s tariffs and the property market fails to mount a meaningful recovery. According to United Nations Comtrade data, China shipped $35.88 billion worth of goods to the U.S. in July 2025, a staggering 22% drop from…
HMRC had reportedly filing a winding-up petition against the business. The company’s international owner Yum! Brands is believed to have saved 64 of the at-risk restaurants, and 1,277 team members are believed to be transferring to the Yum! business. But 68 locations remain at risk. The owner of the restaurants, DC London Pie Ltd, has…
I recently asked myself which Samsung phones released in 2025 will be my favorite at the end of the year, and even though I’m generally a flagship phone user who loves the Galaxy S Plus, the humbler Galaxy A56 was up there. Here’s why. I ran a little thought experiment and wondered which Galaxy phone…
Russian and Polish flags. Stock photo: Getty Images Посилання скопійовано Polish diplomatic sources believe it is highly unlikely that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin would choose to fly over Polish airspace on his way to a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump in Budapest. Source: RMF24, a Polish online news portal, citing comments from a…
US stocks stepped higher on Monday as Wall Street kicked off a packed week full of high-profile earnings and a delayed release of key inflation data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) nudged up roughly 0.4%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) also gained around 0.5%, with stocks coming…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will decide whether a federal law that prohibits unlawful drug users from having firearms violates the Second Amendment, adding a second high-stakes case involving gun rights to the docket for its current term. The Justice Department is urging the high court to uphold the prohibition, arguing…
On 16 October 2025, the European Court of Justice officially stated that pets can be handled as baggage when taken aboard a flight. The ECJ particularly handled the case of a dog lost during a flight from Buenos Aires to Barcelona in 2019. It is not rare for airplane passengers to make the voyage with…
7 October 2025 As we have heard today, over more than two decades, the UN and the African Union have played important and mutually complementary roles tackling challenges across Africa. This includes working on conflict resolution, peacebuilding, sustainable development and addressing humanitarian need. To build on this, we see three areas for enhanced complementary cooperation, which take…
Wool, leather, dyes and even cotton are on the rise in British farming Pigment Organic Dyes On the fringes of London Fashion Week last month, independent designer Lucy Tammam and vertical farming innovators Gooddrop presented a world first: a dress made from cotton grown in the UK. In the space of just four weeks, the…