The Numbers Don’t Lie The Numbers Don’t Lie (image credits: unsplash) Walk through any major fashion magazine or scroll through high-end brand campaigns, and you’ll notice something striking. Of the 8,763 looks presented across 208 shows and presentations, 0.8 per cent were plus-size (US 14+), 4.3 per cent were mid-size (US 6-12) and 94.9 per…
Huawei Technologies unveiled hardware that it said could deliver world-class computing power without using Nvidia’s advanced chips, in a breakthrough that could potentially free the supply chokehold that constrains China’s aspirations in artificial intelligence. The Shenzhen-based telecoms equipment giant said it had developed the “world’s most powerful” supernode computing cluster using local chipmaking processes, providing…
Facebook Tweet Email Link In a speech that studiously avoided any glint of geopolitics, King Charles III’s fleeting mention of Ukraine on Wednesday evening — however small — stood out. “In two World Wars, we fought together to defeat the forces of tyranny,” Charles told President Donald Trump at a state banquet underneath the vaulted…
The development of fintech and the strong desire of mainland Chinese companies to go global are conducive to Chinese and international banks setting set up operations in Hong Kong, according to the head of the city’s de facto central bank. “While many international and mainland banks already use Hong Kong as a base to develop…
This year’s trade rollercoaster is creating headaches for Atlanta-based Cellairis, which has evolved in the last 25 years from a pure retailer of cell phone cases to a global company helping individuals and enterprises protect, repair and maintain their mobile devices. Cellairis has more than 2,000 employees distributed around the world, including 120 across its…
US President Donald Trump, Britain’s King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Melania Trump on the left wait to review the Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England (AP) WINDSOR: The historic town of Windsor braced Tuesday for a return to the global spotlight, as its world-famous castle prepared to host Donald Trump amid…
The UK was the first country to strike a trade agreement with the US to avoid President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, the high import taxes on all trading partners he unveiled in April. Although the US kept the new baseline levy on UK imports at 10%, some carve-outs were agreed for British cars, plane…
Danielle KayeBusiness reporter EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock A picture taken with a drone shows single-family homes in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA, 02 January 2024. Aileen Barrameda is planning to buy a house in Los Angeles in the coming months. Stubbornly high mortgage rates – twice what she locked in at the start of the coronavirus pandemic – are not…
Newcastle United FC vs FC Barcelona Competition/Round: 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase, Matchday 1 Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Marc-André ter Stegen, Alejandro Balde, Gavi, Lamine Yamal (out) Newcastle Outs & Doubts: Yoane Wissa, Jacob Ramsey (out) Date/Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA),…
Paul GlynnCulture reporter Getty Images Edward Enninful says the fashion industry “has to figure out where we stand and what we stand for” Edward Enninful, the former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, has said “anti-woke” and anti-diversity rhetoric is having “a moment”, and that being super-thin and European are often seen as the beauty norm again…