Sometimes, despite being right in the weeds of fashion’s trend cycle, a silhouette sneaks up on me. One moment, it feels long forgotten, and the next, I’m seeing it everywhere. That’s exactly what happened this week when, scrolling through a stream of celebrity looks, I realised that countless women had quietly shelved their sleek pointed-toe…
A group of U.S. lawmakers formally visited China for talks on Sunday, the first House of Representatives delegation to visit since 2019, as the world’s two biggest economies step up engagement in an effort to stabilize bilateral ties. The bipartisan delegation will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People…
On the ground, the two-state solution is more remote than ever. Trust between the two peoples of the Holy Land is plumbing historic depths, as Israel’s military campaign in Gaza—by far the deadliest round of war in the century-old conflict—escalates once more. Polls, which in the 1990s and early 2000s consistently indicated majority support on…
How good is GPT-5 Codex, really? Imagine a tool so advanced it can generate functional code for complex applications in mere minutes, yet intuitive enough to seamlessly integrate into your existing development workflow. Bold claims like these have surrounded the latest iteration of OpenAI’s Codex, sparking both excitement and skepticism in the developer community. Is…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has anticipated improving market sentiments after downward trends in the retail, catering and property sectors show signs of stabilising, and the prospect of an interest-rate cut cycle emerging. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday that authorities had been paying attention to the slow recovery of the retail and catering…
The men’s elite individual time trial is the second event of this year’s UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, following on from women’s event on Sunday. The course takes the riders on a 40.6km out-and-back route, starting at Kigali’s BK Arena and returning to finish at the city’s Convention Centre. It will be the…
Glenn CampbellScotland political editor Scottish government John Swinney met Donald Trump in Washington before the president’s state visit to the UK Donald Trump did not leave the UK after his two-day state visit as the toast of Scotch whisky distillers. Despite serious lobbying by the industry body and its American equivalent, with support from the…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the AI Stocks Making Headlines This Week. On September 16, Bernstein initiated the stock as “Outperform” stating that it’s bullish on the stock. The firm has a $290 price target on the stock. According to the firm, Apple is “the gateway to the Intelligence Revolution,” and it is well positioned to…
I, like so many others, was well and truly swept up in the polka-dot craze of the summer. Playful, peppy and easy to style, that print injected a dose of energy into my warm-weather wardrobe. But with autumn now nipping at summer’s heels, I’ve been on the lookout for a cool-weather upgrade to step in…
Last Updated:September 21, 2025, 12:01 IST Rankireddy and Shetty square up against the South Korean pairing of Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae in the final of the men’s doubles event at the China Masters on Sunday. India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (PTI) Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be…