By Megan Harwood-Baynes, news reporter The conflict between Israel and Iran – once played out in a series of proxy wars – has escalated. On Friday morning, explosions hit Tehran as Israel carried out a major attack on its nuclear capabilities. Iran threatened “severe punishment” and quickly retaliated with a wave of missiles. Here we…
Janhvi Kapoor attended a star-studded event at The House of KOKO to celebrate the reopening of the Miu Miu London flagship on New Bond Street. The affair saw many celebrities in attendance, including Sydney Sweeney, Emma Corrin, Alexa Chung, and others. Let’s decode Janhvi’s OOTD for the event. Janhvi Kapoor dazzles in Miu Miu from…
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World XI defeated England 5-4 in a close finish at Old Trafford in Manchester, with Carlos Tevez scoring four and rapper Big Zuu bagging a late incredible winner to seal the game for the team. Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney marked his return to Old Trafford when he opened the scoring with the fastest goal…
From Alexander Skarsgård’s thigh-high boots in Cannes to Timothée Chalamet’s courtside outfits watching the Knicks, men’s fashion has been front of mind in recent weeks. Next stop? Florence, where the Spring/Summer 2026 menswear season will kick off at trade show Pitti Uomo on 17 June, followed by Milan (20 to 23 June) and Paris Fashion…
Jun 16, 2025 08:40 AM IST 47-year-old Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to head MI6, joined the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom in 1999. MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in Britain’s foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Blaise Metreweli as the first…
David Thielebeule has expanded his role at Bloomingdale’s to men’s and women’s ready-to-wear fashion director. He joined Bloomingdale’s last year as men’s fashion director and has added women’s rtw, reflecting a continued investment in fashion-forward content and curation. In the role of women’s fashion director, Thielebeule replaces Janelle Lloyd, who had been women’s rtw fashion…
A 25-year-old Hong Kong man was scammed out of HK$4,900 (20,000 baht) when trying to buy two tickets for Blackpink’s pair of concerts in the city next year, as police received 200 reports related to online shopping scams in the past week. The victims in those cases were cheated out of HK$5.5 million in total,…
Huge waiting lines are seen in front of jewelry retailer stores at Yu Garden in Shanghai, China, on May 17, 2025, as the city offers consumption vouchers to stimulate consumer spending. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s retail sales in May grew at their fastest rate since late 2023, data from National Bureau of…
A UK law firm is looking into the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people on board the flight, including 53 British nationals, and several others on the ground. Keystone Law’s investigation is independent of the official probe by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, supported by a four-member team from UK’s Air Accidents Investigation…