Think of the fashion weeks that take place across New York, London, Milan and Paris, and what may first come to mind are models on runways. And while unveiling new designs, and subsequently getting people to buy the clothes, may be the focus of each show, backstage, outside events and amongst the audience, there’s so…
The DeepSeek moment, coupled with a more market-friendly stance from the Chinese government, gave new reassurance to Chinese domestic investors who moved heavily into Chinese tech stocks. Foreign investors, Smahtin notes, have also begun to move back into Chinese tech, with a significant move into the space by hedge funds. The domestic surge has been…
It’s been three weeks since House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers back to their districts, and Republicans are getting seriously sick of his WFH strategy. During a private conference call with House Republicans Thursday, at least three lawmakers raised concerns about keeping the House out of session after it passed a stopgap funding bill that…
Some apps are built to organize your life, boost your focus, or turn your phone into a productivity powerhouse. Then there are others that exist purely because someone, somewhere, thought it would be funny, oddly satisfying, or just plain beautiful to make them. You don’t open them to work, plan, or learn. You open them…
Stocks sold off in Asia this morning and Europe ticked down as well. U.S. futures were marginally down before the bell following yesterday’s 0.28% decline in the S&P 500. Analysts pointed to the U.S. government shutdown, where a resolution is nowhere in sight, with some no longer seeing two further rate cuts from the Fed…
The London Film Festival premiere of Ballad of a Small Player took place at The Royal Festival Hall, with the film’s leading stars stepping out. Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI A Quiet Art Tilda Swinton gave us the red carpet debut of Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel Spring 2026 collection, instantly recognisable by its bold contrast waistband…
Updated 19m ago No scenario “at this moment” in which House returns before Senate passes GOP funding bill, Johnson says House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday there is no scenario “at this moment” in which the lower chamber returns before the Senate passes Republicans’ seven-week stopgap measure. “I’ll tell you why,” he told CBS…
China’s postal and express delivery industry handled 7.23 billion parcels during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays from October 1 to 8, averaging more than 900 million items per day, according to data from the State Post Bureau. For context, China’s postal sector handled 193.7 billion parcels in 2024, up 19.2% year-on-year, with total…
Mumbai, Exercise Konkan has allowed the navies of India and the UK to enhance interoperability, and it displayed their ability to operate and integrate two blue water carrier navies, Commodore James Blackmore, commander of the UK Carrier Strike Group, said on Friday. Exercise Konkan enhanced interoperability of India, UK navies, says official Exercise Konkan, an…
For Ottolinger’s latest runway presentation, the brand’s signature body-skimming moto pants received a reinvention. Departing from the usual stretch fabrics, Berlin-based design duo Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient intermixed them with non-stretch materials, creating silky trousers punctuated by strategic black graphic inserts that read almost as trompe l’oeil hourglass silhouettes and further emphasized the models’…