Meredith College fashion design student Serena Danieli, ’25, recently won first place in the “Intermediate and Beyond” category at the 27th annual AATS Fashion Exposé. The competition was held on April 10, the same day as Meredith’s Celebrating Student Achievement Day, during which Danieli showed her senior collection. “My collection, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, celebrates…
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China defies ASML prediction with EUV breakthrough in advanced chip…
The Trump administration has reached a settlement with the family Ashli Babbitt, the Trump supporter who was shot and killed while in the mob breaching the House Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021. Multiple sources told CBS News the settlement has been reached in principle but is not yet signed. In a court…
1. Reform UK – 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The earliest results seemed to point at Nigel Farage’s party doing much as the polls had predicted – very well, and from a standing start, but with some squeeze from voters trying to keep it out. Thus the Runcorn and Helsby byelection, labelled by bookmakers a dead cert…
ALL ABOUT THE COSTUMES: This fall the Fashion and Textile Museum in London will be spotlighting the work of Cosprop, a costumier in north London that’s been behind the costumes of “A Room With a View,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Pride and Prejudice” and “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.” “Costume Couture” will open on Sept….
The White House on Thursday gave Mike Waltz a choice in his next job, as President Trump strategized to move him out as national security adviser just over 100 days into his administration, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. In conversations with chief of staff Susie Wiles, Waltz was offered several ambassadorships, including…
Nigel Farage claimed he had broken the grip of Britain’s two main political parties as Reform UK gained an MP and swept to a string of victories in England’s local elections, making deep inroads into Labour and Conservative heartlands. On a sobering day for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch that brought immediate recriminations, Reform took…
While generating an expected $1.84 trillion in 2025 (1.6% of global GDP), the fashion industry remains almost entirely unregulated, relying on a linear model of take-make-waste that exploits the world’s finite natural resources and its labor force. The production of 100 billion garments damages the Earth in myriad ways. It pollutes clean air and clean…
Standard Chartered’s first-quarter profit beat expectations, as the bank placed a greater focus on wealth management in the face of lower interest rates and rising bad debt provisions. Net profit rose 13 per cent in the first three months of 2025 to US$1.59 billion, or 62.7 US cents per share, from US$1.4 billion last year,…
Cooking oil is a kitchen staple that’s important for both culinary and health purposes. Using oil helps food heat evenly, reduce sticking and enhance flavor and texture. Oil also provides us with fats, an essential macronutrient the body needs for energy, insulation, vitamin absorption, and more. However, not all oils are equal, and there are…