When the Trump administration’s global tariffs went into effect on 7 August, after months of deliberation and delay, New York Fashion Week was exactly five weeks out. For designers preparing to host runway shows, these new duties presented another hurdle to the already precarious balancing act of running an indie fashion upstart. Jacques Agbobly, founder…
A construction worker is shown on the job site at a multi-unit residential housing project in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 28, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters With job growth tanking and the economy wobbling, pressure is on for the Federal Reserve to start lowering interest rates, with markets now expecting a cut at each of…
That’s one pricey salad dressing. Last February at New York Fashion Week, MELKE designer Emma Gage debuted a capsule collection riffing on an unlikely source — a supposed childhood favorite that inspired her to create her latest couture. No, not Chanel, not Marilyn Monroe — but rather, Hidden Valley Ranch. Emma Gage’s MELKE x Hidden Valley Ranch…
By Alicia Powell (Reuters) -Established apparel brands including Coach , Michael Kors , and Calvin Klein will hit the runway alongside emerging labels at the New York Fashion Week (NYFW), which kicks off on September 11. Yet, the event’s unity is being tested as some of its most influential designers are opting to stage their…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, once a casino owner and always a man in search of his next deal, is fond of a poker analogy when sizing up partners and adversaries. “We have much bigger and better cards than they do,” he said of China last month. Compared with Canada, he said in June,…
President Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill” raised the state and local tax deduction, known as SALT, to $40,000 for 2025. The change comes less than a decade after a cap was placed on this tax break for the first time in its history. Taxpayers who itemize tax breaks can claim the SALT deduction, which includes state and…
New York’s attorney general moved Thursday to have the state’s highest court reinstate President Trump’s staggering civil fraud penalty, appealing a lower-court decision that slashed the potential half-billion-dollar fine to $0. Attorney General Letitia James’ office filed a notice of appeal with the state’s Court of Appeals, seeking to reverse the mid-level Appellate Division’s ruling…
Adani International School student Aahan Ritesh Prajapati Ahmedabad: Adani International School student Aahan Ritesh Prajapati, who was born with red and green colour blindness, has received acclaim for a machine-learning model capable of modifying textbook diagrams and maps for colour-blind students. 17-year-old Aahan Ritesh Prajapati thanked his school for the support he received in realising…
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the longest-serving New Yorker in the House, will not seek reelection in 2026, stating that there’s a “necessity for generational change in the party.” In an interview published Monday in The New York Times, Nadler said that after watching former President Joe Biden lose the 2024 election, he decided a younger…
Rhythmic gymnast Stacey Chan triumphed over 13 other finalists to claim the coveted title of Miss Hong Kong 2025 in a glittering ceremony at TVB City in Tseung Kwan O on Sunday evening. The 26-year-old newly crowned beauty queen had previously won plenty of competitions in rhythmic gymnastics as a Hong Kong team member. She…