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death toll from cyclone Chido's passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as France rushed in rescue workers and supplies. Their efforts will be hindered by the damage to airports and electricity distribution in the French Indian Ocean territory. Even before the cyclone's passage, clean drinking water was already subject to chronic shortages.

Shuchi Talati's Girls Will Be Girls shook me up. When I got to an unnerving scene of extreme intimidation in Talati's debut feature, I was suddenly not a journalist watching an award-winning film, but a woman who had once been a teenaged girl, minding my own business, walking up a deserted flight of stairs in an unfamiliar school where I was attending an inter-school contest, when two older boys materialised from the opposite direction, crowded me towards the banister, casually groped me, and walked away with grins on their faces without pausing for a moment, as though it was all in a day's work for them. It was neither the first nor the last time I was molested. And I cannot quite tell why this particular scene in this particular film brought up that particular memory. I guess it was because here, too, there was a teenaged girl, there was a school, and there were boys who got away with it.

The largest seafood distributor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and two of its managers have been sentenced on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish

blue zones" famous for having a high proportion of people over 100, according to one researcher. The desire to live as long as possible has driven a booming lifestyle industry selling supplements, books, tech and tips to those wanting to learn the secrets of the world's oldest people. But Saul Justin Newman, a researcher at University College London's Centre for Longitudinal Studies, told AFP that most extreme old age data «is junk to a really shocking degree».

A handful of investors — including Spain’s Ferrovial SE and Canada’s Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec — have sold down their holdings in the company that controls London’s Heathrow Airport in a transaction valued at £3.3 billion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cleopatra chats with Yayoi Kusama, who stands beside Raja Ravi Varma’s muse at Delhi’s Taj Mansingh—the opening scene of season 3 of the Netflix show Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives is somewhat surreal until you realise it’s set at last year’s MASH Ball for which guests had been asked to dress like they had “stepped out of a painting". Delhi-based art collector and host Shalini Passi was styled as Cleopatra in a white-and-gold dress by Lebanese fashion designer Elie Madi, who had based the outfit on Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Cleopatra and Caesar (1866) and Frederick Arthur Bridgman’s Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae (1896).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The outlines of President-elect Donald Trump’s initial efforts to end the war in Ukraine from his visit to Europe last week are starting to emerge for the first time. The main takeaway: Europe would have to shoulder most of the burden of supporting Kyiv with troops to oversee a cease-fire and weapons to deter Russia.

Matthieu Blazy, the French-Belgian national, since 2021 has served as Bottega Veneta's creative director. In 2025, he will join the legendary French house. Chanel announced on Thursday, after months of intense speculation, that Matthieu Blazy has been appointed as its artistic director of the house's fashion activities. Blazy will oversee all haute couture, ready-to-wear, and accessory collections. The president of Chanel Fashion and Chanel SA, Bruno Pavlovsky, will receive his reports. In a joint statement, Chanel's global CEO Leena Nair and global executive chairman Alain Wertheimer referred to the designer as one of the most gifted designers of his generation. His talent and vision will strengthen the brand's energy and our position as a luxury leader.

Kering has announced that Louise Trotter has been named creative director of the Bottega Veneta fashion house

The European Central Bank is cutting interest rates by a quarter percentage point amid signs of weakening growth and concern about the impact of political chaos in France and the possibility of new U.S. import tariffs

European Central Bank has cut rates by a quarter percentage point amid signs of weakening growth and concern about the impact of political chaos in France and the possibility of new U.S. import tariffs. The bank's rate-setting committee made the decision on Thursday at its skyscraper headquarters in Frankfurt to lower the benchmark from 3.25% to 3%.

High on popularity charts is winter travel to European destinations with Thomas Cook and SOTC seeing a 50-60% increase in business for winter tours this year. “Consumers are displaying a keen appetite for ice and outdoor snow experiences including skiing, snowshoe trekking, crab fishing safaris, snowboarding and snowmobiling across Europe’s Alpine regions of Switzerland, France, Austria and Germany,” said Rajeev Kale, president and country head for holidays, MICE and Visa, Thomas Cook (India).

knowledge workers are racing against the clock to wrap up unfinished projects. A new report from Atlassian, a collaboration and productivity software company, revealed that 76% of Indian professionals face a pileup of incomplete tasks by year-end. The phenomenon, reflective of a global trend, emanates from unexpected hurdles, overcommitment and shifting priorities, it said. “While the end of the year often brings pressure to wrap up projects, it’s also a chance to reassess your priorities,” said Molly Sands, head of teamwork lab at Atlassian.

The two trials AXA IM participated in used blockchain infrastructure and the Banque de France's tokenised cash solution and were part of the Call for Expression of Interest launched in December 2023 by the ECB to test new technologies for the settlement of wholesale financial transactions in digital central bank money.  In the first experiment, AXA IM – on behalf of AXA France – invested €3m in a digital sovereign bond issued by the Republic of Slovenia. The transaction was executed on BNP Paribas' Neobonds tokenisation platform with the settlement with a one-day settlement period an...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Days after Syria’s autocratic ruler fled the country, European politicians have reignited the debate over the region’s decade-old refugee crisis. On Monday, Germany and Austria said they were putting asylum applications by Syrians on hold.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From sandalwood to the smell of the first rain, niche home and personal care companies are looking to fill a gap in the mass-premium segment of the fragrances market as consumers across age groups experiment and spend on high-quality Indian products, typically in the ₹1,000-2,000 range. Isak Fragrances, a Lucknow-based company, is expanding its product range across sizes and price points to offer Indian consumers a local perfumery alternative, its sixth-generation entrepreneur-founder Vidushi Vijayvergiya said.

international travel becomes more accessible and universities expand their international student outreach students have a vast array of destinations to choose from. Beyond the traditional study abroad hotspots, there's a growing trend toward exploring alternative destinations. When considering where to study abroad, it's essential to weigh various factors. This article will explore some key considerations to help you make an informed decision.

The French multinational and its non-profit partner organisation were keen to digitise both natural and man-made features from aerial imagery of desert terrain. So they turned to artificial intelligence (AI) for assistance. Given the vast geographical regions involved, they sought out automated methods to identify and track roads, tracks and trails. In a bid to spur AI-led innovation internally, large technology companies are not just training their employees in AI but also encouraging various teams to come up with use cases and deploy the technology in their verticals.

Troubled automaker Stellantis has decided that its Ram brand needs its own executive, so it is bringing back an executive who retired this year when CEO Carlos Tavares was still running the company

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. VILNIUS, Lithuania—Thomas Plantenga was working as a consultant in New York when he was summoned to this Baltic capital more known for its medieval architecture than its tech scene. The 2016 assignment was to spend five weeks with a startup called Vinted that was growing fast but struggling to reach profitability as a platform for selling secondhand clothes.