Shein faces government crackdown in France as minister confirms ongoing investigations
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published July 4, 2025 The French government has sent a…
Stéphane Rolland debuts first scent ‘Henry Jacques,’ as couturier opens new Paris HQ
Published November 7, 2025 Few couturiers have more momentum than Stéphane Rolland, who has just debuted his first scent, created in partnership with haute niche perfumer Henry Jacques. Stéphane Rolland’s foray into fragrance – Parfums Henry Jacques The uber discreet launch comes as Rolland puts the finishing touches to his new Paris HQ, a fresh…
Galderma announces US FDA approval of its ‘Restylane Lyft with Lidocaine’
Published November 7, 2025 Dermatology business Galderma has announced that the US’s Food and Drug Administration has approved its ‘Restylane Lyft with Lidocaine’ product, designed for chin augmentation and to improve the chin profile in patients over the age of 21 with mild-to-moderate chin retrusion. Galderma offers a range of HA injectables – Reuters “This…
A distant galaxy is being strangled by the cosmic web
Simulation of the large scale structure of a galaxy cluster Illustris Collaboration/ESO The cosmic web is killing a galaxy. Galaxies can only continue to form stars when they are full of gas, and one dwarf galaxy nearly 100 million light years away is being stripped of its stellar fuel by the enormous web of matter…
CERN creates cosmic “fireballs” that could reveal the Universe’s hidden magnetism
An international group of researchers led by the University of Oxford has achieved a world-first by generating plasma “fireballs” with the Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator at CERN in Geneva. Their goal was to investigate how plasma jets from distant blazars remain stable as they travel through space. The team’s results, published on November 3 in…
South Africa’s online shopping boom seen defying weak demand
By Bloomberg Published November 7, 2025 South Africa’s appetite for buying clothes, food, and fridges online is likely to defy weak consumer spending as e-commerce grows by as much 50% in the next year, according to the head of local apparel retailer The Foschini Group Ltd. Foschini is an omni-channel fashion and lifestyle platform –…
Slow Gods review: Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed
It’s bad luck for those living on Adjumir, which is set to be obliterated DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Slow GodsClaire North, Orbit Claire North is a successful and prolific novelist, writing under three separate names, but this is their first shift into classic science fiction, i.e. a novel with spaceships in it. I loved…
Black hole blast outshines 10 trillion Suns
The Universe’s most massive stars typically end their lives in spectacular explosions known as supernovae before collapsing into black holes. But one enormous star seems to have met a very different fate. Instead of exploding, it strayed too close to an immense black hole, which tore it apart and consumed it piece by piece. That…
Amazon takes low-cost ecommerce service global
By Reuters Published November 7, 2025 Amazon.com on Friday expanded the reach of its low-cost ecommerce service to 14 additional markets and will call it Amazon Bazaar, as part of a push to compete with Chinese rivals including Shein and PDD Holding’s Temu. Amazon logo outside an Amazon warehouse in Manchester, Britain, October 28, 2025…
After 250 years, an 18th-century mechanical volcano erupts to life
An intricate mechanical model created in 1775 to capture the explosive beauty of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius has erupted to life for the very first time, 250 years after it was first imagined. The recreation was made possible through modern engineering and the creative problem-solving of two University of Melbourne students. The idea originated with Sir…
After France, Italy squares up to Shein
By AFP Published November 7, 2025 After its troubles in France, Shein faces more opposition in Italy, where the e-commerce giant is wooing shoppers in fashion capital Milan- but where the government and industry are mobilising. Shein is known for its low cost clothing – REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration “The textile sector is under attack,” Luca Sburlati,…
