The 40th Festival de Hyères opened on Thursday, buoyed by palpable enthusiasm
Published October 17, 2025 The atmosphere on the forecourt of Villa Noailles was effervescent, with…
Balmain appoints Antonin Tron as new creative director
Published November 12, 2025 Following Olivier Rousteing’s departure, French house Balmain has appointed fellow Frenchman Antonin Tron as its new creative director. An experienced designer, Tron rose to international prominence in 2016 when he founded Atlein, with which he won ANDAM’s First Collections Prize in 2018. Antonin Tron Antonin Tron will unveil his first collection…
White Milano named an official partner of Riyadh Fashion Week 2026
Published November 12, 2025 Following the success of its first showroom, staged in Riyadh during the local Fashion Week in October 2025, the Milan-based trade show for cutting-edge fashion, White Milano, with the support of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and now also its Ministry of Tourism, has become an official partner of the forthcoming…
Astronomers stunned by three Earth-sized planets orbiting two suns
An international group of scientists has confirmed the discovery of three Earth-sized planets within the binary stellar system known as TOI-2267, located roughly 190 light-years from Earth. The finding, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, offers new insight into how planets can form and remain stable in double-star systems, which were once thought too chaotic for…
NASA’s Webb finds life’s building blocks frozen in a galaxy next door
In a finding that could change how scientists understand the spread of life’s ingredients across space, astronomers have detected large organic molecules frozen in ice around a forming star called ST6 in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way. Using the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), the research team identified five carbon-based compounds…
L’Oréal starts three-part euro bond sale for Kering Beauté deal
By Bloomberg Published November 12, 2025 L’Oréal SA is selling at least €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) of bonds in a three-part deal to help finance its acquisition of Kering Beauté. L’Oréal is looking to help finance its acquisition of Kering Beauté – Reuters The beauty company is offering a two-year floating-rate note, a five-year fixed-rate…
Improving VMware migration workflows with agentic AI
For years, many chief information officers (CIOs) looked at VMware-to-cloud migrations with a wary pragmatism. Manually mapping dependencies and rewriting legacy apps mid-flight was not an enticing, low-lift proposition for enterprise IT teams. But the calculus for such decisions has changed dramatically in a short period of time. Following recent VMware licensing changes, organizations are…
China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival winds down with ‘muted’ sentiment
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 China’s Singles’ Day sales festival is coming to a close after more than a month of promotions on the country’s largest e-commerce platforms, which failed to spark widespread consumer excitement during the world’s largest shopping event. Live shopping on Alibaba’s Taobao – Taobao Live Consumer malaise in China, stemming…
Sportswear brand On lifts annual targets again amid strong demand
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 On Holding on Wednesday raised its annual revenue target for the third time this year after beating quarterly sales expectations, thanks to strong demand for its running shoes and sneakers despite price hikes. Logo of Swiss shoemaker On is displayed in a shop in Zurich, Switzerland, August 28, 2025…
Swansea boy, 4, diagnosed with ‘childhood dementia’ Sanfilippo Syndrome
Tammy McDaid Tammy McDaid says she is hoping Tate can be accepted on to clinical trials which are only available outside the UK The mother of a four-year-old boy has said her “heart is broken” after he was diagnosed with a form of childhood dementia. Tammy McDaid, from Swansea, said her son Tate has Sanfilippo…
Original Birkin bag unveiled in Japan after record $10 million purchase
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 The original bag custom-made for late actress Jane Birkin which became a design icon was revealed to media in Tokyo on Wednesday by the Japanese company that purchased it for a record 8.6 million euros ($10 million) at Sotheby’s in Paris earlier this year. Original Birkin bag unveiled in…
