Paris Women’s Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday after nine days of shows and celebrity sightings. AFP looks at some of the trends that will influence women’s wardrobes for the Spring-Summer season next year. – Fashion in kit form – Instead of outfits conceived as complete looks, designers have this season largely begun breaking them down into independent […]
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Shakira, Pique return to court over children visit arrangements
Pop star Shakira and her former partner, retired Spanish footballer Gerard Pique, appeared at a Barcelona court on Tuesday to review visitation arrangements for their two children, with the singer seeking changes to limit their travel between the US and Spain. The Colombian singer has asked for fewer short transatlantic trips by their sons between […]
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum hosts ‘homecoming’ show for Willem de Kooning
When young Dutch artist Willem de Kooning stowed away on a US-bound cargo ship in 1926, little did he know he would become one of modern art’s most iconic figures. Now, a century later, De Kooning joins Dutch masters such as Van Gogh and Rembrandt at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum for the biggest European exhibition of his […]
Best-selling British author Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted of perjury, died suddenly at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said. Archer died “suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions” on Monday, HarperCollins said. His editor, Kate Elton, called him a “master storyteller and an […]
High-flying Blazy turns to birdlife at Chanel
Chanel artistic director Matthieu Blazy turned to birdlife and Coco Chanel’s life for his latest show in Paris on Monday, exactly a year after his first collection for the famed fashion house. The display was heavy on Chanel’s classic tweeds, but with new modern flourishes, as well as knee-length skirts which are roaring back into […]
US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for illuminating the brain
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the neuroscience field of optogenetics. Optogenetics involves controlling nerve signals with light, and helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviours like learning, fear, addiction and […]
Former Trump press secretary Leavitt joins Fox News
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, will join Fox News to provide “commentary and analysis,” the conservative TV network announced Monday. She will make her debut on November 1, according to a statement from Fox News Media’s Suzanne Scott touting Leavitt’s “a distinct understanding of today’s political […]
US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics. The field helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviours like learning, fear, addiction and movement, and may one day lead to […]
Zuckerberg skewered again on screen in ‘The Social Reckoning’
Sixteen years after being portrayed as a power-hungry start-upper in “The Social Network” film, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set for another damning on-screen depiction, this time as a ruthless Silicon Valley overlord. Hitting screens internationally from Wednesday, the follow-up movie “The Social Reckoning” by Aaron Sorkin delves into the darkest corners of Facebook’s legacy, […]