PARIS (AP) — Colorful, big hitting shows ensured Paris Fashion Week got into its groove Friday, March 4, as celebrity guests including Rosamund Pike and Jessica Alba hit Dior’s mirrored fall-winter Louvre spectacle. Here are Friday’s ready-to-wear highlights including reports from Dior, Issey Miyake and Isabel Marant. CHRISTIAN DIOR It was the second showing for … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — Models-of-the-minute Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner provoked double takes from the front row crowd at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, March 3, appearing to have swapped hair color at Balmain. The playful hair confusion was cheered by front row attendees Kanye West and mother-in-law Kris Jenner. Here are the other highlights of … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — The catwalks are prepped, the models have jetted in — and even the fickle British weather cooperated for once as London Fashion Week kicked off. The sun came out Friday, Feb. 19 — briefly at least — as the fashion brigade arrived in the British capital for five days of parties and … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — A man died in a French hospital Sunday, Jan. 17, after taking part in an experimental drug trial for a painkiller, and five other participants remain hospitalized after one of France’s most troubling medical incidents. French prosecutors have launched a manslaughter investigation into the unusual case, which shined a spotlight on the … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — One man is brain dead and three others are facing possible permanent brain damage after volunteering to take part in a botched drug test in western France, the French Health Ministry said Friday, Jan. 15. The prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into what French Health Minister Marisol Touraine called “an accident of … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama expressed optimism Tuesday that Russia will ultimately come around on the need for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power to end his country’s long civil war, but warned the turnaround would not come overnight. Discussing the Syria crisis with world leaders in Paris, Obama also urged Turkey and … Continue reading
BRUSSELS (AP) â The United States and its NATO allies struggled Tuesday to come up with a clear message to send Russia at a time of conflicting concerns in Europe and the Middle East. While the West remains alarmed by Moscow’s aggressive action in Ukraine and go-it-alone military efforts in Syria, they say they need Russian help … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hoping to generate early momentum for international climate talks in Paris next week by holding one-on-one meetings there with the leaders of China and India. While in Paris, the president also will meet with the leaders of island nations at risk from the effects of global warming, the … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 10:30 a.m. Britain’s Treasury chief is set to double the amount of funds devoted to fighting cyber-crime as the U.K. raises security spending after the Paris terror attacks. Osborne will be meeting with the experts from the GCHQ intelligence service Tuesday … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Even before the Paris attacks, the mood in Central Europe was decidedly anti-migrant, with fences going up on borders, a Syrian beaten on a Polish street last week and the rhetoric sharp across the region. Now the bloodshed unleashed by Islamic extremists is deepening fears of Muslims and threatening to create … Continue reading
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — World leaders vowed Monday to boost intelligence-sharing, cut off terrorist funding and strengthen border security in Europe, as they sought to show resolve and unity following the Islamic State’s deadly terror attacks in Paris. U.S. President Barack Obama said the militant group was “the face of evil” and urged other nations … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — France’s leadership is bristling at U.S. resistance to making a global climate accord under negotiation in Paris next month legally binding. French President Francois Hollande, whose country is hosting U.N. climate talks Nov. 30-Dec. 11, told reporters in Malta on Thursday that “if the deal is not legally binding, there is no … Continue reading
BEIJING (AP) — China has changed course and emerged as a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions six years after it was accused of obstructing the last high-level climate talks in Copenhagen. Heading into this month’s Paris meeting, the world’s biggest source of climate-changing gases has yet to accept binding limits. But it has invested … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer and that red meat is probably harmful, too. Meat producers are angry, vegetarians are feeling vindicated, … Continue reading
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The chief executives of 10 of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have pledged support for an “effective” deal to fight global warming at a Paris conference next month. In a statement Friday, the CEOs of BP, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Total, Repsol, Statoil, Eni, Petroelos Mexicanos, Reliance Industries and BG Group … Continue reading
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