Daily Archives: September 10, 2022

Afghan girls take to streets to protest school closure in Paktia | Taliban News

Afghan women and girls take part in a protest in Kabul.

Dozens of girls protest in Gardez city after the Taliban shuts four schools, which were reopened on the intervention of tribal elders and school principals. Dozens of girls have protested in Afghanistan’s Paktia province after Taliban authorities shut their schools just days after classes resumed, agencies and local media reported, as an estimated three million […]

At Altuzarra, Hypnotic Prints and a Major ‘It Bag’ Contender for Spring 2023

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Photo: Imaxtree Altuzarra‘s Spring 2023 debut on Saturday morning was one of those shows where you just want to reach out pull the clothes and accessories off the model and wear them immediately.  With an all-front-row seating format (in an airy, unadorned industrial space off the West Side Highway), I practically could have. Chief among […]

Russia loses control of key towns as Ukrainian forces advance | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian forces patrol in Kupiansk

Moscow has abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance. The swift fall of Izyum in Kharkiv province on Saturday was Moscow’s worst defeat since its troops were forced back from the capital Kyiv in March. This […]

The Best Looks From the 2022 ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ Icons Party

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Harper’s Bazaar brought back its appropriately-titled Icons Party on Friday night, and for its grand return to the New York Fashion Week circuit (the last one was in 2019), the magazine upped the ante by doubling up on the celebration: It linked up with Bloomingdale’s, which is turning 150 this year, for a joint fête […]

What are the plans for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral | News

royals inspect floral tributes

EXPLAINER A long-established plan covers arrangements for the queen’s final journey to London and state funeral, to be held on September 19. The death of Queen Elizabeth II set in motion a tightly choreographed series of ceremonial and constitutional steps, as the United Kingdom undergoes a period of national mourning and enters the reign of […]

Taylor Swift Gives Gilded Glamour at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival

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Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Any Swiftie can tell you exactly what they were doing when Taylor Swift’s 11 minute, 26 second short film, “All Too Well: The Short Film,” dropped on Youtube.  It generated quite the media frenzy last November. (Everyone wondered what happened with that one scarf — and what really happened between Swift and her ex-beau.) […]

Scientists discover how air pollution causes lung cancer | Health News

Delhi pollution

Scientists say they have identified the mechanism through which air pollution triggers lung cancer in non-smokers, a discovery one expert hailed as “an important step for science – and for society”. The research illustrated the health risk posed by the tiny particles produced by burning fossil fuels, sparking calls for more urgent action to combat […]

The Street Style Crowd Embraced Long Denim Skirts on Day 1 of New York Fashion Week

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It doesn’t take long for a new wave of trends to emerge in street style. That much is clear from the first batch of images coming out of New York Fashion Week, which officially kicked off on Friday with a full slate of Spring 2023 shows and presentations, including Kate Spade New York, Bronx and […]