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China’s Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs
Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States for the past five years. That trade has come to an abrupt…
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WME Fashion Opens Applications for Second Cycle of Incubator Program for Creative and Executive Careers in Fashion
WME Fashion has begun the second cycle of its incubator program designed to offer opportunities to individuals from all backgrounds…
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Anthropologie and Moleskine Partner to Recognize Emerging Artists
Anthropologie has partnered with Moleskine to launch a limited-edition journal collection featuring cover designs by YoungArts alumni. As…
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Met Gala 2025: A Celebration of Black Male Style
The 2025 Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” looks to celebrate the…
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Vitamin A Launches Eco-conscious Swimwear and Beachwear Capsule Exclusively at Target
Vitamin A, the eco-conscious California swimwear brand, will launch a capsule collection exclusively at Target. The Vitamin A for Target…
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Grace Wales Bonner on Her Debut Met Gala Experience
The hits keep coming for Grace Wales Bonner. The London-based, British Jamaican designer launched her brand, Wales Bonner, right after…
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Why a Youthquake Is Roiling Europe’s Fashion Houses
Fashion’s great game of musical chairs is not only shortening the tenure of creative directors, it has temporarily sidelined some of the…
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Trump rules out firing Powell while pushing him to cut rates
US President Donald Trump insisted he does not plan to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell despite his sustained criticism over the…
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Danny McBride and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Team Say Goodbye to the HBO Comedy: ‘F—, I’m About to Start Crying’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Righteous Gemstones,” now streaming on Max. In the end, “The…
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Sean Penn Says Donald Trump ‘Might Try to Destroy the World’
Sean Penn appeared on Jim Acosta‘s Substack podcast recently to talk about the new film “Words of War,” and the discussion ranged across…
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Oil Prices Slide Further on Plans to Increase Supply
Oil prices resumed their downward slide after the OPEC Plus cartel of oil producers said over the weekend that it would pump more oil,…
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“The Rehearsal” Finally Achieves Liftoff
The second season of “The Rehearsal” is instantly better than the first because it’s about something. In the show’s previous season,…
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Seven Major Questions About Trump’s Plan to Tariff Foreign Films
President Trump announced a plan on Sunday night to slap a 100% tariff on foreign-produced films — prompting a slew of questions in…
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Singapore’s AI large language model Sea-Lion to offer more features as more firms use it in S-E Asia
Singapore’s home-grown large language model (LLM), Sea-Lion, is steadily gaining traction, with some 235,000 downloads so far, bolstered…
Culture
Oil drops more than US$2/barrel as Opec+ accelerates output hikes
Oil prices fell more than US$2 a barrel in early Asian trade on Monday as Opec+ is set to further speed up oil output hikes, spurring…
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Bank of Japan sees window for rate hikes narrowing but not closed yet
The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ’s) rate-hike cycle is facing its biggest test since Governor Kazuo Ueda took the helm two years ago, with US…
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‘The Last of Us’ Star Isabela Merced on Dina and Ellie’s Romance, Getting That Sex Scene Right and LGBTQ Representation: ‘No One Actually Thinks I’m Queer’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Day One,” Season 2, Episode 4 of “The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. When Isabela…
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Green Business: Profit from Saving the Planet
Starting a green business isn’t just a trend—it’s becoming a necessity. With climate change and environmental concerns at the forefront of…
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BHP partner says Filo copper discovery is largest in 30 years
Copper mines are getting harder and much more costly to develop, even as global demand for the metal is projected to increase given its…
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GE2025: Ruling party’s strong showing signals flight to safety and a vote for policy continuity, say analysts
Analysts welcomed the results of Singapore’s general election (GE) held over the weekend, calling them a vote for political stability and…
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Ajisen Ramen operator Japan Foods warns of ‘substantial’ full-year loss
This is based on a preliminary review of the unaudited management accounts of the group Japan Foods announced on Monday (May 5) that it…
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Gold gains on softer US dollar, Fed decision awaited
Chinese markets are closed for the Labour Day holiday from May 1 to 5 and will resume trade on Tuesday, May 6 Gold prices edged higher on…
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New Zealand central bank sees AI adoption posing risk to financial stability
The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence adoption in financial services presents a risk to financial stability, the Reserve Bank…
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US prepares air-traffic overhaul as vulnerabilities rock Newark
The Trump administration’s plan to modernise the ageing US air traffic-control system has gained fresh urgency after vulnerabilities with…