Month: October 2025

A historic Paris Fashion Week has concluded after 10 days of Spring-Summer 2026 womenswear shows, featuring many new faces and hailed by critics as marking a "return to elegance." This season in Paris, which ran through October 7, felt especially electric due to a significant creative shake-up across the sector, following a momentous Milan Fashion … Read more

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s women beat Valerenga 1-0 to mark their debut in the Champions League, while Chelsea could only manage a 1-1 draw away to FC Twente on Wednesday. United have long since played catch up with Europe’s other top clubs after only forming their women’s side in 2018. The Red Devils delivered on a … Read more

[ ISLAMABAD: Sugar millers have once again come under scrutiny over cartelisation as the Supreme Court has sent the case back to the Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) for fresh proceedings. Earlier, the millers had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against a CAT judgement. The Supreme Court has sent the long-running sugar … Read more

RABAT: Sixty Moroccan public figures on Wednesday appealed to King Mohammed VI to implement reforms and tackle corruption after mass youth-led protests that have shaken the country. The open letter — signed by academics, artists and human rights defenders — backed the demonstrations and came ahead of the king’s annual speech on Friday. “We are addressing you … Read more

[ KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan soared to fresh record highs on Wednesday, tracking the unprecedented rally in international markets where the precious metal’s spot rate surged past the $4,000 mark for the first time. The rally was driven by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and expectations of US interest rate cuts, which continued to fuel … Read more

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for the jailing of Democratic officials in Illinois resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state to bolster the operation. Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and third-largest in the country, has become the latest flashpoint in Trump’s hardline drive … Read more

‘The Smashing Machine’ opened to weak box office numbers, earning just $5.9 million domestically in its debut weekend – well below projections and a sharp departure from the blockbuster success usually associated with Dwayne Johnson’s name. The A24 drama, which transforms Johnson into Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) legend Mark Kerr, premiered to acclaim at the … Read more