Flu and COVID-19 Could Make for a Rough Fall and Winter

The last two flu seasons in the U.S. were mercifully mild—one of the few silver linings of the pandemic, as COVID-19 mitigation measures likely also prevented many…

German Floods Expose Europe’s Climate Hubris

Pia Negro’s family has lived in the same castle in Blessem, western Germany, for 300 years, and spent the last 30 years restoring it to its former…

EU Commission targets tech giants with latest proposal

EU rules demand the backing of all 28 EU states to proceed to taxation overhauls, a requirement that has long allowed low-tax states like Luxembourg, Ireland or…

Factory blaze kills at least 13 Indian garment workers as they slept

Police investigating the cause of the fire in Ghaziabad district said preliminary findings suggested it may have been sparked by an electrical short circuit.”We are reason to…

Paris and Milan dream of the return of Chinese tourists

Before the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020, some 170 million Chinese shoppers took leisure trips abroad, with France and Italy popular destinations beyond Asia. Consequently, more than half…

Britons to re-gift fashion and beauty this Christmas

Some 59% of people say they’ve ‘recycled’ unwanted presents at some point by passing them on to someone else, and one in five say they’re likely to…

Parley and Adidas step up their commitment to eradicate ocean plastic

Launched at the United Nations in 2015, the Adidas and Parley for the Oceans partnership aims to eliminate plastic marine pollution with a three-fold strategy: a maximum…

Online boosts UK prestige beauty market but stores still dominate

Online sales of prestige beauty products grew 13% last year, as shoppers took advantage of the wide range of businesses offering click & collect and next day…

Trump bars U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay

The move, first reported by Reuters, is aimed at curbing the threat to Americans posed by Chinese software applications, which have large user bases and access to…

The luxury industry takes a very close interest in the fine jewellery sector

 Over the last few years, the luxury goods industry has focused on the fine jewellery segment, which is worth around 28 billion euros, according to the latest…