Bella Hadid wins model of the year award
"London is back," announced Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn, whose pre-recorded year-in review-video message opened the 2022 Fashion Awards on Monday evening. "New York is back, Paris is back, Milan is back," Quinn continued, as viral runway moments from fashion houses including Bottega Veneta, Coperni, Tommy Hilfiger flashed across screens inside the historic Royal Albert Hall in London.
The last time the US faced a debt fight this bad it lost its AAA rating
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are gearing up for yet another political showdown over raising the nation's $31.4 trillion borrowing limit.
The world will gain enough renewable energy in 5 years to power China, says IEA
Global renewable power capacity is set to grow as much in the next five years as it has over the past two decades, as soaring energy prices and the climate crisis force governments to ditch fossil fuels.
Russia deploys defense missile system on Kuril island near Japan
Russia's defense ministry said Monday it has deployed mobile coastal defense missile systems on a northern Kuril island, part of a strategically located chain of islands that stretch between Japan and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
Al Jazeera to submit Shireen Abu Akleh case to ICC, network says
Al Jazeera said Tuesday it will submit a case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot in the head while covering an Israeli raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank in May.
Two former Seoul police officers arrested over deadly Halloween crush
Two former police officers were arrested in South Korea on Monday, accused of destroying evidence relating to the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul, according to authorities in the country.
China's Xi calls for unity at former leader Jiang Zemin's memorial service
China's Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on the country to unite around his leadership as he addressed a memorial service for former leader Jiang Zemin, following an unprecedented show of dissent over his zero-Covid policy and authoritarian rule.
Taiwan's 'living hell' traffic is a tourism problem, say critics
It's been nearly two months since Taiwan lifted its entry restrictions and ended mandatory quarantine, allowing most international tourists to visit the island.
Indonesia bans sex outside marriage as parliament passes sweeping new criminal code
Indonesian lawmakers passed a sweeping new criminal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside marriage, as part of a tranche of changes that critics say threaten human rights and freedoms in the Southeast Asian country.
Rupert Murdoch set to be deposed in Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation case
Rupert Murdoch, the Fox Corporation chairman, is set to be deposed next week in Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News over its coverage of election fraud in the 2020 election.