The hot trend is low-profile fashion designers
The days of gigantic personalities like John Galliano, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld stomping their way around the fashion world are over. Today's stars might still be extraordinary individuals, but it is discretion that sells.
Read moreTuareg festival revives dreams of tourism in troubled Niger
Dishes of spit-roasted lamb were served and the sound of electric guitars echoed across the pink Saharan dunes towards the Air Mountains.
Read moreMadrid, Paris, Lisbon push ahead with hydrogen pipeline
Spain, France and Portugal on Friday unveil details of their ambitious plan for an underwater pipeline to bring green hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe.
Read moreUK sanctions 10 Iranians as part of global offensive
Britain on Friday announced wide-ranging sanctions against 30 targets worldwide, including officials in Iran accused of pursuing "egregious sentences" against anti-regime protesters.
Read moreMan Utd owners halt dividend payments
The owners of Manchester United, the Glazer family, have not taken their usual semi-annual dividend out of the club as they look to sell the English giants.
Read moreAre you a member? Federer aced by Wimbledon security guard
Roger Federer has only been retired for three months but the eight-time Wimbledon champion is having to get used to ordinary life including being turned away unrecognised at the All England Club.
Read moreWar of attrition: Russia's stubborn fight for Ukraine's Bakhmut
For months, Russian forces have attacked the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut with frontal assaults, artillery barrages and air strikes in a stubborn battle for a settlement deemed strategically irrelevant by many observers.
Read more'My Kalashnikov is my pen': Ukraine artist wages war on Putin
Every day Russia wages war on Ukraine, Mykola Kovalenko makes an anti-war poster.
Read moreUK media returns fire at 'Harry the Nasty' over Netflix doc
Britain's media, the main focus of criticism so far in Netflix docuseries "Harry and Meghan", on Friday hit back at the estranged prince and his wife, accusing them of lying and insulting Queen Elizabeth II.
Read moreIran faces condemnation, more protests after execution
Iran faced international condemnation Friday after carrying out its first known execution over protests that have shaken the regime for nearly three months, leading to calls for even more demonstrations.
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