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Paris 2024: The Olympics That Won the Whole Summer
Simone Biles returned, Noah Lyles ran the fastest hundred meters of his life, and the Seine became an Olympic stage. Paris delivered.
Aug 12, 2024
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The Crookie: How a Paris Bakery's Side Project Broke TikTok
A Paris pastry chef stuffed cookie dough into a croissant almost as an afterthought, and it turned into a worldwide bakery trend within months.
Apr 10, 2024
Fashion
Haute Couture Is a Protected Legal Term, and Almost Nothing Sold Under the Word Couture Qualifies
Since 1945 the words have belonged to houses that meet rules set in Paris: a workshop in the city, a minimum staff, and fifty original designs shown twice a year. Why the rules exist, who meets them, and what couture on any other label means.
Sep 6, 2026
Technology
Mistral Raised Three Billion Euros and Doubled Its Value in a Year. The Bet Is That Europe Will Pay to Own Its AI
The largest equity round ever by a European technology company values the Paris lab at 21 billion euros, up from 11.7 billion last September. Samsung leads, the EU's Scaleup fund and PSG co-lead, and the money goes into a gigawatt of European compute by 2030.
Sep 12, 2026
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August Was the Joint Hottest Month Ever Measured, and the First Above 1.5 Degrees Since Last November
The EU's climate service puts last month at 16.96 degrees Celsius globally, level with July 2023 and 1.65 degrees above pre-industrial. The oceans set their own record, western Europe had its hottest summer, and its rivers ran low. What the numbers mean.
Sep 10, 2026
Fashion
New York Fashion Week Ends Tonight: Hilfiger at the Plaza, Khaite at Ten in the Navy Yard, and Ralph Lauren's Bow at 86
The spring 2027 shows close with Thom Browne on Tuesday. What stood out: Hilfiger's prep reunion in the hotel he lived in, Catherine Holstein's 1920s lingerie and shrunken leather, Ralph Lauren's feathered denim. Then London, where McQueen comes home.
Sep 15, 2026
Crypto
Europe's MiCA Rules Are Now Fully Live. Crypto Just Grew Up
The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets law became fully applicable on December 30, forcing every exchange and stablecoin issuer to operate under a real license.
Jan 8, 2025
Fashion
New York Opens Fashion Month With a Debut and Closes It With Thom Browne
Seventy shows across six days, spring collections shown in autumn, and a designer taking over a house whose founder's name is still on the door. The September calendar is set.
Aug 16, 2026
Sports
Chelsea Win the New Club World Cup, and Football Gets a New Trophy That Matters
Chelsea beat PSG 3-0 in New Jersey to win the first 32-club Club World Cup, a monthlong American test run for next year's tournament.
Jul 14, 2025
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Britain, France and Canada Ban Settlement Goods, Nine States Follow, and Israel Closes the British Consulate
Ed Miliband told Parliament the trigger was the E1 tender for 1,200 homes east of Jerusalem, a red line Britain drew two decades ago. The ban covers settlement goods and the services that build settlements, not Israel itself. Twelve countries signed on.
Sep 10, 2026
Recipes
Greek Moussaka: Eggplant and Béchamel Layers
Greece's most celebrated casserole: tender eggplant and potatoes layered with spiced meat sauce and creamy béchamel, baked until golden.
Jul 17, 2024
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Why Smash Burgers Took Over Dubai's Menus
Thin, crispy-edged patties have muscled aside gourmet stacks across Dubai and the wider Gulf, and the reasons go well beyond taste alone this time.
Oct 5, 2024
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The Rest of the World Has Started Wearing Perfume the Way the Gulf Always Has
Higher concentrations, heavier notes, oud at the centre and fragrance treated as something you layer rather than spray. The global market has moved toward a regional habit, and Middle Eastern houses are no longer the niche option.
Aug 21, 2026
Fashion
Fashion Spent Two Years Changing Every Designer It Had. Now Comes the Part That Counts.
Jonathan Saunders starts at Kate Spade today, near the end of the largest reshuffle of creative leadership the industry has run. Fifteen debuts landed in a single season. Almost nobody is asking whether it worked.
Aug 26, 2026
Technology
They Have Photographed the Star Hiding Inside Betelgeuse, and They Still Are Not Certain It Is There
The clearest picture yet of Betelgeuse B was taken with the Very Large Telescope. The caveat almost all the coverage dropped is the astronomer's own: he cannot be sure until he sees it again on the other side of the star, a year from now.
Aug 28, 2026
Sports
The Draw Needed a Special Rule for England, and Barcelona Is the Club That Paid for It
We wrote on Wednesday that with three English clubs in Pot 1 the draw could not resolve unless every non-English seed took two English ties. Thursday in Monaco produced exactly that, and handed Barcelona the worst possible version of it.
Aug 28, 2026
