Fashion
LIFESTYLE
I Need My Labubu: Wang Ning’s Billion Dollar Toy
Wang Ning’s Pop Mart turned Labubu from sketch to global craze, boosting his fortune by $20bn as dolls outshine tech and oil wealth.
EUROPE
Europe’s Luxury Sector Undone: Market Economics or Calculated Move?
Across European luxury capitals, Swiss watch makers and French fashion houses now brace for the harshest trade war in decades as Trump's tariffs slice through profits.
LIFESTYLE
Oil to Elegance: How Saudi is Stitching
Saudi Arabia is transforming its economy through the Vision 2030 initiative by investing in the fashion industry, supporting local talent, empowering women, and promoting sustainability, positioning itself as a rising fashion hub in the Middle East while blending cultural heritage with modern innovation.
Popular
New Hunting Grounds: Dutch Cash Crime Migration
ATM rigging points to a hidden cost of one of Europe's greatest achievements: the euro.
The Sahara Vote: A Key to Regional Reconciliation?
UN backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, marking a historic shift in Western Sahara diplomacy and boosting Rabat’s global influence.
Letters of Power: Turkey’s Alphabet and the New Map of Connection
Language, more than borders, shapes how we identify ourselves. The alphabet we learn as children tells us who we are. For Turkey, redefining those letters is an act not of nostalgia but of future-making.
NEOM Revisited: The Blueprint for Instant City Ventures
Big city dreams cooked up by consultants often turn into very expensive ghost towns before anyone even moves in as with the case in Saudi's NEOM.
Troubled Waters: Return of Piracy and Somalia’s Governance
With fishing nets coming up empty and governments in conflict, the line between Somali fishermen and pirates is once again dissolving into the sea.
