More exclusive than ever, Dior’s runway show for Paris Fashion Week had only 300 invited guests, and one who wasn’t. Perhaps inspired by the months spent indoors during lockdown, the collection featured loose clothes...
Trump and Biden hurl insults in first presidential debate
Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced off in the first US presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday, an event that quickly degenerated into verbal mudslinging and bickering, which the moderator struggled to control. In...
‘Round 1: Mayhem’: US press reacts to first presidential debate
IN THE PAPERS – Wednesday September 30: We take a look at reactions in the American press following a chaotic presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. We then turn to Lebanon, where Hezbollah’s...
Asylum-seekers moved from Greek island to mainland
Close to 1000 refugees have been moved off the Greek island of Lesbos to the country’s mainland. Authorities are trying to improve accommodation facilities for the asylum-seekers, some 13,000 of whom were housed on...
Zimbabwe minister accuses opposition of gun smuggling
In tonight’s edition: Zimbabwe’s main opposition party dismisses government claims that it is trying to smuggle weapons into the country. Also, rent control means thousands of people in Cairo pay only a few...
Amid insults, the issues: Trump and Biden on Covid-19, Supreme Court and civil unrest
After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio.
Trump, Biden face off in first US presidential debate of 2020
Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden squared off on Tuesday in the first of three scheduled debates, an encounter that quickly devolved into fierce acrimony and showcased a stark clash of...