No shortage of color in ‘Commodity City’
The shopper’s paradise, in the city of Yiwu, covers 46 million square feet and has about 62,000 booths, with 100,000 suppliers exhibiting 400,000 kinds of products. The sheer enormity of…
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Missing UK teens seen on video in Turkey before going to Syria
Images show the teens boarding a bus in Istanbul, Turkish HBR television reported. It’s the first sighting of the girls since they left London almost two weeks ago. Authorities have…
Fertile Ground for Militancy in Hometown of Jihadi John
LONDON — When Mohammed Emwazi went to the mosque, a short walk north from Notting Hill and its millionaire mansions, he would sometimes run into another young Muslim from the…
Cameron Defends British Security Services Over ‘Jihadi John’
LONDON — After disclosures that the man who posed in videos of the murder of Western hostages was known to British intelligence, Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday defended the…
‘Jihadi John’ or the boy next door? Who Mohammed Emwazi used to be
But many of those who grew up with him have told the UK media that remember Emwazi altogether differently: as the typical “boy next door,” a popular kid who loved…
Justin Welby, The Archbishop Of Canterbury, Wants YOU At Lambeth Palace
Ever wanted to kick it with the Archbishop of Canterbury? Here’s your chance. Justin Welby, the senior bishop of the worldwide Anglican Communion and a self-described “spiritual magpie,” is looking…
Activist Pens ‘A Letter To Young Muslim Girls’ Considering Joining ISIS
The Islamic State has run a slick media campaign to lure young recruits to its ranks — and the strategy has attracted women as well as men. On Feb. 17,…
More to ISIS than ‘Jihadi John’ brand
Following the brutal killing of James Foley in August 2014, the masked face of “Jihadi John” first gained prominence across our TV screens, newspapers, and social media feeds. Since then,…
‘Jihadi John,’ Executioner in ISIS Videos, Had Early Encounter With British Intelligence
LONDON — Mohammed Emwazi was 6 when his parents moved to West London from his birthplace in Kuwait, and he seems to have lived a normal life, studying hard and…
Lupita Nyong’o’s $150,000 pearl Oscars dress stolen
Detectives on Thursday were investigating the theft at the London, a luxury hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, said Lt. William Nash of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. The theft was…
Man Known as ‘Jihadi John’ Is Identified as Mohammed Emwazi
LONDON — The man in the black balaclava who has seemed to have beheaded several foreign hostages in Islamic State videos has been identified by British security services as Mohammed…
Taylor Swift’s BRIT Awards Dragon Dress Is A Fierce New Look
Fierce is one way to describe Taylor Swift’s BRIT Awards look. The superstar singer wore a black Roberto Cavalli Atelier dress with a glittering red dragon on the back, whose…
Vintage NASA space photos up for auction
The pictures will go under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions in London on February 26, where they are expected to sell for between £300 ($465) and £10,000 ($15,525)a total of…
From Studious Teenager to ISIS Recruiter
LONDON — Aqsa Mahmood’s family saw her as an intelligent and popular teenager who helped care for her three younger siblings and her grandparents at her home in Scotland. She…
From Studious Teenager to ISIS Recruiter
LONDON — To her family, Aqsa Mahmood was an intelligent and popular teenager who helped care for her three younger siblings and her grandparents at her home in Scotland. She…
Vial of Winston Churchill’s Blood to Be Sold at Auction
LONDON — Almost anything linked to Winston Churchill can be collectible, right down to the butts of his cigars. But it is hard to imagine an artifact rarer or more…
Shoes Are Way Cooler Across The Atlantic, According To London Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week street style was all about the bags. Following suit, it looks like the stylish crowd at London Fashion Week flaunted their cool and outrageous shoe game….
HSBC Profit Declines Sharply Amid Tax Backlash
LONDON — The British bank HSBC said on Monday that profit declined 15 percent in 2014, adding to the bank’s challenges as it continues to reel from revelations about efforts…
Police scramble to find teen girls before they join ISIS
“What she’s doing is completely nonsense,” Amira’s father Abase Hussen told ITN News. He implored Amira to come home. “Remember how we love you. Your sister, brother, they cannot stop…
‘Please come home to us,’ family tells girl believed going to Syria
UK police said 15-year-old Shamima Begum and two other London girls took a flight to Istanbul from London Gatwick Airport on Tuesday. Their families have reported them missing, and London’s…
‘Please come home to us,’ family tells girl believed going to Syria
UK police said 15-year-old Shamima Begum and two other London girls took a flight to Istanbul from London Gatwick Airport on Tuesday. Their families have reported them missing, and London’s…
Kerry Says Further Sanctions on Russia Will Be Discussed Over Ukraine
LONDON — Nearly one week after a cease-fire was supposed to have gone into effect in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that he and his British…
UK police raise alert over missing teen girls who may be headed to Syria
The girls, two of them 15 and one 16, have not been seen since Tuesday, when, police say, they took a flight to Istanbul. One has been named as Shamima…
Gérard Faggionato Moves to David Zwirner as London Galleries Feel the Pinch
LONDON — Gérard Faggionato, a prominent Mayfair dealer who for 22 years has run his own gallery specializing in postwar and contemporary art, is joining the sales team of the…
Gérard Faggionato Moves to David Zwirner as London Galleries Feel the Pinch
LONDON — Gérard Faggionato, a prominent Mayfair dealer who for 22 years has run his own gallery specializing in postwar and contemporary art, is joining the sales team of the…
Walton Street Is Charmingly Old-Fashioned — at Least for Now
“It’s an age-old destination that understands luxury,” says Alex Eagle, whose own eponymous one-stop shop and gallery opened on the street late last year in a three-story Georgian townhouse with…
Review: Berlin Philharmonic Goes to London in Simon Rattle Homecoming
LONDON — Whenever the conductor Simon Rattle takes his Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to London, there’s a sense of reckoning: about the boy who went away, made good and is now…
Lashano Gilbert’s Death By Police Stun Gun Ruled Homicide
The death of a medical school graduate from the Bahamas while in police custody in New London, Connecticut, has been ruled a homicide, but authorities say that doesn’t mean the…
For Victoria Beckham, a Neutral Zone Amid Chaos
Victoria Beckham chats with Vanessa Friedman about being a working mother in charge of a growing fashion label at her minimal office in the Battersea area of South London. LONDON…
This Company Wants To Be The Lego Of The Internet
NEW YORK — Joachim Horn’s refrigerator is probably smarter than yours. Sensors inside of it tell him how much remains of particular foods, so he knows what recipes he can…