Burberry shares hit intraday high as overhaul strategy marks turning point

Shoppers walk past Burberry’s Shanghai store Kevin Lee | Getty Images LONDON — Burberry is aiming to win back shoppers and boost waning sales by refocusing on heritage designs and statement pieces under sweeping revamp plans designed to revive the luxury fashion house’s ailing fortunes. The “Burberry Forward” strategic overhaul, announced Thursday, intends to reconnect … Read more

The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction

Satirical news publication The Onion has bought Infowars, the media organisation headed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for an undisclosed price at a court-ordered auction. The Onion said that the bid was secured with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, who won a $1.5b (£1.18b) defamation lawsuit against … Read more

France-Israel soccer match: Paris boosts security after Amsterdam clashes – National

A heavy police presence but few visiting fans are expected when France hosts Israel in Nations League soccer on Thursday, a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli club team’s visit. French police chief Laurent Nuñez said 4,000 police officers and security staff will be deployed around the Stade de France, with another 1,500 police on … Read more

Israeli forces’ ‘massive’ forced displacement in Gaza amounts to war crimes: report

A new Human Rights Watch report says the “massive” and “deliberate” forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces equates to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report, which was published Thursday, comes as Palestinians displaced from northern Gaza said Israeli forces had inflicted widespread destruction on their home districts in … Read more

Paris on alert as Israel’s soccer team set to play after antisemitic attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam

Paris — Security forces were on high alert Thursday in Paris ahead of a soccer match between France’s national soccer team and the visiting Israeli side. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators held protests in the city Wednesday night, and there has been fear of a possible repeat of last week’s violence and antisemitic attacks against Israeli soccer fans … Read more

Who is Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for US attorney general? | US Election 2024 News

United States President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday nomination of Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz for attorney general has generated a stir on both sides of the political aisle. The role doubles as the country’s top prosecutor and the head of the Department of Justice. As attorney general, Gaetz would also oversee agencies like the Federal Bureau of … Read more

Trump’s potential Treasury pick gives vision for economy: Get ready for ‘golden age’

Though he’s previously made a name for himself on Wall Street working for billionaire Democrat megadonor George Soros, Key Square Capital Management CEO and founder Scott Bessent is ready to help President-elect Donald Trump guide the U.S. economy into “a golden age.” “Everyone asks me, what do you tell President Trump he should do? I … Read more