Author: NY TIMES

When Fatma Al-Mohannadi founded De Trove jewelry, it was the fruition of a teenage dream.“I always had a passion for drawing jewelry, and I thought maybe I should just start my own line,” Ms. Al-Mohannadi, 35, said during a recent interview at her boutique in Doha’s Pearl neighborhood. “So I pursued my passion and launched my first line in 2018.”That initial collection, called Almahfa, reflected her goal of making jewelry that celebrated Qatari culture and history but with designs that could be worn throughout the day. In Qatar, traditional jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets and face masks, called battoulahs, can…

The billionaire Barry Diller is exploring a bid to take control of Paramount, the parent company of CBS, MTV and Nickelodeon, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.Mr. Diller’s digital-media conglomerate, IAC, has signed nondisclosure agreements with National Amusements, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, the people said. Nondisclosure agreements are a key step in deal making, allowing both sides to exchange confidential information.Mr. Diller’s interest in Paramount is the latest twist in one of the most complex — and dramatic — efforts to sell a media company in several years. Paramount reached the brink of a deal in recent months…

A painting in Dyrham House, a grand mansion in southwest England, offers a panoramic view of the port of Bridgetown, Barbados, with sugar plantations dotted along a hillside.In another room are two carved figures depicting kneeling Black men, holding scallop shells overhead. They are chained at the ankles and neck.These works belonged to William Blathwayt, who owned Dyrham in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and, as Britain’s auditor general of plantation revenues, oversaw the profits that rolled in from the colonies.Explaining the history of a place like Dyrham can be contentious, as the National Trust, the nearly 130-year-old…

The writing is on the wall for England and their manager Gareth Southgate.An underwhelming game ended in Gelsenkirchen against the 45th best team in the world.But then, Jude Bellingham moved. In the space of 3 minutes and 17 seconds, England and Southgate were saved.Is this the moment that changes everything?England certainly hopes so. They say greatness is forged in adversity, but England were not in trouble when Bellingham left the field in injury time.They are desperate. (Adam Davey/PA Photo via Getty Images)England trailed 1-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Slovakia’s Ivan Schranz and had essentially run out of time.…

The August cover of Vogue featuring Dr. Jill Biden was released online Monday — four days after the big debate — and brought with it a fresh round of scrutiny over her role as a die-hard campaigner for her husband, who is locked in a nail-biting campaign for re-election.During much of President Biden’s term, the first lady was a figure of minimal controversy. That began to shift when campaign season heated up. Laura Ingraham of Fox News claimed that Dr. Biden was covering up the president’s unfitness out of her own desire for political power and prestige. Sounding the same…

Carlos Watson, a co-founder of the digital media start-up Ozy Media, testified on Monday at his fraud trial that he had not conspired to trick investors.Instead, he said, his young media company employed strategies to build partnerships, secure advertising revenue and draw in investors.“We really thought we had a chance to do something special that could be around a long time,” Mr. Watson told the jury.Mr. Watson’s testimony is the center of his defense against charges that he misrepresented his company’s financial results, fund-raising and audience data to investors and lenders from 2018 to 2021. The prosecution has called a…

Israel released the chief of the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital on Monday after more than seven months of detention, Palestinian health officials said, a move that drew an immediate outcry in Israel even though no charges against him have been made public.Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, was taken into custody in late November as he took part in an effort to evacuate patients from the hospital, which at the time was under siege by the Israeli military. The military said he was taken for questioning about Hamas operations at the hospital.Reaction to Dr. Abu…

Nine people were killed when a car crashed into pedestrians near a busy intersection in central Seoul on Monday, officials said.Four others were injured in the incident in front of city hall, but their wounds were not life-threatening, said Kim Chun-soo, a senior fire department official.The driver of the car claimed that he lost control of it when it suddenly accelerated, local news media reported. Kim Seong-hak, a public safety official at the Jung-gu district in central Seoul, said the authorities could not immediately confirm the reports, adding that the police were investigating the driver.He also said officials were investigating…

EUGENE, Ore. — After the women’s 200m final, McKenzie Long said she heard the craziest things from Gabby Thomas and earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team a place.”She said she dreamed about me,” Long said with a smile, holding a bouquet of white and purple flowers and a bronze medal around his neck. “She said, ‘Yeah, I have a dream that you’re going to be an Olympian.'” I was like, “You don’t want to tell me that before we get out there.”Thomas said she didn’t want to ruin that dream, so she saved the idea until after the…

The Supreme Court on Monday gave companies more time to challenge many regulations, ruling that a six-year statute of limitations for filing lawsuits begins when a regulation first affects a company rather than when it is first issued.The ruling in the case — the latest in a series of challenges to administrative power this term — could amplify the effect of the blockbuster decision last week overturning a foundational legal precedent known as Chevron deference, which required federal courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes. That decision imperils countless regulations, particularly on the environment, and advances a…