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Then, just hours before another show, when Mr. Yamamoto requested a “wearable,” Ms. Harui said she grabbed a handful of the conical forms she uses as ring displays and strung them together into an arm piece. Her boss approved. “He likes it when creative people do their own thing,” she said.There’s a similarly spur-of-the-moment feel to the collection’s artfully tangled necklaces, like one in a jumble of leather and brass, offered on the Yohji Yamamoto website. And amid the blackened silver chains and wedges of smoky quartz or garnets set on rings and ear cuffs are discreet variations on Ms.…

Mysterious damage to vital communications cables under the Red Sea has raised concerns about whether the conflict in the Middle East is now beginning to threaten the global internet.Just as the waters off Yemen hold crucial shipping lanes, they are also a critical location for undersea cables that carry email and other digital traffic between Asia and the West. Around a dozen cables run through the area, and more are planned.These bundles of glass fibers, about as thick as a garden hose, “are extremely important,” said Tim Stronge, vice president for research at TeleGeography, which analyzes the telecommunications market. “Over…

Bitcoin hit a record high of more than $69,000 on Tuesday, capping a remarkable comeback for the volatile cryptocurrency after its value plunged in 2022 amid a market meltdown.Bitcoin’s price has risen more than 300 percent since November 2022, a resurgence that few predicted when the price dropped below $20,000 that year. Its previous record was just under $68,790 in November 2021, as crypto markets boomed and amateur investors poured savings into experimental digital coins.The cryptocurrency was “pronounced dead for the 150th time,” said Cory Klippsten, the chief executive of Swan, a financial services firm focused on Bitcoin. “And Bitcoin…

“What’s the music doing now, and does it need me?” Schulkowsky asks. “Does it need me to be quiet, or does it need me to participate? It’s that open invitation all the time, so it’s hugely political, I would say, listening today.”Beyond his work as a composer, and informing it too, Wolff remained active as a performer, playing in a wide variety of settings over the decades, from a longtime association with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company to a surprising album with Sonic Youth. Unlike Cage, he embraced improvisation, performing as an adjunct member of the English ensemble AMM. Even…

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two top Russian military officers, accusing them of war crimes in Ukraine for targeting civilians and destroying crucial energy infrastructure.The two officers — Lt. Gen. Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Adm. Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov — are accused in a court statement of being personally responsible for numerous missile strikes by their forces on electrical power plants and substations in multiple locations between October 2022 and March 2023.The wintertime strikes were defined as war crimes because they were largely directed against civilian targets, causing “excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to…

INDIANAPOLIS — The 2024 NFL Draft cycle has actually been active for several months, dating back to last offseason when teams set their initial boards. But in fact, the most important step between the end of the college football season and the draft happens over the weekend, as 321 prospects head out for the annual NFL Scouting Combine.Which players have done the most for themselves? Our draft team Dane Brugler, Nick Baumgardner and Diante Lee discuss the top ones…1. The projected top three quarterbacks (Caleb Williams, Derek Meyer and Jaden Daniels) all missed live practices. Did someone else in that…

Thaddeus Yan went to Trader Joe’s more than a dozen times last week, but he wasn’t there for groceries. Mr. Yan, a 23-year-old lifestyle content creator in Los Angeles, was searching for a tote bag.Not just any tote bag, though. Trader Joe’s new miniature tote bag, a version of its standard canvas bag that is just large enough to fit your lunch, a water bottle and a few sundries. The mini tote is sold in four colors — blue, red, yellow and green — and Mr. Yan was determined to own them all.Priced at a modest $2.99, the limited-edition bag…

Frank Popoff, a chief executive and chairman who tried to make Dow Chemical more conciliatory toward regulators and environmentalists in the late 1980s and ’90s, and who prodded the chemical industry to adopt safer practices, died on Feb. 25 at his home in Midland, Mich., where Dow is based. He was 88.A spokesman for the company said the cause was cancer.When the Bulgarian-born Mr. Popoff was named Dow’s president and chief executive in 1987, the company had begun trying to shed its image as a pugnacious chemical giant that had manufactured napalm and the defoliant Agent Orange for the U.S.…

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts celebrated on Tuesday, as the price of Bitcoin reached a record high of more than $69,000. For believers, it was a moment of vindication after a 2022 industry downturn that sent several major companies into bankruptcy and tainted crypto’s reputation.But is crypto really back from the dead? While the numbers suggest the industry is starting to thrive again, there are major differences between this bull run and the euphoria that drove crypto prices to previous highs.Here’s what to know about the new crypto surge.Why did cryptocurrencies collapse in the past?The last time Bitcoin hit a record was November…

When Elim Chan arrived in New York last week to prepare for her New York Philharmonic debut, her first stop was not David Geffen Hall, the orchestra’s home, or a rehearsal studio. It wasn’t even in the city.Instead, she visited Smith College, her alma mater in Massachusetts, to meet with young women interested in the arts. In a classroom, Chan, 37, candidly told them that she felt it was getting harder for women to succeed in conducting.“Now the pressure is insane,” she recalled saying. “I was really lucky.”It was only a decade ago that, Chan, a native of Hong Kong,…