WWC: England v Canada preview
England women face the most high-profile match in their history when they take on Canada for a place in the World Cup semi-finals on Sunday morning.
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Combat primed for Criterion
Views from connections ahead of Saturday’s John Sunley Memorial Criterion Stakes at Newmarket.
Fortnum & Mason fundraises for hospital with creative tea cozies
Lot in Fortnum & Mason auction British department store Fortnum & Mason is hosting a “heart-warming” auction of tea cozies to raise money for a local cardiothoracic center. The retailer asked people to get creative with handmade cozies, and received 80 entries from around the world, including designs from the likes of Manolo Blahnik and Stephen Jones. Thirty-eight of the teapot toppers are up for auction through July 6, with
54pc of Chinese tourist purchases are fashion-related: report
Longchamp Year of the Horse bag for Bloomingdale’s Luxury brands stand to benefit enormously from affluent Chinese tourists if they effectively position themselves, according to a new study by Hurun Report. Chinese travelers go to the United States to visit friends and family, to Japan for shopping and culinary experiences, France for shopping and business and Australia for leisure. Since the imperative of personal relationships guarantees the U.S. abundant tourists,
Dior extends haute couture creativity to Seoul boutique
Esprit Dior Seoul France’s Christian Dior is expressing its commitment to South Korean consumers with its first boutique in the country’s capital. Dior has been promoting its Seoul boutique both on social media and its branded blog DiorMag leading up to the store’s opening June 20, along with its traveling exhibit “Esprit Dior” which landed in South Korea the same week (see story). As China begins to simmer, luxury houses
20 Ultimate Things to Do in Hong Kong
“A New York minute is a Hong Kong second” is a saying you’ll hear from expats who live in this thrilling, idiosyncratic city of 7 million residents, and it’s not hard to see why. Hong Kong teems with energy from the moment you arrive, and it never lets up. Shopping is on the list, as are dim sum, sightseeing, and the latest, hippest crop of restaurants and bars. Landmarks and
Wall-E: This robot can build a house in just two days
Despite years of advances in automation of the production of bricks, turning them into a structure is still a tedious, manual process. That’s why an Australian engineer’s latest project could revolutionise the construction industry. Mark Pivac has built a fully-automated bricklaying robot, which he claims is a world first. “We’re at a technological nexus where a few different technologies have got to the level where it’s now possible to do
Audi's next car will drive on the Moon
A team of German engineers competing in Google’s Lunar Xprize has struck a deal with Audi to design a rover that could one day drive on the Moon. The carmaker will offer the group, called Part-Time Scientists, its four-wheel drive technology, as well as expertise in lightweight construction, electric mobility and piloted driving. Google’s competition will award $30 million to the first team that can get a rover to the
Review: Updated: Lenovo LaVie Z
Introduction and design When Lenovo unveiled the $1,499, NEC-made LaVie Z HZ550 (US-only, but about £952, AU$1,936) at CES 2015, it caused an uproar in the tech industry. This 1.87-pound (0.78kg) notebook had broken the record for the lightest laptop on the market. Its cousin, the $1,699 LaVie Z 360 (also US-only, but about £1,079, AU$2,195) – a 2.04-pound (0.92kg) hybrid device – would do the same for 2-in-1 laptops.
Japanese startup wants to deliver shooting stars on demand
Imagine pressing a button on your smartphone to conjure up a meteor shower. That’s the vision of a Japanese entrepreneur preparing to launch a satellite that would make it possible to release man-made-meteors. “It is artificial but I want to make really beautiful ones that can impress viewers,” Lena Okajima, who has a PhD in Astronomy, told AFP in an interview. “I’m thinking of streams of meteors that are rare