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Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed shows his production of bishts, an ornate, hand-woven long cloak which for centuries has been a status symbol, worn by kings and princes, inside his workshop in the oasis city of Hofuf, in Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahsa governorate on February 16, 2025. Now, with cheap Chinese-made robes taking a bite out of his business, the 60-year-old tailor is struggling to make a profit, and his only son wouldn't take over the beleaguered shop.

'My entire life': Saudi tailor keeps robe-making craft alive

Hofuf, Saudi Arabia-Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed's shop once made ornate, hand-woven cloaks…
A person takes a photo of an artwork entitled “A forest” by Michele Asolfi at the Visionnaire showroom as part of the Fuorisalone 2025 event, on the eve of the Milan Design Week, in Milan, on April 7, 2025.

Trump tariffs leave Italy's luxury furniture makers sitting uncomfortably

Milan, Italy-Even the most sumptuous cushions cannot ease the pain that Italian…
Customers line-up in front of a branch of chocolate producer Lindt before the sale of 100 Dubai Chocolate bars starts in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on November 15, 2024. The hype around the chocolate bar - usually filled with pistachio and tahini paste and crispy Kadaif noodles - has also sparked the interest in German customers and led to long queues outside shops.

Germany goes nuts for viral pistachio chocolate

Berlin, Germany- When Ali Fakhro lays out a row of pistachio-filled chocolate…
Irene McCormick, Course Director of the new Content Creation and Social Media course, interacts with her students at the South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow, eastern Ireland on September 24, 2024. It's a job that didn't exist until recently but becoming an influencer is an ever more popular career path among Gen-Z youth in the modern era of social media. Now a first-of-its-kind course at an Irish university is teaching wannabe influencers how to convert online presence and content on platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube into revenue streams. "Influencing is something that's catching fire," course director Irene McCormick told AFP at South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow, an hour's drive from the Irish capital, Dublin.

'Serious business': influencer degree launches in Ireland

Carlow, Ireland - It's a job that didn't exist until recently but…
Co-founder of green logistics company Zhero, Joe Sharpe, rides a cargo bike near Sadie Coles HQ gallery, one of Zhero's clients, in London on October 27, 2023. Transport for London (TfL), the local government body responsible for most of the British capital's transport network, launched its first "Cargo Bike Action Plan" earlier this year. Logistics company Zhero is committed to using the bikes -- It transports fine art between studios, galleries and related businesses such as framers.

On yer bike: London firms turn to cargo bikes

London, United Kingdom -On a busy north London street, plumber Ben Hume-Wright…
In this picture taken, Thierry Wasser, a perfumer at French beauty house Guerlain, speaks with AFP in a farmland of Jasmine flowers on the outskirts of Madurai. Jasmine's fragrant flowers have been used for millenia in India to honour the gods, and the valuable scent is now being snapped up as an essential ingredient for global perfumes

Scent of luxury: India's jasmine infuses global perfume

Madurai, India -Heady scents fill the air as skilled pickers in India…
Spanish chef Ferran Adria poses in the former El Bulli restaurant transformed into 'elBulli1846' Museum, in Roses, near Barcelona on May 24, 2023. Before it closed its doors over a a decade ago, Spain's elBulli was repeatedly voted the best restaurant in the world for its wildly experimental dishes. Now ground-breaking chef Ferran Adria is set to reopen his former eatery located in an isolated cove on Spain's far northeastern tip -- this time as a museum.

'World's best restaurant' to reopen in Spain as museum

ROSES, Spain — Spain’s elBulli, repeatedly voted the world’s best restaurant before…
SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an event during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris.

Commute no more: US employees embrace telework

Washington, United States - Like Claire, millions of employees across the United…
This picture taken on June 13, 2023 shows Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, an owner of lettuce farm, spreading human faeces-made fertiliser over the field at his farm in Yokosuka city of Kanagawa prefecture. It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertiliser from a person's bottom" is finding new favour in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives.

As Prices Soar, Japan Returns To Human Waste Fertiliser

Miura, Japan - It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe"…
Philadelphia, United States-US President Joe Biden departs after speaking about his proposed Federal budget for the fiscal year 2024 at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 2023.

Deficit cut, billionaire tax: What is in Biden's budget?

US President Joe Biden's budget blueprint released proposes cutting deficits by nearly…
Seoul City hosts crash-course seminar to springboard Korean design abroad

Seoul City hosts crash-course seminar to springboard Korean design abroad

- Instructional session on U.S. trademark registration for Korean designer brands, during…
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