It was once reserved for office workers and Rishi Sunak, but now pop stars and supermodels can’t get enough of the preppy look
My favourite kind of fashion moment is not a Met Gala headline-maker or a Paris catwalk extravaganza. Nope. My favourite fashion moment is when one piece of clothing is suddenly everywhere for no obvious reason, which is what is happening right now with the quarter-zip sweater.
The jumper with a chin-to-breastbone zip, which has been around for ever, is the breakout main character of the 2026 wardrobe. At a Chanel catwalk show held in New York recently, a quarter-zip knit was the star of the show, worn with a fancy cocktail-hour skirt and diamond drop earrings. Charli xcx teamed a Saint Laurent one with sunglasses and shorts on her last trip to Paris fashion week. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta wears stealth-wealth dark merino ones in the dugout, rapper Central Cee wears a cream Ralph Lauren one on TikTok – and the man opposite you on the train right now, taking a Zoom call on his AirPods while eating Pret porridge, is probably wearing one too.
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A newly revealed diplomatic cable calls on US diplomats to work against attempts by foreign nations to regulate how US tech companies handle their citizens’ data, as “data sovereignty initiatives” gather steam in Europe over security concerns.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services.
Experts say the move signals the Trump administration is reverting to a more confrontational approach as some foreign countries seek limits around how Silicon Valley firms process and store their citizens’ personal information - initiatives often described as “data sovereignty” or “data localization.“
Continue reading...Jamieson Greer warns tariffs may climb from 10% after Trump imposed global levy amid US supreme court setback
The US tariff rate for some countries will go up to 15% or higher from the newly-imposed 10%, Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, said on Wednesday, without naming any specific trading partners or other details.
“Right now, we have the 10% tariff. It’ll go up to 15 [%] for some and then it may go higher for others, and I think it will be in line with the types of tariffs we’ve been seeing,” Greer said in an interview on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria program.
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The House of Commons speaker has said he passed information to the Metropolitan police that Peter Mandelson planned to flee the country, after receiving information “in good faith”.
Mandelson was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, relating to his friendship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson has denied he planned to flee to the British Virgin Islands.
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That sounds a lot like HP Inc is signing up new suppliers at a brisk pace. Broussard said the company has also "expanded lower-cost sourcing across our commodity basket, lowering logistics costs with agile end-to-end planning processes." The company is using its internal AI initiatives to power those new processes. The company is also "configuring our products and shaping demand to align the supply we have with our customer needs" and "taking targeted pricing actions to offset the remaining cost impact in close partnership with both our channel and direct customers."
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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Volgens fractievoorzitter Jan Paternotte (D66) zit er een grens aan hoe zwaar je als overheid bedrijven nog kan belasten. Dat zei hij in reactie op Jesse Klaver, partijleider van GroenLinks-PvdA, die vroeg of D66 bereid is om vermogens of winsten zwaarder te belasten. Paternotte vreest dan dat de Nederlandse economie niet hard genoeg meer kan groeien.
De keuze van de coalitie om lastenverzwaringen vooral bij de lagere en middeninkomens terecht te laten komen, valt slecht bij oppositiepartijen. Zij willen dat de coalitie naar andere manieren kijkt om bijvoorbeeld de hogere defensie-uitgaven te financieren.
Paternotte erkent dat de coalitie met 66 zetels een minderheid heeft in de Tweede Kamer. Hij wil dan ook welwillend kijken naar plannen van de oppositie. "Maar ik kan nu niet beloven dat ik sommige voorstellen ga steunen."
Klaver is blij dat Paternotte openstaat voor latere gesprekken. Wel vroeg hij zich hardop af of er niet ook een grens is aan hoe ver je "gewone mensen in het land" kan belasten.