For spring/summer 2021, Victoria Beckham states it is all about freedom, “to explore, to dress up, to be yourself,” as she shares her hyper-edit of just 20 looks, nearly half down on what the designer produces for a normal catwalk show. Beckham, who was going to have a series of salon shows, scaled back her presentation after the government announced the ‘rule of six’ just days before London Fashion Week kicked off. Instead, the designer held a small number of private appointments and released a catwalk video with a personal introduction. In the video, Beckham described the very wearable collection as “rooted in reality – in life, and living” in…

Republicans and Democrats will face off a few more times in special elections this year, following a special election schedule that has seen Democrats make gains in Republican districts. Democrats have substantially improved on their 2016 presidential margins in almost all of the major special elections this cycle, flipping seats in Pennsylvania and Alabama.  Strong Democratic showings in red districts — even when the Democrat in the race didn’t actually win — have added to the evidence that a Democratic midterm wave could be building. ADVERTISEMENT Democrats outperformed again in Arizona’s special election on Tuesday, with the losing Democratic candidate still improving on Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden…

 Republican opposition research firm America Rising is storming ahead after Tuesday’s primaries, launching a warning shot at vulnerable Democrats now have that their Republican opponents officially have the party’s nominations.  In a new memo to donors sent Wednesday morning and obtained by The Hill, top America Rising executives Joe Pounder and Alexandra Smith sent donors an early look at their strategy to attack Democratic Sens. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinTrump administration seeks to use global aid for nuclear projects Shelley Moore Capito wins Senate primary West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice wins GOP gubernatorial primary MORE (W.Va.), Joe DonnellyJoseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyEx-Sen. Joe Donnelly endorses Biden Lobbying world 70 former senators propose bipartisan caucus for incumbents MORE (Ind.) and Sherrod…

An accused hacker will not be extradited to the United States after a British appeals court ruled that detaining the man in U.S. prisons would be harmful to his health and safety. Lauri Love, who is accused to stealing information from U.S. military agencies and private companies in 2012 and 2013, had argued that his medical and mental health conditions—including severe depression and Asperger’s syndrome—would likely be mistreated in the U.S. prison system, putting him at risk for suicide. The British human rights group Liberty applauded the recognition of “Lauri’s vulnerability, close family connections to the U.K. and the potentially catastrophic consequences of extraditing him.” At the defense’s request, the…

Ahead of a Tuesday referendum in Burlington, Vermont on whether local officials should fight plans to base F-35 bomber planes at the city airport next year, protesters—including the co-founder of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company—were arrested Saturday for a demonstration featuring a simulation of the jet noise that will be generated by the aircrafts. “If it’s legal for the F-35 to make this noise 16 times per day, 4-6 days per week, 52 weeks a year, for the next 50 years, it should be legal for us to do this limited demonstration of extreme jet blasts.”—Ben Cohen, activist and Ben & Jerry’s co-founder The activists, including Ben Cohen—whose…

Click:korean novel A report by the United Nations’ children’s rights agency found that the United States’ infant mortality rate is below average for high-income countries, and is only slightly lower than that of less economically-stable countries including Ukraine and Sri Lanka. Four out of every 1,000 American newborns die within a month of being born, while other wealthy nations have an average infant mortality rate of three per 1,000 live births, according to UNICEF’s report, entitled “Every Child Alive.” Iceland and Japan had the two lowest infant mortality rates, and countries including Finland, France, Estonia, and Germany all had far better rates of newborn survival. The vast majority of the…

While 2017 was the costliest year ever for destruction from extreme weather events—and even as much of Puerto Rico is still struggling with a slow and “dehumanizing” recovery nearly six months after Hurricane Maria—a look at the new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) four-year strategic plan reveals there is not a single mention of “climate change” or “global warming.” The document (pdf), as Bloomberg points out, “doesn’t mention climate, global warming, sea-level rise, extreme weather, or any other terminology associated with scientific predictions of rising surface temperatures and their effects.” With this “dangerous” decision, FEMA’s 2018-2022 strategy departs from the version developed under the Obama adminitration, which “repeatedly cited the…

With the White House set to decide whether to ramp up U.S. military involvement in Syria after the Assad government was accused over the weekend of launching a chemical weapons attack, President Donald Trump will for the first time on Monday have inveterate warmonger and accused intelligence manipulator John Bolton whispering directly in his ear as national security adviser. “The volatile situation in Syria significantly raises the danger of a major intensification of direct U.S. involvement.” —Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy StudiesBolton’s official arrival represents “a terrifying reality for Syrians, Iranians, Koreans, and many others around the world,” Phyllis Bennis—director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy…

Daniel Ricciardo holds an abundance of memories of his ten years in F1, but one particular moment endured early on in his career left its mark on the Aussie. Ricciardo landed his first F1 drive in the summer of 2011 when he was recruited by minnow outfit HRT, thanks to the support of Red Bull. The young hopeful’s good performances with the small Spanish outfit warranted a move to Toro Rosso in 2012 where the broad-smiling rookie impressed at the outset when he qualified 6th in Bahrain in his fourth race with the junior bull squad. “At that point, the Toro Rosso was hardly a top-ten car let alone a top-six,”…

Young British designer Paria Farzaneh transported London Fashion Week to the English countryside on Sunday for a catwalk show inspired by the spirit of resistance. The 26-year-old gathered her guests in the Chilterns Hills, northwest of the capital, where models advanced across a field through clouds of smoke, ready to face the elements in pocketed camouflage jackets and hoods. It was one of only a few LFW shows this season with a real-life audience, thanks to coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings, but its idyllic setting clashed with its defiant message. “In the last few months, the world as we know it has seen great resistance, upset and realisations,” the brand…