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Security & Justice
State Action Signals Change in Tackling Longstanding Illegal Land Grabs in Jbeil District
For years, the serene villages of Jbeil's highlands have been far from peaceful. Ghabat, a Maronite village nestled between the predominantly Shiite towns of Afqa and Lassa, has become a focal point of growing tensions due to territorial disputes.
Friday, December 20, 2024
Mawlawi Ensures Strict Monitoring for Wanted Syrian Regime Figures at Beirut Airport
Caretaker Minister of Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, conducted an inspection tour of Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut to review the security arrangements and measures implemented by the Airport Security Apparatus ahead of the holiday season.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Opinion
Lebanon After the Assads
The United States has important equities in Lebanon, including a desire for a generally friendly government’s economic and political stability; security cooperation; long-standing relations with the large Christian community in Lebanon and Lebanese diaspora in the United States; and ultimately peace between Israel and Lebanon within a broader regional settlement. Achieving these objectives will require navigating a tumultuous period in the country’s history following a war between Hezbollah and Israel that has devastated a large part of the country, exacerbating Lebanon’s already challenging economic conditions. But perhaps the most important dynamic will be how a likely Sunni-dominated state of uncertain composition in Syria will differ in its intentions toward Lebanon from the previous Alawite-led minoritarian Assad regime.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Europe’s Syrian Dilemma
The news of the sudden and unexpected demise of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has met a mixed response in Europe. The jubilation that a murderous dictator and close ally of Russia and Iran has fallen is not just good for the Syrian people but serves as a morale booster for Eastern Europeans wondering whether Russia can be defeated
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Sports
Cristiano Ronaldo Unveils New Private Jet Worth $73 Million
Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the richest global athletes, has unveiled his upgraded private jet reportedly worth $73 million. With its top-notch design, exceptional speed and range of 7500 nautical miles, the Gulfstream G650 is among the fastest jets in the world.
Monday, December 16, 2024
Guardiola Accepts Man City May Need to Sign More Players to Cope with Schedule
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes he will need a bigger squad to handle soccer’s ever-expanding fixture schedule.
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Tuesday 18 July 2023 12:22:25
Princess Diana's Iconic 'Black Sheep' Sweater to Go Under the Hammer Within Weeks at Sotheby's Auctions
The late Princess Diana’s iconic “black sheep” sweater is set to go under the hammer within weeks and is expected to fetch as much as (AUD)$117,000.
The red knit from the label Warm & Wonderful, which features a lone black sheep among rows of white sheep, will headline Sotheby's Fashion Icons' online sale from August 31 to September 14.
Diana first wore the famed fashion item to watch Prince Charles play polo in June 1981 - just one month before they walked down the aisle.
After the then 20-year-old was photographed wearing the knit, the Warm & Wonderful label “blew up,” the New York Post reports, receiving “the ultimate kind of influencer coverage” in the 1980s.
The timeless fashion piece was rediscovered in an attic earlier this year by one of the founders of the brand, Reuters reports.
In 1981 the Princess of Wales’ private secretary Oliver Everett wrote to Warm & Wonderful co-founder Joanna Osborne asking if it could be repaired after the wrist became damaged.
A few months later she received a replacement and was snapped wearing it in 1983 to another polo match with the Sarah Ferguson and Prince Charles.
"If you’re Princess Diana, certainly you have access to lots of pieces of apparel you could choose to wear," Sotheby's global head of fashion, Cynthia Houlton told the publication.
The late Princess Diana’s iconic “black sheep” sweater is set to go under the hammer within weeks and is expected to fetch as much as (AUD)$117,000.
The red knit from the label Warm & Wonderful, which features a lone black sheep among rows of white sheep, will headline Sotheby's Fashion Icons' online sale from August 31 to September 14.
Diana first wore the famed fashion item to watch Prince Charles play polo in June 1981 - just one month before they walked down the aisle.
After the then 20-year-old was photographed wearing the knit, the Warm & Wonderful label “blew up,” the New York Post reports, receiving “the ultimate kind of influencer coverage” in the 1980s.
The timeless fashion piece was rediscovered in an attic earlier this year by one of the founders of the brand, Reuters reports.
In 1981 the Princess of Wales’ private secretary Oliver Everett wrote to Warm & Wonderful co-founder Joanna Osborne asking if it could be repaired after the wrist became damaged.
A few months later she received a replacement and was snapped wearing it in 1983 to another polo match with the Sarah Ferguson and Prince Charles.
"If you’re Princess Diana, certainly you have access to lots of pieces of apparel you could choose to wear," Sotheby's global head of fashion, Cynthia Houlton told the publication.
"And the fact that she wanted a replacement and then again two years later wore ... the replacement sweater, I think speaks really volumes from her how much this sweater meant to her.”
In January a dress owned by the late Princess sold at auction for more than (AUD)$880,00, five times its pre-auction estimate.
The strapless silk and velvet evening gown last sold for just over (AUD)$35,000 in 1997 before her tragic death when she donated 79 dresses to a charity auction.
Collectively, the sales raised (AUD)$4.77 million for AIDS and cancer organisations.
