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Move comes with concern rife that Minsk, alongside ally Russia, is engaged in hybrid warfare and testing NATO defences.

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Lithuania has declared an “emergency situation” over an influx of meteorological balloons launched from neighbouring Belarus.

The declaration by Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene on Tuesday came amid growing tension between Lithuania and its neighbour over the balloons, which have previously been used to smuggle cigarettes but are now suspected to be operated by Belarusian security services.

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Vilnius has accused Minsk, a close ally of Russia, of mounting a “hybrid attack”, with the flights into Lithuanian airspace leading to the repeated closure of the country’s airports in recent months.

“In combating the Belarusian hybrid attack, we must take the strictest measures and defend the areas most affected,” Ruginiene said.

“All institutions are joining forces to address the threat posed by smuggling balloons.”

The balloons are widely used by smugglers to illicitly transport cigarettes into Lithuania, but Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovic said it is believed that Minsk is involved in orchestrating the flights.

The emergency declaration will allow the military to take part in border patrols alongside police and border guards.

Meanwhile, prosecutors have launched an investigation, and the secret services will provide information about the connection with the Belarusian state, the minister added.

Testing defences

The measure comes amid widespread concern in Europe that, as its war in Ukraine grinds on, Russia is increasingly using hybrid warfare, including sabotage and espionage, and testing of NATO defences.

Tension is particularly high in Europe’s eastern stretches that border Russia and Belarus.

Lithuania declared an emergency in 2021 due to an influx of migrants across its border with Belarus, which it also described as a hybrid attack.

Poland has been tussling with a similar situation in recent years.

In October, Lithuanian authorities temporarily closed two border crossings in response to the airspace violations by the balloons, measures that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko denounced as part of a “hybrid war” against his country.

According to the Lithuanian government, Vilnius international airport has been closed for more than 60 hours since October due to the threat posed to civil aviation by the balloons, affecting more than 350 flights and approximately 51,000 passengers.

The “emergency situation” is one step below a “state of emergency”, which can only be declared by the parliament when the country’s constitutional order is imperilled, the AFP news agency reported.

Lukashenko responded to the declaration, saying Lithuania was exaggerating the issue.

“Do they really want to fight? We don’t need war,” Lukashenko said, according to the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.

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The boss of Ford has said western carmakers are “in a fight for our lives” against Chinese competition as the US manufacturer agreed a new partnership with France’s Renault.

The two companies said on Tuesday that they would work together on two smaller electric cars, with the first to go on sale as soon as early 2028. They will also look at producing vans together.

“We know we’re in a fight for our lives in our industry,” Jim Farley told journalists in Paris. “There is no better example than here in Europe.”

The rapid rise of Chinese electric carmakers has put enormous pressure on European and US rivals, who have been slower to develop battery-powered vehicles. Manufacturers such as BYD and Chery have gained market share by producing well-reviewed electric cars at much lower costs than western manufacturers.

Producing smaller electric vehicles cheaply has been particularly tricky for European carmakers, who have tended to focus their efforts on larger cars that have space for a bigger battery.

The two cars announced on Tuesday will be based on Renault’s Ampere electric car blueprint but will be designed by Ford and carry the US brand. Renault had previously planned to sell shares of its Ampere unit as a separate company dedicated to electric car technology, but it abandoned that plan last year as investor interest waned.

The companies said Renault’s plant at Douai in northern France would produce the vehicles. The plant makes the Renault 5, an electric car that has won plaudits for its design and relatively low cost.

Ford has struggled in Europe in recent years. Farley announced 4,000 job cuts last year, including 800 in the UK, and cut back planned production of the new electric Explorer and Capri models, citing the “weak economic situation and lower-than-expected demand for electric cars”.

Farley also criticised European electric car sales targets this week, writing in the Financial Times that the continent’s carmakers faced “the world’s most aggressive carbon mandates” at the same time as “a flood of state-subsidised EV imports from China”.

Renault’s chief executive, François Provost, said: “In the long term, combining our strengths with Ford will make us more innovative and more responsive in a fast-changing European automotive market.”

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In a separate development, BMW announced the retirement of Oliver Zipse as the chair of the company’s management board on Tuesday. He will be replaced in May by Milan Nedeljković, who joined the company as a trainee in 1993 and has risen to oversee the company’s production.

The Munich-based carmaker had extended Zipse’s contract in 2023 to 2026, beyond the usual retirement age of 60. As BMW’s boss since 2019, he also had to contend with the rise of Chinese competition, although the manufacturer has performed better than some of its German counterparts.

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As European leaders work to show unity on Ukraine’s long-term security during peace talks, calls have resurfaced for China to play a more constructive role in helping end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the leaders of the UK and France in London on Monday to discuss how to revise the peace proposal backed by the United States.

The proposal, first floated in November, has drawn criticism in Europe for appearing favorable to Russia, as it would require Ukraine to withdraw its forces from eastern regions that Moscow has tried to seize by force but has failed to fully occupy.

Conceding territory, the Ukrainian leader argues, would be considered a reward for the aggressor and would leave the country’s long-term security vulnerable to another Russian attack.

Zelenskyy, who traveled on to Brussels to meet NATO officials, told reporters Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the US on Tuesday.

German FM urges China to press Russia

Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is visiting China and has called for Beijing to use its influence to push Moscow to negotiate seriously over ending its invasion of Ukraine. 

Moscow and Beijing declared a ‘no limits partnership’ weeks before Russia invaded UkraineImage: Getty Images/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance

“If there is one country in the world that has a strong influence on Russia, it is China,” Wadephul said after meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing.

China has claimed neutrality throughout the war in Ukraine, but has faced accusations from the West of backing Russia’s aggression by buying Russian oil and exporting dual-use equipment.

“That’s why China is very careful not to be seen as part of the discussions,” said Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy, a visiting fellow at the Martens Centre think tank in Brussels, highlighting Beijing’s consistent efforts to project a neutral image.

“This definitely is not the perception in the West. However, it might be the perception in the Global South,” she added.

China may favor the US-authored peace proposal

Three days of talks in Florida between Ukrainian and American officials produced no apparent breakthrough to resolve the territory disputes in the peace plan backed by US President Donald Trump.

The plan originally contained 28 points that would force Ukraine to cede large parts of its territory to Russia, cap its military size, and prevent it from joining NATO — which Kyiv found unpalatable.

Following days of negotiations, US President Donald Trump told reporters he was “a little bit disappointed” that Zelenskyy had not read the US-led peace proposal and said the Ukrainian leader “isn’t ready” to sign a deal.

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The Kremlin did not accept the 28-point document either, but said it was willing to take it as “the basis for a final peace settlement.” However Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned against any major softening of the deal in favor of Kyiv.

Beijing, as Moscow’s most important strategic partner, remains relatively quiet amid continuous global efforts to bring both sides to the negotiating table.

Last week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told French President Emmanuel Macron, as the two met in Beijing, that China supports “all efforts aimed at reaching a fair, lasting and binding peace agreement that is acceptable to all parties.”

China’s plan for peace in Ukraine

In 2023, China also proposed a peace plan which reflected how the country hoped the Russian invasion of Ukraine would end, but the document was criticized for lacking specific measures and failing to condemn Moscow’s aggression.

“China is interested in an end to this war, but in the kind of end that gives Russia an upper hand and satisfies Russia’s end, which is to hold on to territory that it took,” Ferenczy told DW.

Since such a deal would indicate that “an authoritarian regime can go against international law and get away with it,” she added. “That serves China’s interests.”

Implictions for China, with Taiwan in mind

A peace deal requiring Ukraine to give up territory to Russia could have major implications for the global order and international security, which Beijing is closely assessing through the lens of Taiwan. 

Beijing claims the self-ruled, democratic Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out using force to achieve “reunification.”

Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, both Taiwan and China have been closely monitoring how the conflict unfolds.

“The norm that we’ve had for the last 70 years in international relations is that no territorial changes by military force,” said Raymond Kuo, a senior political scientist at RAND, a US defense think tank. 

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“The big question is that, is that norm breaking?”

Moscow has allegedly agreed to train and equip a Chinese airborne battalion to prepare for a possible invasion of Taiwan, first reported by The Kyiv Independent in September, citing an analysis of documents leaked by the hacking group Black Moon.

With Chinese military coercion intensifying in recent years, Taiwan already faces strong headwinds, with its sovereignty unrecognized by most governments due to Beijing’s pressure against establishing official ties with Taipei.

“This agreement [over Ukraine] has the potential to kind of increase those headwinds,” Kuo told DW.

Ferenczy, who is also an adjunct assistant professor at Taiwan’s National Dong Hwa University, said Taipei has been absorbing lessons in preparedness and investing in its own defense.

“All of this is sending a signal to Beijing that the international community would be triggered in the defense of Taiwan if China were to make a move,” she said.

China enhances military cooperation with Russia

Despite growing pressure from Western governments, China’s cooperation with Russia has only deepened.

As Moscow faces increased isolation over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has leaned on Beijing for trade, while military ties between the two countries have expanded.

China and Russia said they reached “broad consensus” on a range of issues during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Moscow earlier this month.

In May, the two countries issued a joint statement calling for enhanced military cooperation, including more joint exercises, shared technology, and coordination to counter threats and maintain global security.

“Four years into the war, we understand that China has no interest in weakening its support for Russia,” Ferenczy said, emphasizing that keeping Russia close serves Beijing’s strategic interests.

The main reason is that Moscow’s pressure on Europe and the Western alliance “helps China because it undermines democracy and a Western-led rules-based order.”

While EU member states differ in their approach to Beijing and continue to rebalance their relations with China, the bloc is expected to stand firm in helping Ukraine secure a deal that offers long-term security guarantees.

The overall consensus within the EU remains consistent: “To secure the future of Europe, we first need to secure the future of Ukraine,” Ferenczy said. 

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Honduras’ attorney general is calling for the arrest of former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump. 

Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez said Monday that he ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order against Hernández for alleged fraud and money laundering charges. Hernandez, who in 2024 was sentenced to 45 years for allegedly helping to move tons of cocaine into the U.S., was released from federal prison in the U.S. a week ago.

“We have been lacerated by the tentacles of corruption and by the criminal networks that have deeply marked the life of our country,” Zelaya said, according to a translation of a post he wrote on X.  

Zelaya included a photo of the two-year-old order signed by a Honduras Supreme Court magistrate that says that it must be executed “in the case that the accused is freed by United States authorities.” 

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, right, was pardoned by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Dozens of Honduran officials and politicians were implicated in the so-called Pandora case in which Honduran prosecutors alleged government funds were diverted through a network of nongovernmental organizations to political parties, including Hernández’s 2013 presidential campaign, according to The Associated Press.  

Hernández went from supposed U.S. ally in the war on drugs to the subject of a U.S. extradition request shortly after he left office in 2022, the AP added. He was detained and sent to the U.S. by current President Xiomara Castro of the social democrat LIBRE party. 

A lawyer for Hernández, Renato Stabile, told the AP in an email that, “This is obviously a strictly political move on behalf of the defeated Libre party to try to intimidate President Hernandez as they are being kicked out of power in Honduras. It is shameful and a desperate piece of political theatre and these charges are completely baseless.” 

Hernández was freed after Trump announced he was issuing him a “full and complete pardon” following his conviction of conspiring with drug traffickers to import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. 

FORMER WORLD LEADER THANKS TRUMP FOR PARDON: ‘YOU CHANGED MY LIFE’

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on April 21, 2022. (Elmer Martinez/AP)

Trump said Hernández was “treated very harshly and unfairly,” implying that his trial was politically motivated or over-prosecuted. 

Hernández was convicted in New York on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. and two related weapons offenses after a two-week trial. 

Hernández portrayed himself as a hero of the anti-drug trafficking movement who teamed up with American authorities under three U.S. presidential administrations to reduce drug imports, according to the AP. But the judge said trial evidence proved the opposite and that Hernández employed “considerable acting skills” to make it seem that he was an anti-drug trafficking crusader while he deployed his nation’s police and military, when necessary, to protect the drug trade. 

Hernández later thanked Trump for pardoning him, writing on social media that he was “wrongfully convicted.”

Honduras’ President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during the opening ceremony of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday Nov. 1, 2021. (Andy Buchanan/AP)

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“My profound gratitude goes to President @realDonaldTrump for having the courage to defend justice at a moment when a weaponized system refused to acknowledge the truth. You reviewed the facts, recognized the injustice, and acted with conviction. You changed my life, sir, and I will never forget it,” Hernández wrote on X. 

Fox News Digital’s Ashley Carnahan, Michael Dorgan, Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

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Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also reveal the values each era chose to honor.

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we analyzed 38 million obituaries of Americans published from 1998 to 2024. We identified the values families most often highlight, and how those values shift across generations, regions and major historical events.

Specifically, working with psychologists Liane Young and Thomas Mazzuchi, we examined the language used on Legacy.com, an online platform where families often post obituaries and share memories of loved ones.

During their lifetime, most people tend to be guided by a small set of broad values like caring for others, honoring tradition, keeping loved ones safe and seeking personal growth. To understand how these values showed up in remembrance, we used text-analysis tools built on curated lists of everyday words people use when talking about those themes.

By analyzing the words that appeared again and again in memorials, we could see which values communities chose to emphasize when looking back on the lives of their loved ones, and how those patterns changed over time. Because the dataset included 38 million obituaries, the analysis ran on a supercomputer.

There are notable differences in the values highlighted in obituaries of older versus younger adults (Getty)

Across nearly 30 years of obituaries, words related to the value “tradition” appeared most often – many tributes described religious participation and enduring customs. Words related to the value “benevolence” – caring for the welfare of others – were also consistently prominent. In fact, tradition and benevolence formed the dominant value profile across the dataset: They appeared in more than 70% of the obituaries. By contrast, words related to values like “achievement” and “power” appeared far less often.

Historical events did leave a mark. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the language families used to remember loved ones shifted compared with the period just before the attacks – and those shifts persisted for at least a year. Words related to the value “security” – including terms like “surviving,” “health” and “order” – showed up less often. At the same time, families used more language related to values like “benevolence” and “tradition.” Terms like “caring,” “loyal” and “service” showed up more often. These changes were especially strong in New York, where the attacks had the most direct impact.

COVID-19, however, produced the most dramatic shifts. Beginning in March 2020, benevolence-related language – including terms like “love,” “sympathy” and “family” – declined sharply, and hasn’t been the same since. Tradition-related language – terms like “service,” “faith” and “heritage” – initially declined as well, then rose above baseline levels during later stages of the pandemic.

These changes show that collective disruptions impact the moral vocabulary families use when commemorating loved ones. They shift what it means to have lived a good life.

About the authors

Stylianos Syropoulos is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University.

David Markowitz is an Associate Professor of Communication at Michigan State University.

Kyle Fiore Law is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Sustainability at Arizona State University.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article.

We also saw differences that reflect stereotypes about gender and age. Obituaries for men contained more language linked to achievement, conformity and power. Meanwhile, obituaries for women contained more language associated with benevolence and enjoying life’s pleasures.

Older adults were often remembered more for valuing tradition. Younger adults, on the other hand, were often remembered more for valuing the welfare of all people and nature, and for being motivated to think and act independently. Value patterns in men’s obituaries shifted more across the lifespan than those in women’s. In other words, the values highlighted in younger and older men’s obituaries differed more from each other, while women’s value profiles stayed relatively consistent across age.

Why it matters

The most visited parts of print newspapers and online memorial sites, obituaries offer a window into what societies value at different points in time.

This study contributes to the broader scientific understanding of legacy. People often hold strong preferences about how they want to be remembered, but far less is known about how they actually are remembered, in part because large-scale evidence about real memorials is rare. Our analysis of millions of obituaries helps fill that gap.

What’s next

Obituaries allow researchers to trace cultural values across time, geography and social groups. Future work can examine differences across race and occupation, as well as across regions. It could also look to earlier periods using historical obituary archives, such as those preserved in older newspapers and local records.

Another direction is to examine whether highlighting how often kindness shows up in obituaries could inspire people to be more caring in daily life.

Understanding what endures in memory helps clarify what people consider meaningful; those values shape how they choose to live.

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Even though Pamela Anderson has been a redhead since early autumn, she says, “Sometimes I catch myself in the mirror and go, ‘Oh jeez. Who’s that?’” Even her mom told her, “This is going to take some getting used to.”

Not to worry, says Anderson, who made the change for her next role, in Love Is Not the Answer, a comedy directed by Michael Cera. “I’ll be blonde in no time or maybe a different color. Who knows?” 

She calls her transformation “another form of freedom” — the latest surprise in a year that was full of them, from her performance in The Last Showgirl and the summer box office hit The Naked Gun to her much written about romance with costar Liam Neeson.

“I’m making the choices in my career and the way I look,” says the 58-year-old mom of sons Brandon, 29, and Dylan, 27, with rocker ex Tommy Lee. “I’m in control of my own life.” Soft-spoken and playful, she says, “Even sitting here I’m thinking, has this really happened, or did I dream all of this?” 

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Much has changed in hers since 2023, when she began reclaiming her story in her bestselling memoir Love, Pamela and a documentary, Pamela, A Love Story. In both, she revealed a woman longing to be seen for herself and not her persona or her love life, notably her tumultuous relationship with Lee. She has yet to watch the documentary in full. “I could watch a little bit of it, and then I’m in tears,” she says. “Some things you move on from.”

She flipped the script again with her decision to go makeup-free at Paris Fashion Week in 2023. “I remember thinking, ‘Nobody’s even going to notice’ — and people noticed. [Former French Vogue editor] Carine Roitfeld came up to me. She said, ‘I like what you’re doing.’ And I was like, ‘What am I doing?’ ” 

It was all part of “peeling back the layers,” says the star and founder of Sonsie skincare. “I look like my Instagram photos every day. That’s where it stemmed from, I have all these young women in my life, my sons’ girlfriends, my nieces. I just want to make sure that they feel confident in who they are . . . and to not worry so much. Believe me, it’s a practice.”

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She’s still surprised by the response. “People come to me with their daughters and say, ‘Thank you so much for doing this,’ ” says Anderson, who recently partnered with Biolage haircare as their latest ambassador. “I’m glad that it had an impact. Who would have thought I would be that girl?”  

After all, her blonde knockout image made her a phenomenon on projects like Baywatch. Still, she notes, there was more to the nineties roles she became famous for. “There’s always been a vulnerability and a humanness and making mistakes and embracing life, and being in love, and heartbroken, all those things that make you human,” she says.  Nonetheless, she calls it “the ancient past” and adds with a laugh, “That girl is dead. It feels like a lifetime ago.” 

Her nuanced performance in The Last Showgirl as a vulnerable Vegas dancer was a dream come true. It might not have happened had director Gia Coppola not tracked down her son Brandon and given him the script after Anderson’s agent turned it down without telling her. (He’s no longer her agent.)

“I’d never been offered a good script,” she says. “To feel that feeling of ‘I’m the only one that could do this’ — I had that.”

Nominations for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award soon followed. “I never really felt a part of those rooms,” she says. “And I always felt a little insecure meeting other actors thinking . . . I’m capable of so much more.” She made that clear this summer with her turn in the Tennessee Williams play Casino Real at the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival. Says director Dustin Wills, “Pam has a remarkable work ethic paired with an openness and curiosity…and on top of all that, she knows how to land a joke!”

She displayed her gift for over-the-top comedy in The Naked Gun remake opposite Neeson, 73. The two made headlines with news of their surprise romance — greeted with skepticism by some. Anderson is ready to set the record straight, sharing her memories of their private connection for the first time.

“If you must know, Liam and I were romantically involved for a short while but only after we finished filming” she says. The two spent an “intimate week” together at his home in upstate New York. “I had my own room,” she notes. “Our assistants both came; even family stopped by.”  

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The pair “went to dinner at a tiny French restaurant where he introduced me as the ‘future Mrs. Neeson,’ ” she continues. They spent time in his garden, where, she says, “I tended to a rosebush overgrown with mint … I was happy to help, and he appreciated.”

Following what she calls their “lost week”—during which Neeson chased off a bear from the breakfast window in his bathrobe—“we went our separate ways to work on other films.” They reconnected while promoting The Naked Gun. “We were having fun,” she says, calling their connection “a little bit like a Nancy Meyers film. I always was laughing when people thought, ‘Oh, that’s a publicity stunt.’ I’m like, ‘A publicity stunt? This is real. We have real feelings.’ ” 

“I adore Liam,” she adds, “but we are better friends, in full honesty. He is such a supporter of this new trajectory in my career and kindly tells me he is very proud of me. I’m sure we will always be in each other’s lives.” 

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Now, she and her sons have started a production company and are rebooting 1996’s cult classic Barb Wire into a new TV series. “I’m really excited to take that back,” she says. “It’s a bit of redemption.” While there are “no plans” for her to appear onscreen, she adds, “You never know. They talk me into anything.” And she beams when she talks about her sons: “The most important thing to me was my family, and my boys turned out great.” 

Anderson, who shares her musings on self discovery in her weekly Substack, The Open Journal, has more exciting new roles ahead, including playing the (gray-haired!) mom of a dysfunctional family in the upcoming Rosebush Pruning with Elle Fanning and Callum Turner. “Let’s just hope this is just the beginning,” she says. “I’m ready for action and have this whole new inspiration and love of this industry—and life!” she says. “It’s a rebel move to be happy.” 

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A man has shared his delight after stumbling across an incredible find at a charity shop , and people have congratulated him on his luck while sharing their advice

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As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This was proven true when a man stumbled across a £8 suit in a charity shop, and on closer inspection realised he was onto a winner.

He explained how he ventured into a Goodwill store on a whim and was surprised to see a grey suit hanging up alongside other garments. Interested by it, he tried it on and was pleased to see it was a near perfect fit. It was at this moment that he checked the labels inside and realised it was a Christian Dior suit, which sell for around £1,000 to £3,000 new on their website.

He said on Reddit: “Maybe my greatest find of all time – 100% pure virgin wool Christian Dior suit.

“One of the employees took it to the back to tell the manager someone shouldn’t have put this out, then gave it back to me to buy.

“Thankfully, my mum is a seamstress so I am getting it altered. The photo of me wearing the suit is after we got it pinned.

“Also, I didn’t shower today so I’m not showing everyone my scruffy face and hat hair. $9.99 (8) with a 10% discount.”

Commenting on his post, one user said: “Great find! As a tailor my advice is: Get a good tailor, the trousers are too long and the sleeves too long. (Wear one of your long sleeves shirts when you go for the fitting).

“It’s your personal preference on the width of the trousers but they’re too wide for my taste. Same with the body, you could have more taken in if you wanted to from the back side seams. And then get it dry cleaned by an extremely good dry cleaner.”

Another user added: “Interesting bit of fashion history here. Dior, along with most of the other legacy French fashion houses, licensed its name for menswear rather than producing in-house from the 70s to the 90s, when many (led by YSL), started to pay more attention to the men’s market.

“Hart Schaffner Marx made mid-quality department store tailoring during this period, and seems to have licensed the Dior name.

“Anyway, this is probably a decent suit, maybe fused or half canvas, but it’s not of the same quality as vintage women’s Dior of the period.”

A third person exclaimed: “Awesome, find, my dude. This suit looks amazing on you!! From what I see in the picture, it fits you like a glove!”

While one more user added: “Years ago I was doing a high school theatre production & needed suits on several of my boys. We hit the Junior League thrift. Got everyone outfitted for $20 each, including shoes.

“After the play one mom begged me to let her buy the suit and shoes because it fit her son so perfectly and was a much better quality one than they had in the budget for his graduation.

“She paid me what they would have spent at KGMenswear ($300). It was a Armani suit so $300 was a steal. And yes he did wear it for graduation.”

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The Qatari owner of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has further underlined the voracious appetite of Gulf investors for European football clubs by agreeing a deal to buy a team in Belgium’s Challenger Pro League.

Sky News understands that Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) has signed a memorandum of understanding to take full control of KAS Eupen, which is currently seventh in the league table.

The deal is expected to be publicly announced later on Tuesday.

Sources close to the takeover said it marked a further step towards QSI’s goal of building a multi-club ownership model which has become increasingly common across the global football industry in recent years.

QSI is expected to move swiftly to strengthen Eupen’s sporting model and expand its commercial operations as well as sharpening the club’s focus on youth development and upgrading infrastructure.

One insider said the move would align with QSI’s long-term strategy of “developing sports assets and building connected high-performance ecosystems across its portfolio”.

The Qataris are expected to take over Eupen’s sporting operations immediately, they added.

As the owner of PSG, QSI is already one of the most powerful investors in the sport, with Gulf rivals Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia the owners of Manchester City and Newcastle United respectively.

QSI also owns a significant minority interest in Sporting Club de Braga in Portugal, as well as interests outside football such as Art Basel and Premier Padel.

Until the deal with QSI, KAS Eupen was owned by Aspire, another Qatari entity unrelated to the new owner.

In a statement issued to Sky News, Nasser al Khelaïfi, chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, said: “Qatar Sports Investments is proud to become the custodian of KAS Eupen and contribute to the development of football in Belgium.

“With QSI’s global expertise and passion for football, our objective is to build a modern, competitive football and business structure – bringing pride to KAS Eupen supporters and building on the Club’s great legacy to date. We warmly welcome into our family a fantastic club and community.”

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Attorney Jonathan Handel says Donald Trump can have “an enormous influence” on the Warner Bros takeover war.



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