Bloomberg Italian fashion house Gucci plans to drop animal fur from its collections, showing how concerns about responsible business practices that originated with the Birkenstock brigade have galvanised an industry known for its celebration of excess. The Milan-based maker of $1,000 fur-lined slippers, part of French luxury conglomerate Kering, will sell its remaining fur items in a charity auction, the …

Bloomberg Airlines including Ryanair Holdings Plc and IAG SA’s Aer Lingus and British Airways are set to ground hundreds of flights and said more cancellations are likely as 90-mile per hour winds from Storm Ophelia slammed into Ireland. Ryanair halted 92 flights from across Europe as of 11:25 am Irish time, according to updates on its website. Dublin-based competitor Aer …

Bloomberg The death toll from a truck-bomb blast in Somalia’s capital climbed to more than 200 people, as the African Union urged greater international backing for the government’s fight against extremists. The explosion, the nation’s deadliest single attack, killed at least 231 people and injured 275 others, the Associated Press reported, citing Senator Abshir Abdi Ahmed. The blast occurred on …