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Putin’s warlord doubles down in Ukraine now

  In a war fought over Telegram as well as on Ukraine’s pummeled streets, the country’s actor-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has excelled. But for over-the-top showmanship, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his men have been hard to beat. Kadyrov’s fighters, known as “kadyrovtsy,” have been waging an all-out propaganda war for the TikTok era, attempting to demonstrate their leader’s loyalty to ...

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Shein’s $100 billion value to top H&M, Zara combined

  Bloomberg A Chinese fast-fashion company without a global network of physical stores of its own is seeking a valuation that could be more than the combined worth of high-street staples Hennes & Mauritz AB and Inditex SA’s Zara. Shein, an online-only retailer of inexpensive clothes, beauty and lifestyle products that pumps out over 6,000 new items daily, is in ...

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Ryanair narrows forecast, sees loss of up to $440m

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc narrowed the range for its annual loss as Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier turns the page on a year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The loss for the year ended on March 31 will be between 350 million euros and 400 million euros ($387 million-$440 million) before special items, the Dublin-based carrier said in a statement. Ryanair ...

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