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Coty Inc. agreed to pay $600 million for a majority stake in Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics line, the latest move by a major beauty company to acquire trendy brands that appeal to a younger clientele. The makeup and fragrance giant will have overall responsibility for the portfolio, while Jenner, part of the Kardashian clan, will lead…

You have to give it to Gwyneth Paltrow’s 2019 Goop Holiday Gift Guide editors. This year, they’ve come up with a surprisingly digestible list of ideas, with enough items sparking a “Hey, that’s cool” response to help you power past those “What the actual what” offerings. Touted as “the wellness junkie’s gift guide,” the list…

An unseasonably warm November in Southern California isn’t stopping Moncler from flaunting the newest duvet-based designs in its Moncler Genius collaborations with Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, Palm Angels, Simone Rocha and a growing circle of buzzworthy designers and labels. The Italian fashion company unveiled its House of Genius this month at Maxfield in West Hollywood and…

Just when it seemed the Kardashians had conquered every possible marketing format, mother-daughter duo Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner have resurrected another advertising formula: the ’90s-style infomercial. Yep, the royal blue 1-800 screen and overly enthusiastic voiceover that once brought you Cash for Gold and Zoobooks has found its latest product: Kardashian’s controversial Skims underwear…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —  Iran on Monday alternatively downplayed and demonized ongoing protests across the country that have killed at least five people and renewed pressure on the government as the country struggles under the weight of U.S. economic sanctions. The full scale of the protests, which began shortly after a 50% increase in gas…

BEIJING —  A gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern China has killed 15 miners and left nine injured, authorities said Tuesday. The blast occurred Monday afternoon at a mine operated by the Feng Yan Group in Shanxi province’s Pingyao County. Rescue work was halted early Tuesday after everyone was accounted for. The Shanxi provincial…

LAHORE, Pakistan —  Pakistan’s ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted of corruption, traveled to London on Tuesday for medical treatment. Sharif departed from Lahore after a court granted him permission to leave for four weeks for medical treatment. His conviction was earlier suspended for eight weeks on medical grounds. Local television stations broadcast…

MOSCOW —  Russia says it has repatriated another 32 children of members of the Islamic State group from Iraq. Russia’s state TV on Tuesday showed footage of the children arriving at Zhukovsky airport outside Moscow. It said the children ranging from age 1 to 9 will undergo extensive medical checkups before relatives take them home. Russia’s…

Romain Grosjean says he never felt under threat of losing his race seat at Haas at the end of the current season. The French driver got 2018 off to a torrid start with a number of incidents, accidents and mistakes costing him dear. It had looked like his poor results meant that his place at…

Up to 90 percent of seabirds are likely to have plastic in their guts, and the risk of ingestion is growing—a result of ever-increasing industrial pollution in the world’s oceans, according to a new study published Monday. Seabirds are particularly vulnerable to plastic ingestion due to their habits of eating floating particles that they mistake…