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Interior designer Sophie Conran on the rise of wellbeing-led design

Interior designer Sophie Conran on the rise of wellbeing-led design

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more When it comes to creative legacies which continue to inspire and shape the way we live, Sophie Conran’s career has spanned cooking, tableware, wallpaper, textiles and bedding, with innovation in her DNA. The only daughter of designer and retailer, Sir Terence Conran – founder of Habitat and The Conran Shop – and half-sister to designer Jasper Conran, it’s fair to say she’s been at the hands of creativity since day dot. “I don’t remember the first photo shoot I was in because I was a baby, naked on a rug in a Habitat catalogue,” Conran, 60, tells the Press Association. “So that side of it started a very long time ago. And then my mum was an amazing cook writer [Caroline Conran], so I …

Scotts Valley challenges Interior decision over disputed Vallejo casino gaming eligibility ruling

Scotts Valley challenges Interior decision over disputed Vallejo casino gaming eligibility ruling

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The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has returned to federal court after the U.S. Department of the Interior reversed course on whether its trust land in Vallejo, California, can be used for gaming.  The lawsuit, filed August 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenges the department’s July 30 decision that the roughly 160-acre property does not qualify as the tribe’s “restored lands” under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, known as IGRA. Interior reverses Vallejo casino approval after review finds historical connection – https://t.co/WCFiQqV4PA @RWW — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) August 4, 2026 Interior continues to recognize Scotts Valley as a restored tribe and agrees it satisfies the timing and modern-connection requirements under federal regulations. The tribe is arguing that it has a significant historical connection to the Vallejo property. Latest reversal from Interior triggers another legal challenge from Scotts Valley According to the complaint, the department abandoned the approach it previously used when it approved the property earlier this year. The tribe argues the latest decision is “arbitrary, capricious, contrary …

Scotts Valley challenges Interior decision over disputed Vallejo casino gaming eligibility ruling

Interior reverses Vallejo casino approval after review finds historical connection

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The U.S. Department of the Interior has reversed its approval of a proposed Scotts Valley casino in Vallejo, concluding after a 16-month review that the site does not qualify for gaming. The department announced Friday that the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians had not shown the historical connection to the property required under federal law. Officials reconsidered the January 2025 approval after saying evidence had previously been improperly left out. NEW: Department of the Interior revokes gaming eligibility for Vallejo Casino; cites Scotts Valley’s lack of Historical connection @RWW pic.twitter.com/6j4lFS9GY6 — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) August 3, 2026 Opponents have argued the property falls within Patwin ancestral territory. The department had reached similar conclusions three times before the January approval, finding Scotts Valley lacked a “significant historical connection” to the proposed gaming site. The dispute continued while federal officials reviewed the decision. Scotts Valley pursued a temporary “preview casino” using modular buildings and Class II gaming machines near Interstate 80 and Highway 37. Four California tribes urged the band to wait for the federal review …

Latvia Closes Border With Belarus, Interior Minister Says

Latvia Closes Border With Belarus, Interior Minister Says

Published by Sam Flores

VILNIUS, July ⁠31 (Reuters) – ⁠Latvia has ⁠closed its border ​with Belarus, Interior ‌Minister Janis Dombrava ‌said ⁠on ⁠Friday. In a post on social media ​platform X, Dombrava said the ​border had been closed ⁠for “technical reasons” ⁠and ⁠urged travellers ​to use alternative routes. Latvia closed ​the ⁠Silene border crossing with Belarus in ⁠2023, citing pressure from irregular migration ⁠that Riga says was orchestrated by Minsk. Paternieki has since remained the only operating crossing between ⁠the two countries. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas, writing by Essi ​Lehto, editing by ​Alistair Bell) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – June 2026 Source link

REPLAY: ‘Unprecedented’ fire stable but not fully contained, says French Interior minister

REPLAY: ‘Unprecedented’ fire stable but not fully contained, says French Interior minister

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France’s interior minister said Monday that a monster wildfire has stopped growing after forcing 220,000 people out of their homes in the country’s southwest but cautioned that it isn’t yet beaten. “It hasn’t progressed during the night,” the minister, Laurent Nuñez, said. “We have to remain very concentrated, very determined, to go at any moment.” Source link

France fire situation ‘remains very unfavourable’ says interior minister

France fire situation ‘remains very unfavourable’ says interior minister

Published by Sam Flores

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday the wildfire situation in southwestern France was “very unfavourable”.”Another difficult night on the wildfire front,” Nunez said on X. A total of 2,500 firefighters, including a Swiss firefighting team, 1,500 military personnel and around 1,200 police have been deployed to battle the blazes in the southwestern department of Gironde, he said. Keywords for this article Source link

Land Rover’s fancy Freelander 8 EREV reveals ultra-luxe interior

Land Rover’s fancy Freelander 8 EREV reveals ultra-luxe interior

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The best seat in Jaguar Land Rover’s newest SUV might not be the one behind the steering wheel! New interior images of the Freelander 8 EREV revealed on Chinese social media show a six-seat, ultra-luxury luxury cabin that looks less “seats six,” and more G6. First shown back in March, the new Freelander is Jaguar Land Rover’s global entry into the West’s red-hot luxury SUV market, where its retro-tastic styling and concept-car proportions will undoubtedly play well against its Teutonic competition. To be competitive in China, though, where less is still less and more is still more, the Freelander 8 needs to bring something a little extra to the party – and does it ever! A recent post on Chinese social media site Weibo, by Wenfei – The Wanderer, shows a feature-rich interior featuring eye-grabbing “Zero gravity” reclining captain’s chairs in the second row with heated, ventilated, and massaging heating surfaces. And, no matter how over the top and undignified you might think a chunky SUV decked out with airplane tables, a refrigerator, and purple …

Look Closer: Interior With Women Beside a Linen Cupboard

Look Closer: Interior With Women Beside a Linen Cupboard

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Pieter de Hooch was a contemporary of Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch city of Delft for a time; they painted similar subjects, in similar costumes, engaged in similarly quotidian activities. But they were quite different artists. De Hooch’s 1663 painting Interior With Women Beside a Linen Cupboard delivers exactly as little drama and numinous transcendence as its title promises. (It was formerly called The Good Housewife, which is hardly better.) The intrigue lies elsewhere. Explore the August 2026 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. View More De Hooch’s picture is a puzzle box—an ingenious construction of openings and closings, insides and outsides, revelation and concealment. The sturdy wall behind the standing women with their crisply folded stack of linen is breached in three different places, extending our vista with sudden depth. On the right is a stairway twisting up and out of sight, on the left a window, and in the center a door. From the May 2023 issue: How to look at a Vermeer These last …

Argentine President Names Interior Minister to Be New Cabinet Chief

Argentine President Names Interior Minister to Be New Cabinet Chief

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BUENOS AIRES, June ⁠28 (Reuters) – ⁠Argentina’s President Javier Milei ⁠announced on Sunday the appointment of Interior ​Minister Diego Santilli as the new chief of cabinet, according ‌to a post on ‌his X account. Santilli replaces Manuel Adorni, who resigned ⁠from the ⁠position following corruption allegations, and will take on his ​new role on Tuesday. The reshuffle comes as Milei’s popularity slides amid corruption allegations and growing friction within his cabinet. An ​accountant who comes from the center-right PRO party founded by ⁠former ⁠president Mauricio Macri, Santilli ⁠previously ​served as deputy chief of the City of Buenos Aires, ​congressman, senator, and ⁠security minister of the City of Buenos Aires. “I am going to give everything so that this government continues to advance in the structural reforms that Argentina has ⁠needed for decades,” Santilli said also on X. Adorni, the outgoing ⁠chief of cabinet, who submitted his resignation on Saturday, is under investigation  for alleged illicit enrichment, among other offenses.      He has faced criticism for a number of personal trips he has taken with his family, …

Interior: 5 arrested for vandalism in connection with Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Interior: 5 arrested for vandalism in connection with Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

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The Department of the Interior on Monday said five individuals were arrested in connection to reports of vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  “Five individuals have been arrested for vandalism. Five additional individuals were issued federal citations,” a department spokesperson told The Hill.  The spokesperson said a total of 14 police reports have been… Source link