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As the global market for secondhand luxury items surges, authentication has become the defining factor separating credible platforms from the rest.The resale market for fashion and luxury items is expanding at an annual rate of 10%, three times faster than the firsthand market, according to a report released Oct. 9 by Boston Consulting Group and luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective.The report projects the global resale market could reach up to $360 billion by 2030, from about $210 billion today.With more shoppers buying pre-owned designer brands, trust has become paramount. “As counterfeit manufacturing becomes increasingly sophisticated, even luxury brands themselves sometimes…

Oct 18, 2025, 01:04 AM ETSofia Huerta converted a penalty in the 67th minute and the Seattle Reign clinched a spot in the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Utah Royals on Friday night.The Reign (10-7-8) moved into third place in the standings with the victory, which extended the team’s unbeaten streak at Seattle’s Lumen Field to seven games.Ainsley McCammon scored on a header off a cross from Maddie Dahlien in first-half stoppage time to put Seattle up 1-0. It was the 18-year-old’s first goal.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe Royals (5-13-7) tied it in the 61st…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The prestigious Tsinghua University, where he studied and served as a professor, said in a statement that Yang died of an illness, without sharing further details. “Professor Yang is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, having made revolutionary contributions to the development of modern physics,” the statement said, praising his contribution to China’s scientific and educational developments.Yang won the Nobel Prize in 1957 with Tsung-Dao Lee for their investigation of…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan and Pakistani delegations are heading to the Qatari capital, Doha, hoping to defuse the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of fighting killed dozens of people and injured hundreds on both sides. The Taliban government said Saturday that the Afghan delegation included the defense minister and the head of the national intelligence agency. A Pakistani delegation was due to depart on Saturday, the national broadcaster PTV had said a day earlier. It did not give further details.Each country says it is responding to aggression from the other. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before have been identified as Eliyahu Margalit, as the Palestinian militant group looks for more bodies under the rubble in the Gaza Strip and urges more aid to be allowed into the embattled enclave.Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said Saturday Margalit’s body was identified after testing by the National Center for Forensic Medicine and his family has been notified. The 76-year-old was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, from the horse stables where he worked in Kibbutz Nir Oz. Margalit…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for weeks, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore.The North African nation is the latest to be rocked by “Gen Z” protests against corruption, lack of opportunity and business as usual. New protests are expected Saturday.Similar movements have risen in countries such as Madagascar, Kenya, Peru and Nepal. They differ in origin but share a common refusal to go through institutions like political parties or unions to be heard. In Morocco, anger has…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy security has been deployed to Kenya’s western city of Kisumu ahead of the final public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, after five people died in the last two public funeral events.Military officers, regular police and air surveillance teams were present Saturday at the soccer stadium where thousands of mourners stayed overnight awaiting the opportunity to view Odinga’s body.Odinga was a respected and significant figure in Kenya and beyond, a veteran politician lauded by many, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, for his fight for democracy.He died Wednesday in India at…

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023.Gonzalo Fuentes | ReutersTop proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending that Tesla investors vote against a pay plan for CEO Elon Musk that would grant him nearly $1 trillion more in stock.The “mega performance equity award” to Musk, designed to retain the CEO long-term, “has an astronomical grant value conditioned upon far-reaching performance targets that, if achieved, would create enormous value for shareholders,” ISS wrote on Friday.Tesla’s 2025 annual shareholder meeting and proxy vote is scheduled for…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday’s newspapers…PREMIER LEAGUE Liverpool are said to be keen on Ousmane Diomande as a backup option to Marc Guehi following their unsuccessful pursuit of the Crystal Palace skipper – Daily Express. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports News’ James Green provides the latest update on Marc Guehi’s future after Oliver Glasner confirmed he will not sign a new contract and will depart the club leave next year Crystal Palace are planning to sell England defender Marc Guehi in January and Liverpool are no longer the frontrunners to…

As the bull market turns three-years-old, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Friday that he expects companies to post “better than expected” earnings to continue the market’s rally.”The bears will hold their nose, hide their eyes and disengage their brains once again as next week progresses, because it should be another good one for earnings,” Cramer said. “And earnings, not anything else, are what really drive stocks lower. Or in this case, higher.”Cramer shared his “gameplan” looking ahead to next week’s earnings. The week will start out by seeing what steel producer Cleveland Cliffs has to say about the “real” economy’s…