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By Leah Dolan, CNN

(CNN) — How do you define glamour? Like the ever-elusive concept of personal style, glamour is often intangible, innate, even aura-based. It’s in the details: the socialite Lee Radziwill’s slouchy shawls and capes worn with a rock-hard blow-dry and enormous jewellery; her sister Jackie Kennedy’s valorous commitment to a silk headscarf and bug-eyed shades; the way fashion editor Diana Vreeland would tie a red scarf around her waist, giving a painterly stroke of color to her otherwise all-black silhouette — a styling approach so recognizable that Chanel creative director Matthieu Blazy nodded to it at a recent show.

Truly glamorous men are harder to conjure. There’s the late Giorgio Armani, whose mahogany tan was enhanced by his timeless uniform of tailored navy trousers and matching T-shirts. A$AP Rocky, with his wardrobe full of nostalgic Saint Laurent suits and flashy it-bags, is another consistent front-runner. Or French designer Haider Ackermann, who can make any suit more interesting by homing in on its neckline — adding opera and silk scarves, or even just by wearing the lapels of his blazer turned upwards. But who else fits the bill?

You might be tempted to point to the sporting section of male celebrities. Afterall, athletes have never been more into clothes. Nowadays NBA stars such as Tyler Herro, LeBron James, Lauri Markkanen and OG Anunoby, have their gameday arrivals — or “tunnel walks” — papped to the same degree as a runway, while Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson just walked the Willy Chavarria menswear show in Paris. France’s national football team, who were knocked out of the World Cup by Spain on Tuesday, have long been making headlines for their designer outfits: Adrien Rabiot in Louis Vuitton and Off–White, Hugo Ekitike in Vetements and Matières Fécales, Michael Olise in a Margiela top and Vaquera fuzzy hat.

But rarely do these looks fall into the special category of glamour. Instead, they are fashion with a capital F — trend-focused, militantly styled streetwear that can at times come across as a little forced.

On Tuesday night, 25-year-old Norwegian footballer and Manchester City player Erling Haaland offered an answer. Days after being knocked out of the World Cup quarter-finals by England, Haaland and his partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen dusted themselves off and headed to the Mediterranean for the Dolce & Gabbana Alta Sartoria show in Sicily. Haaland, who has already caught the world’s attention with his sprawling collection of Hermès bags and relatable love for a tacky trinket, was dressed to the nines. He clashed his cream satin pants with a white double-breasted blazer, dark sunshades, a gold frog-shaped brooch and navy woven leather loafers. Most notable was his thin satin-like scarf whipped eccentrically over one shoulder, like a Milanese gentleman oozing sprezzatura, further cementing himself as one of the most glamorous soccer players of our time.

Not since David Beckham have we seen such pizzazz and flare in soccer fashion. But three decades ago, Beckham’s off-duty looks — which ranged from head-to-toe leathers to a subversive Jean Paul Gaultier sarong — sent the UK’s lad culture into a tailspin, even causing England manager at the time, Glenn Hoddle, to Read more

Por Ivana Kottasová, CNN

El control de Rusia sobre su puerta de salida al mar Negro se está debilitando después de que una serie de ataques ucranianos obligara a Moscú a suspender el tráfico a través de la vía fluvial clave esta semana, limitando así la capacidad del Kremlin para comerciar con el resto del mundo.

Esta situación supone un cambio drástico para Rusia, ya que el mar de Azov ha estado durante años fuera del alcance de Kyiv y ha servido a Rusia como una base estratégica conveniente para lanzar ataques contra Ucrania y conectar vastas zonas del sur del país con los océanos del mundo.

Sin embargo, los recientes avances en el programa de drones de Ucrania han cambiado este escenario. Robert Brovdi, comandante de las fuerzas de drones de Ucrania, declaró el miércoles que Kyiv había alcanzado 116 embarcaciones rusas en el mar de Azov en tan solo los últimos nueve días, lo que representa un aumento considerable.

Anteriormente, los ataques contra buques rusos se limitaban mayoritariamente a la “flota en la sombra” y a embarcaciones militares.

CNN no puede verificar de forma independiente las afirmaciones de Brovdi, pero los videos de algunos de los ataques recientes, compartidos por funcionarios ucranianos, muestran impactos directos.

Estos ataques incesantes han obligado a Rusia a suspender el tráfico en el mar de Azov, cerrando los dos puntos críticos situados en sus extremos: el canal Don-Azov, que conecta el mar con vías fluviales interiores, y el estrecho de Kerch, que lo comunica con el mar Negro.

Las imágenes por satélite y los servicios de seguimiento de buques muestran largas filas de barcos esperando a ambos lados del mar.

Ucrania ha logrado éxitos crecientes al atacar la flota rusa de petroleros “en la sombra” que transportan combustible sujeto a sanciones; no obstante, el bloqueo del mar de Azov podría tener un impacto más amplio, afectando incluso a exportaciones no sancionadas, como el trigo o el aceite de girasol.

El Instituto para el Estudio de la Guerra (ISW), un organismo estadounidense de seguimiento de conflictos, señaló el martes que los ataques ucranianos en el mar de Azov “representan una nueva fase en los esfuerzos de Ucrania por aislar la Crimea ocupada de la red logística rusa y perturbar las rutas de transporte marítimo de Rusia, especialmente las de productos petrolíferos y grano”.

El mayor Evhen Karas, comandante del 413º ​​Regimiento Independiente de Sistemas No Tripulados de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ucrania —unidad que participa en la operación—, afirmó que Rusia ha convertido Crimea en una gran base militar con unidades que abastecen a las fuerzas que intentan avanzar más hacia el interior de Ucrania.

“Estamos cortando toda la logística”, declaró Karas a CNN, señalando que la capacidad de Ucrania para atacar a mayor distancia y a menor costo “se ha convertido en un problema que los rusos no pueden resolver”.

“Aumentaremos esta presión hasta donde alcancemos… esto es solo el comienzo”, afirmó.

Rusia es el mayor exportador de grano del mundo y es responsable de cerca de una quinta parte de las exportaciones mundiales de trigo, según el Servicio Agrícola Exterior del Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos.

Aproximadamente una cuarta parte de las exportaciones rusas de trigo se transporta a través del mar de Azov, según Andrey Sizov, destacado analista de los mercados agrícolas de la región del mar Negro. “Para el mercado del trigo, el mar Negro es lo que el golfo Pérsico representa para el mercado del crudo. El mar Negro es, con diferencia, el mayor proveedor de trigo del mercado mundial”, afirmó, añadiendo que, de persistir la situación, las pérdidas económicas de Rusia podrían ascender a miles de millones de dólares.

Los precios de los futuros del trigo —un indicador clave de las expectativas de los operadores— se han disparado en los últimos días, en

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN

(CNN) — Two US nonprofits have sued the Trump administration over sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) — penalties that they say “violate Americans’ constitutional right to engage in Palestine-related” human rights advocacy.

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), an organization that promotes democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, and the Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court seeking to bar the Trump administration from using an executive order “to prevent US citizens from supporting investigations into US and Israeli abuses,” according to a statement released by the two organizations. Those measures “muzzle Palestine advocacy,” the statement added.

An executive order issued by US President Donald Trump in February 2025 authorizes punitive measures against ICC staffers, such as sanctions and bans on entering the United States, because of what the administration described as “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”

Several other challenges to the ICC sanctions have been filed to date, but this lawsuit is the first that aims to stop Trump-appointed officials from using sanctions law to “bar Americans from supporting the ICC’s investigations into US and Israeli atrocity crimes, or from working with (UN special human rights envoy Francesca Albanese) and the sanctioned Palestinian NGOs,” the organizations’ statement said.

Those sanctions “unconstitutionally restrict Americans from seeking justice on Palestine at the ICC and working with human rights defenders designated solely for calling on the ICC to investigate Israeli and American nationals,” the statement added.

CNN has reached out to the US State Department and the White House for comment. The United States is not a member of the court. While the US signed the treaty that established the court in 2000, it did not ratify it.

Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has issued a series of sanctions that have penalized organizations and individuals who say they are seeking accountability for Israeli actions in Gaza — including under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands-based court. That campaign escalated on Monday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to use “all the tools at our government’s disposal” to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick, if necessary.”

In September, the State Department imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights groups — al-Haq, the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) — that had asked the ICC to investigate and arrest Israeli leaders following accusations of war crimes in Gaza.

The US also leveled sanctions last year against Albanese, an Italian human rights expert who has served as UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories since 2022, as well as ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan and four other judges.

In his first term, Trump targeted the ICC for seeking to investigate alleged war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan.

Earlier this week, Omar Shakir, executive director of DAWN, told CNN that the Trump administration’s efforts to scrutinize the ICC and other bodies seeking accountability underscore how such “efforts go far beyond trying to undermine the (ICC) and undermine

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN

(CNN) — Two US nonprofits have sued the Trump administration over sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) — penalties that they say “violate Americans’ constitutional right to engage in Palestine-related” human rights advocacy.

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), an organization that promotes democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, and the Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court seeking to bar the Trump administration from using an executive order “to prevent US citizens from supporting investigations into US and Israeli abuses,” according to a statement released by the two organizations. Those measures “muzzle Palestine advocacy,” the statement added.

An executive order issued by US President Donald Trump in February 2025 authorizes punitive measures against ICC staffers, such as sanctions and bans on entering the United States, because of what the administration described as “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”

Several other challenges to the ICC sanctions have been filed to date, but this lawsuit is the first that aims to stop Trump-appointed officials from using sanctions law to “bar Americans from supporting the ICC’s investigations into US and Israeli atrocity crimes, or from working with (UN special human rights envoy Francesca Albanese) and the sanctioned Palestinian NGOs,” the organizations’ statement said.

Those sanctions “unconstitutionally restrict Americans from seeking justice on Palestine at the ICC and working with human rights defenders designated solely for calling on the ICC to investigate Israeli and American nationals,” the statement added.

CNN has reached out to the US State Department and the White House for comment. The United States is not a member of the court. While the US signed the treaty that established the court in 2000, it did not ratify it.

Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has issued a series of sanctions that have penalized organizations and individuals who say they are seeking accountability for Israeli actions in Gaza — including under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands-based court. That campaign escalated on Monday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to use “all the tools at our government’s disposal” to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick, if necessary.”

In September, the State Department imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights groups — al-Haq, the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) — that had asked the ICC to investigate and arrest Israeli leaders following accusations of war crimes in Gaza.

The US also leveled sanctions last year against Albanese, an Italian human rights expert who has served as UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories since 2022, as well as ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan and four other judges.