Colleen Barry

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  • AlpsEurope

    A tunnel nearly a mile beneath the Alps will transform travel from the heart of Europe into Italy

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • Jeep CherokeeFinance

    Jeep Cherokee’s comeback penciled in to pivot around $1.7 billion tariff knockout blow

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • Felix BaumgartnerSuccess

    The first skydiver to break the speed of sound has died in a paraglider crash in Italy

    By Colleen Barry, John Seewer, and others
  • Model Carrole Sagba carries a beige handbag from Gucci with a brown leather trim during a street style fashion photo session, on June 13, 2025 in Paris, France (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)Retail

    Tariffs, war, and inequality have battered the luxury goods market—Gucci sales are down 24%

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Camille Cohen / AFP) (Photo by CAMILLE COHEN/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Google loses a battle in its $4.7 billion fight against an EU antitrust ruling

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • Trump and Zelensky sit in chairs face to face during Pope Francis' funeralPolitics

    Trump and Zelensky quietly meet on the sidelines during Pope Francis’ funeral

    By Nicole Winfield, Colleen Barry, and others
  • A luxury Burberry handbag sits, waiting to be plucked by a rich customerRetail

    Experts say Trump’s tariffs could corrode the already struggling luxury-goods market, which is expected to shrink for the first time since the Great Recession

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • CEO of auto giant Stellantis Carlos Tavares speaks to journalists during a joint media event by Stellantis and Leapmotor in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on May 14, 2024. A joint venture by global car giant Stellantis and Chinese electric vehicle start-up Leapmotor will start shipping cars to Europe in September, executives said on May 14. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Despite steep 38% tariffs, Stellantis begins EV rollout in Europe under Chinese joint venture

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • MILAN, ITALY – JUNE 17: A model walks the runway the Gucci Men’s Spring Summer 2025 Fashion Show during the Milan Fashion Week Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 at Triennale di Milano on June 17, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Gucci)Retail

    Luxury handbag and apparel sales are set to stall because of price hikes and a ‘self-inflicted’ creativity crisis, Bain study says

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Designer Stella Jean accepts applause at the end of her womens Spring/Summer 2018/19 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy, on Sept. 24, 2017. Stella Jean, the only Black designer belonging to Italy’s fashion council is withdrawing from this month’s Milan Fashion Week citing a lack of commitment to diversity and inclusion, and on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2023 announced a hunger strike out of concern that other minority designers associated with her will suffer a backlash. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)Retail

    Only Black designer in Italy’s fashion council quits Milan Fashion Week—and launches hunger strike—over lack of diversity

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Alessandro Michele poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Michele is leaving his role as creative director of the Gucci, the fashion house announced Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 bringing an end to an eight-year tenure that sharply redefined Gucci’s codes with romanticism and gender-fluidity, all the while powering revenues for the Kering parent. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)Lifestyle

    Gucci parts ways with creative director Alessandro Michele who returned the brand to greatness over ‘different perspectives’

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • Stefano Gabbana, Kim Kardashian and Domenico Dolce.Lifestyle

    Kim Kardashian’s dogs were named Dolce and Gabbana when she grew up. Now she’s curating for the famous fashion house

    By Colleen Barry and The Associated Press
  • TOPSHOT – Afghans (L) crowd at the airport as US soldiers stand guard in Kabul on August 16, 2021. (Photo by Shakib Rahmani / AFP) (Photo by SHAKIB RAHMANI/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Americans and other foreigners frantically evacuate Kabul as the Taliban enter the city

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Colleen Barry, and others
  • WHO Coronavirus Pandemic ItalyHealth

    Coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic, according to the WHO

    By Nicole Winfield, Colleen Barry, and others
  • A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) Fiat 500 vehicle stands on display at a dealership in Tokyo, Japan.

    Fiat Chrysler Merger With PSA Peugeot Appears Headed for Approval

    By Tom Krisher, Colleen Barry, and others