JEDDAH: Italian fashion designer Renato Balestra closed the third day of the fifth Arab Fashion Week on Friday in Dubai.
His “Princess Collection” aims to make a woman feel like a princess out of a fairy tale. Yellow and black were the dominant colors in the collection.
Balestra’s private clients include prestigious names from all over the world including Empress Farah Diba; Queen Sirikit of Thailand and her daughter Princess Choulabhorn; Princess Noor Hamzah of Jordan; Saudi Arabian princesses; leading celebrities; and Hollywood actresses, according to the Arab Fashion Week website.
Other designers who showcased their latest designs on Friday included Vietnamese designer Phuong My, who specializes in the “modern reinterpretations of traditional Asian designs for women;” David Tlale from South Africa; Moscow-based Tamam Humariff; Ludovica Virga, creator of the Mua Mua Dolls; and Pija Minaz, the Malaysian designer of hijab collection Minaz.
Arab Fashion Week, held twice a year, showcases only see-now buy-now collections and pre-collections, as opposed to the traditional haute couture in which designs are delivered months after they are ordered.
Day 3 of Arab Fashion Week ends on high note
Day 3 of Arab Fashion Week ends on high note
Christmas Eve winner in Arkansas lands a $1.817 billion Powerball lottery jackpot
- The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52 and 59, with the Powerball number being 19
- The last time someone won a Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve was in 2011, Powerball said
ARKANSAS, USA: A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner.
The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52 and 59, with the Powerball number being 19. The winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA in Cabot, lottery officials in Arkansas said Thursday. No one answered the phone Thursday at the location, which was closed for Christmas. The community of roughly 27,000 people is 26 miles (42 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock.
Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previous expected, making it the second-largest in US history and the largest Powerball prize of 2025, according to www.powerball.com. The jackpot had a lump sum cash payment option of $834.9 million.
“Congratulations to the newest Powerball jackpot winner! This is truly an extraordinary, life-changing prize,” Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group Chair and Iowa Lottery CEO, was quoted as saying by the website. “We also want to thank all the players who joined in this jackpot streak — every ticket purchased helps support public programs and services across the country.”
The prize followed 46 consecutive drawings in which no one matched all six numbers.
The last drawing with a jackpot winner was Sept. 6, when players in Missouri and Texas won $1.787 billion.
Organizers said it is the second time the Powerball jackpot has been won by a ticket sold in Arkansas. It first happened in 2010.
The last time someone won a Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve was in 2011, Powerball said. The company added that the sweepstakes also has been won on Christmas Day four times, most recently in 2013.
Powerball’s odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes growing as they roll over when no one wins. Lottery officials note that the odds are far better for the game’s many smaller prizes.
“With the prize so high, I just bought one kind of impulsively. Why not?” Indianapolis glass artist Chris Winters said Wednesday.
Tickets cost $2, and the game is offered in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
