A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023.Athit Perawongmetha | ReutersBEIJING — U.S. investments in around 50 blacklisted Chinese companies have drawn the attention of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.The committee on Tuesday announced it sent separate letters to MSCI and BlackRock asking for more information about the firms’ facilitation of U.S. investments into those Chinese companies.The Chinese companies were blacklisted over claims of supporting China’s military or alleged human rights abuses, the committee said. It noted…
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NewsMary Lattimore Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch“And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me” with Meg Baird and Walt McClements is the first single from Goodbye, Hotel ArkadaBy Matthew Ismael RuizAugust 2, 2023FacebookTwitterMary Lattimore (Photo by Rachael Pony Cassells)FacebookTwitterHarpist and composer Mary Lattimore has announced her new album Goodbye, Hotel Arkada with a video for its lead single “And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me.” The album is due out October 6 via Ghostly. She also announced a run of U.S. tour dates kicking off in Philadelphia on September 24. Check out the…
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon appears in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller | Getty ImagesFederal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McMahon last month and served him with a federal grand jury subpoena, the company disclosed Wednesday.The actions represent an escalation of an ongoing investigation into allegations that McMahon paid millions of dollars over the years to women after being accused of sexual misconduct.WWE also revealed Wednesday that McMahon “went on medical leave…
Sofia Richie Grainge—empress of the quiet luxury movement—is back with another effortless, elevated look for our summer mood boards.The Nude Beauty director shared a photo of her latest summer outfit on Instagram yesterday, proving you actually can look elegant in 90-degree weather. The ensemble was composed of some easy staples, including a zigzag-print button-up and pants set by Missoni in white, black, red, and orange. (Similar styles here.)Richie Grainge styled the breezy loungewear set with a simple black clingy tank, black flip-flops by the Row, acrylic pink-frame square sunglasses by Saint Laurent, and one of the season’s It bags: Hunting…
A lot has happened since the hijackers took flight KA29; it was easy to forget that everything happened in less than a day. Goes to show how much a difference a day can make. When he woke up in the morning, Kai didn’t know his dad’s plane would be hijacked, he would be held hostage, and the man he hates who’s dating his mother would save his life. When she woke up and was late to take her kid to school, Alice didn’t know the plane she’d been assigned would be hijacked, and she would help it land. When they…
Questions for My White Therapist Questions for My White Therapist Yes, I’m sure you were wild as a teenager, Linda, much more than my parents, Indians, all about their tradition. Tell me about your private school, Linda. Did you have a uniform? Plaid dress, white shirt, knee-high socks? Did you wear a black skirt? Did the bad girls duck under the stairwell to hitch their skirts up higher? Did they get busted or were they too rich? Did you do this? You tell me how you loved smoking cigarettes in the car with your friends. Were they bad girls too?…
HSBC’s U.K. headquarters are seen at the Canary Wharf financial district of London on July 31, 2018.Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON — HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said Tuesday that the lender would not “exit a client based on their lawful personal views,” after Coutts’ termination of Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage’s account sparked a banking scandal in the U.K.Internal documents obtained by Trump ally Farage revealed that Coutts — a high-end private bank and wealth manager requiring clients to hold a minimum of £1 million ($1.29 million) in investments or borrowing, or £3 million in savings — had opted…
Communication competition Organizers and winners of the 2023 MedPhys Slam. From left to right: Rachel Trevillian, Kelsey Bittinger, Jason Luce, Ellie Bacon, Aroon Pressram, Emilie Carpentier and Emily Thompson. (Courtesy: Sarah Aubert/AAPM STSC) Launched in 2018, the MedPhys Slam is now an established feature of the AAPM Annual Meeting. The popular session is a communication competition in which students and trainees present their research projects in just three minutes using just three slides. The winners are selected by a panel of judges, all non-medical physicists, who assess the talks based on how well the speakers explain their research question, its…
You wouldn’t wear sweatpants to the club—or would you? As long as athleisure continues flooding the market, turning a trend into a full-blown lifestyle, you’ll need to know the different types of joggers. Which one works when, and most importantly—why.It isn’t as simple as wearing gym clothes to a restaurant. It’s about how material, construction, and style dictates its occasion. A jogger for fitness, a jogger for fashion, and a jogger for fun. Catching on? But what all joggers have in common is what we love about them: a comfortable drawstring waistband and a tapered elastic ankle. In the age…
EXCLUSIVE: With such big 2023 movies such as Kraven the Hunter, the next Ghostbusters, the Zendaya romance Challengers and more moving into 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, exhibition is facing another possible recession should stars remain unable to promote. Movie theaters are currently relishing a box office boom in Barbie and Oppenheimer with the last weekend of July at $217M setting a record for the month’s final frame. The domestic box office per Comscore for the period of Jan. 1-July 30 is coursing 20% ahead of last year at the same point in time with $5.8 billion. But dark…
TAMPA, Fla. — Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others. The companies said July 31 the first docking plate would be attached to an undisclosed satellite later this year for a launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is the first time 10-year-old Astroscale has announced a commercial partnership for the hardware, as work continues to demonstrate how upcoming servicers could perform de-orbit and life-extension missions after latching onto the docking plate. Tokyo-based Astroscale declined…
AirPods — Apple’s truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones — could double as a health monitoring tool in the future, according to a patent application recently published by the US Patent Office (USPTO). The Cupertino company appears to have invented an AirPods sensor mechanism that would allow the earphones to monitor electrical impulses from the wearer’s brain. The patent describes a system that can monitor brain activity that is typically monitored with the use of electrodes on a patient’s head but the use of AirPods could provide a more discreet way to monitor brain activity.A patent recently published on the USPTO…
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump covers his face from lights as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. Lindsay Dedario | ReutersFormer President Donald Trump’s once-formidable and lucrative political action committee is down to $3 million on hand while committees allied with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden have well over $100 million combined ready to deploy, new data shows.Trump’s Save America PAC raised over $15 million in the first half of 2023, spent over $30 million and now has about $3.6 million on hand, according to Federal Election Commission…
In this articleSBUXFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTStarbucks logo is seen on a cup in this illustration photo taken in the cafe at the airport in Charleroi, Belgium on July 27, 2023. Jakub Porzyck | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesStarbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, but its same-store sales missed Wall Street’s estimates.Shares of the company fell less than 1% in extended trading.Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv:Earnings per share: $1 adjusted vs. 95 cents expectedRevenue: $9.17 billion vs. $9.29 billion expectedThe coffee giant…
Play video content TMZ.com Method Man won’t be walking anyone’s runway anytime soon, but his “Power Book II: Ghost” castmate LaToya Tonodeo thinks the rap legend should embrace his newfound status as a Hollywood heartthrob!!! TMZ Hip Hop linked with LaToya at LAX on Tuesday who told us she’s happy Meth is getting looked at in a different light, but understands as a woman what it’s like to be treated like a piece of meat and wanting to shy away from being propped up in the public eye. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. The Wu-Tang Clan…
A photo of a hallway in a building where Russian forces established a torture center in Kherson.Photo: Harvey PresenceEditor’s note: The following article contains graphic material detailing reports of torture of people in Ukraine.WASHINGTON — The identification of Russian forces who carried out various forms of torture and sexual violence on prisoners in the Ukrainian city of Kherson is “well underway,” according to a team of international lawyers investigating alleged war crimes.Kherson, once home to more than 280,000 people, was the first major city to fall to Russian forces during Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. After months of Russian occupation, the southeastern…
Less than a day after news broke of Euphoria star Angus Cloud’s death at age 25, his co-star and friend Zendaya honored him with a touching tribute. “Words are not enough to describe the infinite beauty that is Angus (Conor),” she began on Instagram. “I’m so grateful I got the chance to know him in this life, to call him a brother, to see his warm kind eyes and bright smile, or hear his infectious cackle of a laugh (I’m smiling now just thinking of it) I know people use this expression often when talking about folks they love…‘they could…
In the wake of the tragic death of her Euphoria costar Angus Cloud, Zendaya is speaking out. The actress, who plays Rue on the HBO hit, took to social media Tuesday to pay tribute to the Fez actor, who died Monday at 25. “Words are not enough to describe the infinite beauty that is Angus (Conor),” Zendaya wrote. “I’m so grateful I got the chance to know him in this life, to call him a brother, to see his warm kind eyes and bright smile, or hear his infectious cackle of a laugh (I’m smiling now just thinking of it).”…