Over the past fifteen years, I’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths with the peripatetic Angolan author José Eduardo Agualusa on several occasions. In 2008 we were in conversation at the Brooklyn Book Festival—my first as a moderator—to celebrate the release of his novel The Book of Chameleons, which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Eight years later, at an event at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, we met again to talk about A General Theory of Oblivion, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. This month, Agualusa will publish a new collection…
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In this articleJNJFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTKenvue, a unit of Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business.CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Monday said it plans to reduce by at least 80% its stake in Kenvue, the consumer health business it spun out as an independent company earlier this year, via a stock exchange offer. J&J owns 89.6% of Kenvue’s common stock, which amounts to more than 1.72 billion shares. related investing newsSigns are emerging that the IPO market can make a comeback soonValida Paua day agoThe exchange offer, also known as a split-off, will allow J&J…
Photo by Oluwafikunmi KilankoAmong the shortlisted short stories for this year’s edition of the Caine Prize for African writing is Yejide Kilanko’s “This Tangible Thing,” which narrates a child’s journey of self-realization and self-affirmation. Kilanko is a Nigerian-born writer. Her debut novel, Daughters Who Walk This Path, a Canadian national best-seller, was longlisted for the 2016 Nigeria Prize for Literature. Her work includes a novella, Chasing Butterflies (2015), and two children’s picture books, There Is an Elephant in My Wardrobe (2019) and Juba and the Fireball (2020). Guernica Editions published her latest novel, A Good Name, in 2021. Kilanko’s short fiction…
Searchlight Pictures’ comedy Theater Camp held its own on a big weekend of box office coin flowing in from Barbie and Oppenheimer. Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s Sundance-winner (U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble) expanded to 10 markets/51 theaters, up from six locations in New York and LA opening weekend, taking in an estimated $266,000 for a per-screen average of $5.2k. That follows a notable opening last week when the Ben Platt and Gordon-starrer sported a $50.2k PSA — Searchlight’s biggest PSA for a limited opening since Jojo Rabbit in 2019. It will move to another 35-40 markets next week,…
SAN FRANCISCO – German thermal satellite data startup constellr raised 17 million euros ($18.93) in seed funding. Karista led the round. Participants included Einstein Industries Ventures, FTTF, Lakestar, Vsquared, Amathaon Capital, Natural Ventures, OHB Ventures and EIT Food. With the latest funding, announced July 20, constellr plans to accelerate deployment of its shoebox-size thermal imagery satellites and meet growing global demand. Constellr’s first thermal infrared imaging sensor traveled to the International Space Station in 2022 on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission. Thermal Imagery Constellation The first satellite in constellr’s operational constellation are scheduled to launch in 2024. “We only…
PlayStation fans can rejoice as Sony has confirmed a limited-time promotional offer for its PS5 console, promising a discount of flat Rs. 7,500 in India. The offer is only applicable on the 4K Blu-ray-equipped disc version of the console and goes live on Tuesday, July 25, at select online and offline retailers. The sale will run for two weeks, going through August 7, and will cut the price of the PS5 down to Rs. 47,490, which is slightly lower than the original cost at which the console was launched in February 2021. This does not affect any game bundle variants…
Bill Forte from North Sky Communications works on a fiber optic line during a heat wave gripping the Pacific Northwest in Lake Forest Park, Washington, U.S., June 26, 2021.Karen Ducey | ReutersWith extreme heat waves and climate-related disasters becoming more frequent across the U.S., some politicians are becoming more urgent in their call for action. ”The climate change bomb has gone off. … The earth is screaming at us,” Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” ”There’s good news,” he added, noting that “this is a solvable problem. But we need to stop using fossil fuels. That is…
NewsMitski Announces New Album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, New Song Out Next WeekShe revealed the title of her Laurel Hell follow-up in a voice memo sent via her newsletterBy Madison BloomJuly 23, 2023FacebookTwitterMauricio Santana/Getty ImagesFacebookTwitterMitski has announced her next album, which is called The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We. She revealed the title in a voice memo that was included in her official newsletter (viewed by Pitchfork). Mitski also said that the album’s lead single will arrive on Wednesday (July 26).“Hi, this is Mitski, and I’m at Bomb Shelter Studios in Nashville, where we…
“The fear of interest rate increases has influenced people’s thinking — it’s not just the homeowners, it’s new buyers who wanted to get in before the interest rates went up even more,” says Robert Shiller, professor of economics at Yale University.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA decade-long rally in U.S. home prices could finally come to an end once the Federal Reserve stops its rate-hiking cycle, said Robert Shiller, professor of economics at Yale University.Home prices have made steady gains since 2012, according to the S&P Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.”The fear of interest rate increases has influenced people’s…
The fashion schedule is traveling at a breakneck pace, and the recent resort 2024 collections are no different. Several destination shows had the style set traipsing around the globe to take in the latest from brands that are bound to inspire a winter getaway sooner than later. If you’re keen to get your holiday plans sorted before the summer is over, look no further. Keep scrolling to see the top trends of the in-between season—and get your shopping carts ready. DESTINATION DRESSINGGucci’s cruise 2024 show at the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.Cosimo SereniThis season, designers embraced their jet-setting schedule of pre-pandemic…
Did Erin and the group have a great time? On The Real Housewives of New York City Season 14 Episode 2, the gang headed to the Hamptons to celebrate Christmas. However, some members of the group yearned to return home before the trip was over. Meanwhile, Jenna had the perfect gift to help some of the fractured relationships. Use the video above to watch The Real Housewives of New York City online via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love TV as much as you. TV…
The Scientific Method Does Not Apply to First Love Alexandra Chang Alexandra Chang is the author of the novel Days of Distraction. Share article Phenotype by Alexandra Chang People say that we don’t really know each other and that’s why we’re still together, but what everyone doesn’t see is that we understand each other perfectly fine. It’s true he’s Korean and I’m not. It’s also true that I’m an undergrad in the same lab where he’s a grad student. Yes, he TA’d my cell bio class, but that was before, so I deserved my A. The age difference isn’t as much…
Vital cell tracking in a breast tumour explant (a) Yellow lines show the tracks of cell nuclei movement over 150 min; an unjammed region of cell motion is seen in the lower middle of the sample, surrounded by jammed cells. (b) Cell nuclei colour-coded for aspect ratio (AR), with red indicating elongated (high AR) cells and green showing rounder (low AR) cells. The region of motile cells exhibits more elongated nuclei than the surrounding cells. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/P Gottheil et al Phys. Rev. X 10.1103/PhysRevX.13.031003) The physical concept of jamming – originally developed to understand the behaviour of glasses…
Workers load goods for export onto a crane at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China June 7, 2019.ReutersBEIJING – International investment firms have changed their China GDP forecasts nearly every month so far this year, with JPMorgan making six adjustments since January.That’s according to CNBC analysis of the firms’ notes. JPMorgan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.related investing newsChina’s earnings season is just getting started. Here are some winners to watchEvelyn Cheng7 hours agoThe U.S. investment bank most recently cut its China GDP forecast in July to 5%, down from 5.5% previously.That came alongside cuts this month by Citi and Morgan…
While the Hollywood Studios and WGA and SAG-AFTRA are at a standstill in labor talks –streaming residuals being a big bone of contention– the theatrical side of the business exploded with Barbenheimer together grossing over $511M worldwide, $235.5M of that being domestic. Never before in the history of Hollywood movies have two films opened respectively to $100M+ and $50M at the domestic box office. As of Sunday, Warner Bros.’ Barbie counts a domestic opening of $155M with $182M abroad, while Universal’s Oppenheimer did $80.5M domestic and another $93.7M abroad. Comscore this AM says this weekend for all movies stateside came…
WASHINGTON — In a summer of extreme weather events, NASA is emphasizing its role in studying the climate, efforts that face both fiscal headwinds and partisan divides. In a July 20 media briefing, NASA leadership highlighted the agency’s work in studying the climate and addressing climate change, efforts that range from Earth science missions to aeronautics research into sustainable aviation. “You think of NASA as a space agency. You think of NASA as an aeronautical research agency. NASA is also a climate agency,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said at the briefing. Officials discussed the various activities at the agency related…
Twitter is expanding its suit of features, probably to onboard more people onto the platform. The social networking platform is seemingly testing a new feature that would let verified companies post all job openings on their profiles. While Twitter has not made an official announcement about working on this feature or planning to release it yet, some tipsters seem to have caught a glimpse of its tests being run with select organisations. The tentative name of this unannounced feature is ‘Twitter Hiring’.Tech tipster and app researcher Nima Owji has shared a screenshot of this upcoming Twitter feature on July 20.…
BARCELONA, SPAIN – JULY 23: A man votes at historical building of Universitat de Barcelona on July 23, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. Voters in Spain head to the polls on July 23 to cast their votes and elect Spain’s next government. (Photo by Javier Mostacero Carrera#1102751#51C ED/Getty Images)Javier Mostacero Carrera | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesSpain’s conservative party PP [Partido Popular] is on track to lead negotiations to form a new government in Madrid, exit polls have shown, suggesting this could be the end of the socialist rule of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.PP secured between 145 and 150 seats,…