From the top of the government, China is heavily promoting a plan to fix the country’s stagnant economy and offset the harm from a decades-long housing bubble. The program has a fresh slogan, presented foremost by Xi Jinping, the country’s top leader, as “new, quality productive forces.” But it has features that are familiar from…
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Taylor Swift and beau Travis Kelce could be featured in a docuseries about their relationship Taylor Swift could delight Swifties with a docuseries about her romance with Travis Kelce. A PR expert thinks Disney CEO Bob Iger would be “more than interested” in collaborating with Taylor and Travis for a project. Bob was recently spotted…
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Charlie Creme, ESPN.comMar 24, 2024, 12:52 AM ET Close Charlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com. The 2024 women’s NCAA tournament should have perhaps been played on a blackboard. There’s that much chalk all over it after the first round wrapped up. Higher-seeded teams went 31-1 in the first round. No bracket…
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Amid debate in Washington over whether TikTok should be banned if its Chinese owner doesn’t sell it, one group is watching with particular interest: the many brands — particularly in the beauty, skin care, fashion, and health and wellness industries — that have used the video app to boost their sales. Youthforia, a makeup brand…
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The princess, 42, attends the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, along with Prince William, King Charles III, Queen Camilla and other royals. It would be the last time she was seen in public for several months, an absence that was marked by intense public speculation and…
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Examining Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis – CBS News Watch CBS News Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed Friday that she was diagnosed with cancer. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook takes a look at what her treatment could entail. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive…
Depending on the elasticity of your attention span, listening to Tierra Whack’s 2018 debut, “Whack World,” might have made your brain feel like it had been tossed inside a bouncy castle the size of a jewelry box. As conceptual rap albums go, this thing seemed unprecedented — dizzy-making in scope but hyper-succinct in form, with…
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March 2024 bank holidays: Certain bank branches will be open to cater to government transactions for the fiscal year 2023–2024 on Sunday, March 31. This decision comes from the Government of India, which has asked all bank branches handling government receipts and payments to remain operational on that day. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…
Mar 21, 2024, 12:45 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Long Beach State‘s athletic director said the timing of his decision to fire coach Dan Monson was done with the hope it might trigger the exact run that led the team on its unexpected trip to the NCAA tournament. “My belief and hope is that…
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This month, just before Art Basel Hong Kong begins, an array of artworks — some towering, some glowing, another harking back to old Hong Kong — will pop up outside the walls of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Five of these new, large-scale works were commissioned by a department of Hong Kong’s government…
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