Hong Kong — China’s economy got off to a strong start in 2023, as consumers went on a spending spree after three years of strict pandemic restrictions ended. Gross domestic product grew 4.5% in the first quarter compared to the previous year, the National Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. That beat the estimate of 4%
Editor’s note: Roxanne Jones, founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and former vice president of ESPN, has been a producer, reporter and editor for the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones is co-author of “Say It Out Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete.” He speaks weekly about politics, sports and
It’s sourdough bread and pine trees for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis. The two stars talk about their time together during the Covid-19 pandemic, telling People that the actor, who is Lee’s godson, and his girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, lived next door to Curtis. Curtis, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress at the
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the bivalent vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, allowing people 65 and older and certain people with weakened immunity to receive additional doses ahead of vaccination campaigns this fall. The bivalent vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna carry instructions
A German artist rejected an award from a prestigious international photography contest after revealing that his submission was generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Berlin-based Boris Eldagsen won the creative open category at this year’s Sony World Photography Award with his work “Pseudomnesia: The Electrician.” The eerie black and white image shows two women of different