Energy crunch powers growth slowdown in 'unstable' China recovery
Power shortages and supply chain difficulties are being widely blamed for a slowdown in China's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Power shortages and supply chain difficulties are being widely blamed for a slowdown in China's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Fairfax County Police said they arrested Julio Pascual Sejas, 41, in connection to the Wednesday afternoon shooting at West Springfield KinderCare.
Universal has unveiled the first official look at one of the five new worlds being created for its massive Orlando-based Epic Universe theme park opening in 2025. Basked on the DreamWorks’ animated franchise, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk allowsguests will see what it’s like to live amongst dragons and explore a …
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Justin Fields will have a chance to compete for the Steelers QB job with Russell Wilson, and there's one analyst giving the nod to Fields.
The Jamie Lloyd Company today announced the full cast for the upcoming West End production of Romeo & Juliet, with newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers confirmed as Juliet opposite Tom Holland. Also starring in the anticipated Jamie Lloyd-directed show will be Freema Agyeman (Nurse), Michael Balogun (Friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel Quinn-Toye (Paris), Ray …
Jennifer Garner has urged people to make sure they're using sunscreen.
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is expanding his own Barker Wellness brand with a new tattoo aftercare collection.
As the Kansas City Royals get ready for another baseball season, KC businesses who were new to the stadium’s concession line last year are also ready.
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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has unveiled plans to overhaul unemployment benefits, while promising to reduce France's spiralling deficit. The government will also test out a four-day working week. Speaking Wednesday on TF1 television, Gabriel Attal announced the need for a reform of unemployment payments to make up for the deficit that spiralled out of control last year.The 35-year-old prime minister said he had asked Labour Minister Catherine Vautrin to prepare "new negotiations" with so
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has announced the 49th Annual Gracie Awards winners. This year’s winners include Michelle Obama, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Glennon Doyle, Rachel Brosnahan, Maria Shriver, Gayle King, Angela Yee, and Nicole Kidman, among many others. Some of the shows honored include Yellowjackets and Only Murders in the Building, Queen Charlotte: …
Kim Kardashian has been sued by the foundation of the late Donald Judd, who claims the reality star promoted "knockoff" versions of his work.
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The unbeaten heavyweights spoke to The Independent ahead of their British and Commonwealth title fight, which has been a year in the making
The Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform. President Mahmoud Abbas, who has led the PA for nearly two decades and remains in overall control, announced the new government in a presidential decree on Thursday. Abbas tapped Mohammad Mustafa, a longtime adviser, to be prime minister earlier this month.
Firefighters responded to the Vista Apartments on Lakeshore Boulevard in Euclid.
Inflows into the nine recently launched exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to bitcoin have resumed their upward trajectory this week after the cryptocurrency's price bounced back from its dip last week. "The resumption in bitcoin's strong performance is sparking renewed interest in the ETFs," said Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, an analysis firm. The nine funds that made their debut in January pulled in more than $1.2 billion in assets in the first three days of this week, according to data from BitMEX Research.
Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm - dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners - is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down. Only last year, the 27-hectare plot in western Ghana was covered with nearly 6,000 cocoa trees. Long the world's undisputed cocoa powerhouses accounting for over 60% of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both facing catastrophic harvests this season.
The former billionaire entrepreneur who founded the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, will appear in a Manhattan federal court to be sentenced on several fraud and conspiracy charges. Just four months ago, a jury determined that Bankman-Fried, 32, had lied to FTX investors, lenders and customers and used their money to build himself up as the “King of Crypto”. Federal prosecutors have asked Judge Kaplan to sentence him to between 40 and 50 years. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers meanwhile have pushed back on that, saying no more than 6.5 years is appropriate given he is a non-violent first offender.
Stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) could be on their way to close out first-quarter 2024 on a positive note, seeing first-quarter gains across the board for the first time in several years. Thursday is the final trading day for the month of March and the quarter in this shortened trading week. Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller has stated he is in "no rush" to cut interest rates in 2024 after the past months' inflation data. Former FTX (FTT-USD) CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is set to be sentenced Thursday morning on charges related to defrauding customers of the crypto platform. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.