Author: kenzie Lauren

Shanghai is banking on more international sporting events and concerts in the city this summer to revive spending to counter the blows to consumer confidence from the China-US trade war. The city will host international equestrian, archery, triathlon and Formula E events in May and June, aiming to reel in spectators at home and abroad. In March, Formula One racing returned to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, attracting the McLaren, Red Bull, Mercedes and Aston Martin teams as well as 220,000 fans, according to official estimates. The city is also in discussions with Taylor Swift’s team for possible concerts later this year. In all,…

 India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn’t say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday. He said the decision demonstrated New Delhi’s commitment to the “values and interests of the society and country.” The count is likely lead to demands to raise the country’s quotas that reserve government jobs, college admissions and elected offices for some categories of castes, especially for a swathe of lower and intermediate castes that…

The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit a quarter of a million miles from here. Once there, the Lunar Module separated and descended to the Moon’s surface. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were putting the first boot prints in the lunar regolith, Michael Collins was holed up in the CMS, waiting to rendezvous with the away team and return home. It’s been over 50 years since then, but when humanity returns to the Moon with the Artemis program,…

Twenty years ago this past week, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim posted the very first YouTube video, titled “Me at the Zoo.” “All right. So here we are, in front of the elephants. The cool thing about these guys is that they have really, really, really long trunks. And that’s cool. … And that’s pretty much all there is to say.” YouTube was so new that our Charles Osgood had to define it for “Sunday Morning” viewers back in 2006: “A website that lets just about anyone post videos for the whole world to see.” Today, it doesn’t need explaining. YouTube…

Real American Beer, the patriotic brew co-founded by wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, just landed its biggest retail win yet. The brand is now stocked in select Walmart stores across eight states — a move that Hogan and the company say makes it easier than ever for Americans to grab “a real American beer” ahead of grilling season. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, launched the beer last summer as a tribute to the wrestling glory days and his entrance anthem, “Real American.” With WrestleMania 41 kicking off this weekend in Las Vegas, the timing couldn’t be better for WWE…

Don Mischer, an award-winning producer and director who brought calmness and meticulous preparation to live television extravaganzas like awards shows, Olympic opening ceremonies, Super Bowl halftime performances and the 2004 Democratic National Convention, died on April 11 in Los Angeles. He was 85. His death was announced by a spokeswoman for his family, who did not cite a cause or specify where in Los Angeles he died. Mr. Mischer’s most recent project, on April 5, was serving as the executive producer of the star-studded Breakthrough Prize award ceremony, which honors scientists and is sometimes called the Oscars of science. In the days before…

L’Oreal reported a rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, beating expectations for slower growth, as strong demand for its creams and perfume in Europe helped counter challenging conditions in the United States. The French group, which makes Maybelline mascara and Kiehl’s skincare, posted like-for-like sales up 3.5%, though they were inflated 2 percentage points by advance shipments to China ahead of a change in IT systems. Growth of 1.5% still beat a Visible Alpha consensus of 1.1% cited by analysts at Jefferies. “This is a decent update in the context of anxieties,” the analysts said in a note, pointing to concerns…

China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump’s attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world’s two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped from China. Temu, which is owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, and Shein, which is now based in Singapore, said in separate but nearly identical notices that their operating expenses have gone up “due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs.” Both companies said they would be making “price adjustments” starting April 25, although neither provided…

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has launched an investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services company. The probe follows complaints from American workers who claim they were unfairly replaced by lower-cost Indian employees on work visas. The EEOC, a federal agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, is examining whether TCS systematically favored Indian workers over U.S. citizens and green card holders in hiring and layoffs. The complaints allege that TCS disproportionately terminated American employees while retaining or hiring workers on H-1B and L-1 visas, which are often used to bring…

With water covering the majority of our planet, scientists have been wading through ideas to answer a fundamental question: Where did it all come from? A popular theory suggests asteroids or comets helped bring the precious resource to Earth in chance encounters, but new evidence may be sinking this idea. A study published in the journal Icarus showed the ingredients for water may have been present as early Earth was developing, indicating that the creation of water may be a more common process on planets than previously thought. “We always kind of assumed that Earth was unique,” said Tom Barrett, lead author…