HSBC’s U.K. headquarters are seen at the Canary Wharf financial district of London on July 31, 2018.Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON — HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said Tuesday that the lender would not “exit a client based on their lawful personal views,” after Coutts’ termination of Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage’s account sparked a banking scandal in the U.K.Internal documents obtained by Trump ally Farage revealed that Coutts — a high-end private bank and wealth manager requiring clients to hold a minimum of £1 million ($1.29 million) in investments or borrowing, or £3 million in savings — had opted…
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Communication competition Organizers and winners of the 2023 MedPhys Slam. From left to right: Rachel Trevillian, Kelsey Bittinger, Jason Luce, Ellie Bacon, Aroon Pressram, Emilie Carpentier and Emily Thompson. (Courtesy: Sarah Aubert/AAPM STSC) Launched in 2018, the MedPhys Slam is now an established feature of the AAPM Annual Meeting. The popular session is a communication competition in which students and trainees present their research projects in just three minutes using just three slides. The winners are selected by a panel of judges, all non-medical physicists, who assess the talks based on how well the speakers explain their research question, its…
You wouldn’t wear sweatpants to the club—or would you? As long as athleisure continues flooding the market, turning a trend into a full-blown lifestyle, you’ll need to know the different types of joggers. Which one works when, and most importantly—why.It isn’t as simple as wearing gym clothes to a restaurant. It’s about how material, construction, and style dictates its occasion. A jogger for fitness, a jogger for fashion, and a jogger for fun. Catching on? But what all joggers have in common is what we love about them: a comfortable drawstring waistband and a tapered elastic ankle. In the age…
EXCLUSIVE: With such big 2023 movies such as Kraven the Hunter, the next Ghostbusters, the Zendaya romance Challengers and more moving into 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, exhibition is facing another possible recession should stars remain unable to promote. Movie theaters are currently relishing a box office boom in Barbie and Oppenheimer with the last weekend of July at $217M setting a record for the month’s final frame. The domestic box office per Comscore for the period of Jan. 1-July 30 is coursing 20% ahead of last year at the same point in time with $5.8 billion. But dark…
TAMPA, Fla. — Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others. The companies said July 31 the first docking plate would be attached to an undisclosed satellite later this year for a launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is the first time 10-year-old Astroscale has announced a commercial partnership for the hardware, as work continues to demonstrate how upcoming servicers could perform de-orbit and life-extension missions after latching onto the docking plate. Tokyo-based Astroscale declined…
AirPods — Apple’s truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones — could double as a health monitoring tool in the future, according to a patent application recently published by the US Patent Office (USPTO). The Cupertino company appears to have invented an AirPods sensor mechanism that would allow the earphones to monitor electrical impulses from the wearer’s brain. The patent describes a system that can monitor brain activity that is typically monitored with the use of electrodes on a patient’s head but the use of AirPods could provide a more discreet way to monitor brain activity.A patent recently published on the USPTO…
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump covers his face from lights as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. Lindsay Dedario | ReutersFormer President Donald Trump’s once-formidable and lucrative political action committee is down to $3 million on hand while committees allied with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden have well over $100 million combined ready to deploy, new data shows.Trump’s Save America PAC raised over $15 million in the first half of 2023, spent over $30 million and now has about $3.6 million on hand, according to Federal Election Commission…
In this articleSBUXFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTStarbucks logo is seen on a cup in this illustration photo taken in the cafe at the airport in Charleroi, Belgium on July 27, 2023. Jakub Porzyck | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesStarbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, but its same-store sales missed Wall Street’s estimates.Shares of the company fell less than 1% in extended trading.Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv:Earnings per share: $1 adjusted vs. 95 cents expectedRevenue: $9.17 billion vs. $9.29 billion expectedThe coffee giant…
Play video content TMZ.com Method Man won’t be walking anyone’s runway anytime soon, but his “Power Book II: Ghost” castmate LaToya Tonodeo thinks the rap legend should embrace his newfound status as a Hollywood heartthrob!!! TMZ Hip Hop linked with LaToya at LAX on Tuesday who told us she’s happy Meth is getting looked at in a different light, but understands as a woman what it’s like to be treated like a piece of meat and wanting to shy away from being propped up in the public eye. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. The Wu-Tang Clan…
A photo of a hallway in a building where Russian forces established a torture center in Kherson.Photo: Harvey PresenceEditor’s note: The following article contains graphic material detailing reports of torture of people in Ukraine.WASHINGTON — The identification of Russian forces who carried out various forms of torture and sexual violence on prisoners in the Ukrainian city of Kherson is “well underway,” according to a team of international lawyers investigating alleged war crimes.Kherson, once home to more than 280,000 people, was the first major city to fall to Russian forces during Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. After months of Russian occupation, the southeastern…
Less than a day after news broke of Euphoria star Angus Cloud’s death at age 25, his co-star and friend Zendaya honored him with a touching tribute. “Words are not enough to describe the infinite beauty that is Angus (Conor),” she began on Instagram. “I’m so grateful I got the chance to know him in this life, to call him a brother, to see his warm kind eyes and bright smile, or hear his infectious cackle of a laugh (I’m smiling now just thinking of it) I know people use this expression often when talking about folks they love…‘they could…
In the wake of the tragic death of her Euphoria costar Angus Cloud, Zendaya is speaking out. The actress, who plays Rue on the HBO hit, took to social media Tuesday to pay tribute to the Fez actor, who died Monday at 25. “Words are not enough to describe the infinite beauty that is Angus (Conor),” Zendaya wrote. “I’m so grateful I got the chance to know him in this life, to call him a brother, to see his warm kind eyes and bright smile, or hear his infectious cackle of a laugh (I’m smiling now just thinking of it).”…
Imagine the worst thing that anyone has ever done to you. Now imagine you have one year to seek justice, revenge, punishment. To make them pay. Of course, you’ll have to confront your torturers. Your nightmares will come back, along with the monsters you’ve keeping at bay. You’ll have to blow up your whole life, in fact—un-forgive, un-forget, seethe with anger. You’ll have to live in the wreckage. In all likelihood, you’ll be humiliated, abandoned, and disappointed along the way. Sometimes by the people you love the most. You’ll have to admit how much you hurt. Loudly and on the…
In this articleGPSAEOBARC-GBCOINAALFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.The Rivian name is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022.Mike Blake | ReutersToyota Motor — Shares rose 1.7%, hitting a new 52-week high, after the company reported a revenue beat in the fiscal first quarter. Toyota posted operating income of 1.12 million yen ($7.84 billion), which was 94% higher than a year prior. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected 9.878 trillion yen.Coinbase – Shares of the crypto exchange dropped 8% after a federal judge said…
One minute you’re squeezing into skinny white jeans tight enough to cut off your circulation. Next, it’s all about baggy denim that wouldn’t look out of place at an Apple exhibition in the 90s. Fashion, eh?The best relaxed fit jeans for men are your happy medium. They’re loose enough to get with the times, but not so big that your legs are filed as a missing limb. And unlike the crotch-squishing styles you once wore, they’re pretty damn comfortable too. A must-have for any well-rounded collection, relaxed fit jeans should be at the top of every guy’s wardrobe wish list.…
EXCLUSIVE: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 luscious pop classic movie starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor and Jim Broadbent, has recouped its costs — not only the $28 million Broadway price tag, but it also recouped sizable sums in London’s West End and Australia. Luhrmann tells me that it’s “so gratifying that breaking even is such a big deal in the theater.” As an antipodean, he’s especially gratified with Moulin Rouge!’s hit status in Australia. “Australia, the English one, the Broadway one — they’ve all done it,” and “that’s down to the relentless drive that Carmen and her…
WASHINGTON — As the Senate advances a bill that would direct NASA to support missions to remove orbital debris, the agency is outlining the role it will take assisting the Commerce Department on a new space traffic coordination system. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Orbital Sustainability, or ORBITS, Act on a voice vote during an executive session July 27. A version of the bill made it through the Senate last year but was not taken up by the House. “The ORBITS Act is going to empower NASA to research, develop and demonstrate key technologies to remove the debris,” Sen.…
The Redmi 12 5G has been officially launched in India. The new 5G smartphone from Xiaomi is making its global debut in India, and is currently the company’s most affordable 5G smartphone starting at just Rs. 10,999. The device brings some class-leading features such as a glass back panel, new Snapdragon SoC, and more. Is the Redmi 12 5G the real deal? While we work on the full review, here is our first impressions of the phone.Starting with the unboxing, the Redmi 12 5G comes with all the necessary accessories bundled such as a SIM tray, translucent case, and some…