DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Planned negotiations between Iran and the United States this weekend over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program have been postponed, Oman announced Thursday. What You Need To Know Oman has announced that planned negotiations between Iran and the United States this weekend over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program have been postponed…
On Thursday, the Chinese market was closed for the May Day holiday, and spot gold fell below $3,230 per ounce during the session, with a daily decline of 1.77%. According to Goldman Sachs commodity trader Adam Gillard, ahead of the May Day holiday, Chinese traders sold nearly 1 million ounces of gold through the Shanghai…
The UK has had the hottest May 1 on record, after temperatures climbed to 28C in Kew Gardens, southwest London. Emergency services warned people to take care if they tried to cool off in lakes, rivers and the sea, and that the heat and recent dry spells meant a higher risk of wildfires. The temperature…
Anna Mathsen of Eden Prairie, a senior in professional and technical communication at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, has created a digital fashion portfolio of apparel collections in advance of the university’s May 3 WEAR Fashion Show. Mathsen created the portfolio, her digital humanities capstone project, via a photo shoot in a specialized university lab. The…
President Donald Trump’s massive China tariffs are jeopardizing American fireworks shows, threatening to drive up prices and limit supplies. U.S. fireworks wholesalers and distributors say they’ve been canceling shipments from China for this year’s July Fourth holiday. Some are also halting manufacturing in China of fireworks for next year’s celebrations of the 250th anniversary of…
More than 213,000 mainland Chinese visitors flocked to Hong Kong on the first day of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday on Thursday, looking forward to some hiking, treating their taste buds at street food stalls and restaurants, and enjoying a dazzling drone show in the night sky above Victoria Harbour. Immigration Department data showed…
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck…
May 1 (Reuters) – Gold dipped to a two-week low on Thursday, pressured by signals of softening trade tensions and a holiday in top consumer China, while focus was also on Friday’s U.S. payrolls report to gauge the economic outlook. Spot gold was down 2% at $3,222.43 an ounce at 9:30 a.m. ET (1330 GMT),…
Vending Photo: The Hershey Company May 1, 2025 Reese’s has introduced a Peanut Butter White Bar in the U.K., combining its signature peanut butter filling with a white chocolate flavored coating. The 90-gram bar, featuring the ridges of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, is designed as a shareable treat, according to a press release. The product…
As its first endeavor the Project will provide foundational support for “Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements,” a retrospective exhibit featuring fashion by Dutch couture designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, which is slated to run at the High Museum from Oct. 10, 2025 until Feb. 8, 2026. Horsting and Snoeren are known for blurring the boundaries between…