BEIJING — China reported data Friday that pointed to slower growth on the consumer side while industrial activity remained robust.Retail sales rose by 2.3% in April from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said. That was less than the 3.8% increase forecast by a Reuters poll, and slower…

Deep divisions and apprehension on the campus of Morehouse College have presented President Joe Biden with a delicate balancing act this weekend as he prepares to deliver the commencement address at the historically Black, all-male college. There have been mixed reactions within the Morehouse community to Biden’s presence on campus…

The anticipated first part of Bridgerton Season 3 landed on Netflix this week, and the series introduced two new love stories, including Francesca Bridgerton. In Episode 3, Francesca meets the sweet-yet-reserved John Stirling, but do the couple marry and live happily ever after? Warning: Spoilers ahead for Bridgerton Season 3,…

It’s been nearly two years since Ivanka Trump announced she was “done” with Washington politics.In the time since, she’s worked hard to distance herself from her father’s turbulent political brand, skipping his 2024 campaign announcement and saying she “would never” return to being his senior advisor.But, as the saying goes,…

It took Russia more than two years of brutal war, thousands of armored vehicles damaged and destroyed, an estimated 450,000 casualties, and tens of billions of dollars to get to this point, but Moscow seems to finally be taking its war seriously.Much of the war in Ukraine has gone poorly…