America’s senior population has grown by 34.2% in the last 10 years, and today about 54 million Americans are 65-plus. If you’re in this group, you may take four or more medications, see as many as five doctors each year, and have at least one chronic health condition. You may also feel that your doctors […]
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WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices in the United States accelerated in January, the latest sign that some inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.3% from December to January after having fallen -0.1% from November to
At the Kohler WasteLAB, materials otherwise bound for the landfill (excess glaze, scraps of clay, iron slag) find new life as household wonders. The program’s latest triumph is Transcendence: a shimmering tile collection by Lebanese designer Nada Debs. Rendered in a crackled finish, its arch motif invokes traditional hammams—places that, fittingly, symbolize renewal and rebirth.
From left, the Capucines BB Croc, Capucines Mini Drawn Fish, Capucines MM Floating Fish, and Bear With Us clutch, all by Gehry for Louis Vuitton. Photo: Mario Kroes Whereas the Capucines BB Analog (crafted with bespoke molds screen-printed with architectural imagery) pays homage to the sail-like forms of Gehry’s IAC Building in New York City,
President Joe Biden’s campaign is embracing TikTok to court younger voters ahead of the presidential elections, but U.S. adults have mixed views about whether the video-sharing app should even operate in the country. A new poll by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds a three-way split when it comes to
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HONG KONG — Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people linked to the territory’s largest ever money laundering case, involving about 14 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.8 billion) some of it linked to a scam case in India. The seven local residents, aged between 23 and 74, were part of a large-scale transnational syndicate
NEW DELHI — Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens of thousands to march toward the capital in tractors and wagons. Farmers in the northern states of Haryana and Punjab held sit-ins near toll plazas
ALGIERS, Algeria — In a square near the center of Algiers, currency traders carry wads of euros, pounds and dollars, hoping to exchange them to those worried about the plummeting value of the Algerian dinar. This black market for foreign currencies is among the signs of the economic woes plaguing Algeria. The state, reluctant to
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BANGKOK — Shares advanced in Asia on Friday, with Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index trading near a record high, 35 years after it peaked and then plunged with the collapse of Japan’s financial bubble. U.S. futures were lower after stocks on Wall Street set a fresh record following some mixed reports on the economy. The
SAN FRANCISCO — The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, isn’t the first of its kind. Google, Meta and the startup Runway ML are among the other
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