This fall saw the publication of Palmares, Gayl Jones’s first novel in 22 years. Jones was a literary phenomenon for three decades, vastly influencing Black women novelists in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. Toni Morrison, who edited Jones’s early work, famously said of Jones’s first novel, Corregidora, “No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this.” Jones’s artistic influence—her deft understanding of how memory, violence, and cadence affect one’s consciousness; her innovation around narrative arc and timelines—can be traced, or found echoes of, in nearly every piece of major African-American literature of the last 30 years.

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Gold’s rise to all-time highs above US$2,400 an ounce this year has captivated global markets. China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of the precious metal, is front and centre of the extraordinary ascent. Worsening geopolitical tensions, including war in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the prospect of lower US interest rates all burnish gold’s billing as an investment. But juicing the rally is unrelenting Chinese demand, as retail shoppers, fund investors, futures traders and even the central bank look to bullion as a store of value in uncertain times.

The actress is married to DJ Jessica Betts and has is a mother of three grown children It's been more than 30 years since Niecy Nash's family was torn apart by the tragic death of her brother. The Rookie: Feds actress' teen sibling, Michael Ensley, was killed during a shooting at his high school when he was 17 years old and Niecy has been fighting for tighter gun laws ever since.

It’s your toothbrush’s trusty counterpart, and it’s saved you from embarrassingly smiling with chia seeds, chocolate, or any tiny particle of food wedged between your teeth for hours on end. Floss is a miracle-worker, for sure. After visiting with this teeth tool daily (as we all should be, anyway) and listening your dentist’s advice after your appointments, the importance of regularly setting aside time for a flossing session for the sake of your pearly whites and gums is clear.

Aside from a lengthy lifespan, the battery is also said to perform well under extreme conditions. As China leads the charge in sodium-ion batteries, could it set off an EV revolution? “Unlike traditional batteries, this nuclear battery operates safely under extreme conditions, from temperatures of 120 to minus 60 degrees Celsius (248 to minus 76 Fahrenheit), and is resistant to punctures and gunfire without catching fire or exploding,” Science and Technology Daily said in an article on January 8.

Hong Kong resident Chamelia Suhra outlasted the competition during the city’s version of the backyard ultra, going non-stop for 29 hours to win the toughest race there is. The 44-year-old went for an hour more than rival Alice McLeod, racking up 194km (120.5 miles) along a 6.7km loop of Bowen Road. With an hour to complete each loop before she needed to be back at the start line, Suhra said every moment of her time on the course “was good fun”.

The actress married Ira Kunyansky on 28 January Actress Abigail Breslin brightened up her followers' Monday morning by releasing the first photos from her wedding day with Ira Kunyansky. The star and her partner, who began dating in 2017, tied the knot on 28 January – and you have to see Abigail's bridal outfit. Twirling around the dancefloor with her new husband, Abigail ensured all eyes were on her wedding dress from Simin Couture.

Plagiarism is a well-known problem in academia and creative fields, especially in an age when text is so easy to cut and paste. It is not, however, usually associated with judges. But concerns have been raised in several parts of the common law world about judges lifting large amounts of text from lawyers’ submissions and using them in their judgments. This has, understandably, been widely recognised as a bad practice. Last week, a court judgment revealed that a Hong Kong judge, Mr Justice Wilson Chan Ka-shun, had copied verbatim more than 98 per cent of the plaintiff’s arguments in an intellectual property ruling he delivered in 2021.

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