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A man passes by a billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping as the spread of the coronavirus continues in Belgrade, Serbia, April 1, 2020. Documents reveal that Chinese President Xi Jinping waited six days to publicly warn about the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, after his top officials determined that the situation was “likely to develop into …

Radio broadcasting giant iHeartMedia is aiming to cut $250 million in costs this year, including furloughs and pay cuts, as it looks to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic iHeart Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Pittman said in a Tuesday statement that iHeart’s senior management team and some other employees “voluntarily agreed to …

JCPenney has approached consulting firm AlixPartners as the US retailer looks at options for managing its debt, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to keep up with the shift to online shopping, and the crisis has been exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak that has forced …

Season 3 of “Fauda” finds Israeli Defense Force member Doron Kavillio (series star Lior Raz) working undercover in the Gaza Strip, as the Netflix series continues its dramatization of the ongoing (and deadly) Arab-Israeli conflict. Doron is embedded in a Palestinian town, where, as boxing coach Abu Fadi, he’s ostensibly mentoring up-and-coming boxer Bashar Hamdan …

Anthony Scaramucci is not in the mood to sue anybody right now. Reports surfaced on Monday that his Skybridge Capital’s flagship fund suffered a 22.5 percent loss last month as markets cratered, and that Scaramucci was considering filing lawsuits against other funds responsible for his losses. The COVID-19-driven carnage left the flagship fund with $3.9 …

Amazon on Monday lifted its ban preventing sellers from shipping non-essential items to its warehouses. The move comes a month after Amazon told sellers that it would only accept “household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand products” so that it could focus on shipping essentials during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon had curtailed what its sellers …

Paws feeling parched from all that hand-washing? Now more than ever, keeping your skin hydrated with the right lotions and potions is paramount. But which hand cream to choose? With tons of moisturizing options on the market, we’re taking cues from celebrities like Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Gabrielle Union and Charlize Theron, who have shared …

Jada Pinkett Smith sat down with her daughter, Willow Smith, and mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, 67, on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table Talk” to discuss the difficulties for people struggling with addiction during the coronavirus pandemic. During the conversation, Smith, 48, commended her daughter for cutting back on smoking weed. “Willow, I’m really proud of you …

Toilet paper is rolling off Walmart’s shelves so fast that the retailer sold enough in the last five days to give every American one roll, CEO Doug McMillon said Friday. That suggests customers snapped up some 329 million rolls of TP as coronavirus panic shopping continued to hit the giant department store chain. McMillon urged …

Jussie Smollett and Lee Daniels no longer speak — and it’s not just because of Smollett’s alleged hate-crime hoax. Smollett starred on Daniels’ Fox hit “Empire” for five seasons. But we’re told that the pair butted heads over, among other things, R. Kelly’s involvement in Smollett’s career. Smollett and Daniels’ “relationship is nonexistent, and it was …