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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anaesthesia during childbirth, a move it said would help promote a “friendly childbearing environment” for women.Tertiary hospitals – those with more than 500 beds, must provide epidural anaesthesia services by 2025 while secondary hospitals – those containing more than 100 beds – must provide the services by 2027, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement last week.Authorities are struggling to boost birth rates in the world’s second largest economy after China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in…
CNN — Keanu Reeves was the unlikely but seemingly enthusiastic co-star of Jonathan Groff’s performance at the Tony Awards on Sunday. Groff appeared on stage in a sparkly tuxedo to perform “Mack the Knife,” a song from the Tony-nominated musical “Just In Time,” in which he stars as Bobby Darin. Toward the beginning of the lively performance, Groff hopped off the stage and into the audience. After doing so, he ran up to Reeve’s chair, climbed onto it and straddled Reeves, standing with one foot on each armrest. Groff sang his song as Reeves looked into the camera with wide…
CNN — Nicole Scherzinger had a big night at the Tony Awards on Sunday. Scherzinger, a former member of the musical group Pussycat Dolls, won her first-ever Tony Award for her performance as Norma Desmond in the Broadway revival of “Sunset Blvd.,” which also won an award for best musical revival. An emotional Scherzinger said in her acceptance speech that the award was “a testament that love always wins.” Earlier in the night, Scherzinger gave a gorgeous performance of the ballad “As If We Never Said Goodbye” that showed anyone who hadn’t gotten a chance to see the production why…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got some much-needed assistance from his teammates in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and the Oklahoma City Thunder evened the series against the Indiana Pacers with a 123-107 victory on Sunday night.Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points in Game 1, but his supporting cast couldn’t get it going, and Tyrese Haliburton’s jumper in the final second gave the Pacers a 111-110 win. Gilgeous-Alexander had 34 points and eight assists in Game 2 — typical production from the league’s MVP and scoring champion.Co-stars Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren played more like their usual selves on Sunday…
CNN — The 78th Annual Tony Awards took place Sunday at the historic Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with several shows and performers walking away big winners. “Purpose” also won the Tony for best play and “Maybe Happy Ending,” one of the most nominated productions heading into Sunday’s show, won best musical. One of the night’s first winners was “Succession” star Sarah Snook, who nabbed her first-ever Tony award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Later, Francis Jue earned the award for best performance…
CNN — The original cast of “Hamilton” reunited on Sunday for a lively performance on stage at the Tony Awards. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana DeBose, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff and many more members of the flagship Broadway cast appeared during the performance, which honored the beloved production’s 10th anniversary. Miranda and Odom Jr. opened the performance with “Non-Stop” and “My Shot” before the rest of ensemble joined in to perform selections from songs like “The Schuyler Sisters,” “Guns and Ships” and “You’ll be Back.” The cast also performed “Yorktown,” “The Room Where it Happens” and…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For the Indiana Pacers, a chance at being perfect in Games 1 and 2 of these playoffs went awry.They’ll have to settle for a mere split of the opening two games in the NBA Finals instead.The Pacers’ bid to become the fifth team in NBA history to go 8-0 to open the four playoff rounds — sweeping Games 1 and 2 in all four series — was stopped on Sunday night by the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder took control early and won Game 2 123-107, tying the championship matchup at a game apiece.“Any time you’re…
Multiple people were injured after a small plane carrying 20 people crashed in Tullahoma, Tennessee, authorities said.No one died in the crash.Six people had to be transported to hospitals for injuries that couldn’t be tended to at the scene, Lyle Russell, a spokesperson for the city, said.Of those six, two were taken by medical helicopter and four by ambulance, Russell said. After arrival, doctors determined someone who had been taken by ground needed care at a different facility, so that person was then helicoptered to a new location.Russell said the conditions of those people are currently unknown, and said he…
Meta is discussing a multi-billion dollar investment in Scale AI, according to Bloomberg. In fact, the deal value could reportedly exceed $10 billion, making it the largest external AI investment for the Facebook parent company and one of the largest funding events ever for a private company. Scale AI (whose CEO Alexandr Wang is pictured above) provides data labeling services to companies such as Microsoft and OpenAI to help them train their AI models. Much of that labeling work is done by contractors — in fact, the Department of Labor recently dropped its investigation into whether the company was misclassifying…
CALEDON, Ontario (AP) — Ryan Fox of New Zealand won for the second time in five weeks on the PGA Tour with another memorable shot in a playoff, this time a 3-wood to 7 feet on the fourth extra hole Sunday to beat Sam Burns in the RBC Canadian Open.Fox won the Myrtle Beach Classic last month by chipping in for birdie to win a three-man playoff. This one on the TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley took a little longer.What turned out to be the winning shot might be more memorable. Fox smoked a 3-wood that landed softly just left…