Saudi Arabia’s stock market regulator is investigating the poor performance of recent initial public offerings, according to people familiar with the matter, and questioning the advice given by investment banks to companies selling stock. The investigation has been underway for several months and covers IPOs going back to at least early 2025, the people said….
First La Liga match: Alaves v Getafe, Saturday 15 August, 18:30 (BST) Jose Mourinho returning to Real Madrid 13 years after his first spell as manager ended was a reunion nobody saw coming. Many expected Real to dominate La Liga and the Champions League when they signed Kylian Mbappe in 2024, and while he has…
Remarks were made by head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit head, Hossein Taeb Washington: The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s control and management”, the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump wrote on…
A White House fact sheet described the investment board as a government-to-government forum for investment-related issues. Credit: Alones/Shutterstock.com The proposed US-China Board of Investment is unlikely to emerge as a major outcome when US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet in Washington next month, reported South China Morning Post…
Beware Boiúna trailer dropped a few days back. It features Fear Street actor Kiana Madeira, who has also shed light on the lethal threat posed by the jungle portrayed in the film. This survival horror film focuses on a group of medical volunteers fighting for their lives against a life-threatening peril in the Amazon rainforest….
US lawmakers want to know: Who’s calling the shots in the president’s multi-billion-dollar stock-trading spree? In a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, US Senator Elizabeth Warren and US Representative Robert Garcia, who is the head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, aired concerns about Trump’s recent trading activity. In…
Hong Kong has conducted its first large-scale drill at the revamped Huanggang border crossing, with authorities describing traffic flows at the facility as smooth. About 1,000 civil servants from more than 20 departments mobilised for Thursday’s drill. They were instructed to travel by public transport to the Hong Kong port area of the revamped Huanggang…
I today discovered a feature tucked away in the System Settings app that I never knew existed: you can set different default languages for individual Mac apps. If you already knew this, then there’s nothing to see here, move right along. But otherwise, this is how it does (and doesn’t) work … There are many…
Pep Chavarria is in the game! The newest addition to the Blues squad has had his price confirmed in Fantasy Premier League (FPL). Pep is a Blue, and now he’s in FPL. After joining on a deal until 2031 from Rayo Vallecano, Chavarria is excited to get started at Cobham. The Spaniard will cost…
China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, the Adora Magic City, is ready to sail from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for the first time on an international journey on Thursday evening, marking a major milestone for the country’s cruise industry as the vessel expands its operations to southern China’s shores. The 323.6-meter-long, 135,500-tonne…