LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s grand State Opening of Parliament ceremony does not normally feature an elephant. But on Wednesday, there was a large figurative elephant in the room: an imminent leadership challenge that could put Prime Minister Keir Starmer out of a job before the summer and consign his freshly minted plan for…
“Today, advancing freedom requires a unified national economic strategy.” WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Todd Young (R-IN) addressed a luncheon meeting of The Ripon Society on Tuesday, delivering a wide-ranging address on trade policy, technology competition, and American industrial capacity. On the current trade environment, the Hoosier State’s senior Senator offered a nuanced view of tariffs…
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the ProShares UltraPro QQQ, where 17,950,000 units were destroyed, or a 3.7% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying components of TQQQ, in morning trading today Proshares Genius Money Market ETF…
The government-appointed administrator of Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court has sought to delay an owners’ meeting, prompting calls from residents to hold it before the end of June to address concerns ahead of a decision on whether to sell their flats. The move by Hop On Management Company came after more than 240 owners,…
Gasgoo Munich-On May 13, NIO announced that retail sales of the new ES8 reached 13,020 units in April. This marks the fifth consecutive month the model has topped the charts for large SUVs and vehicles priced above 400,000 yuan—regardless of powertrain—cementing its dominance in the high-end pure electric SUV sector. As NIO’s flagship SUV, the…
As President Donald Trump prepares for another high-profile visit to China, one noticeable absence has sparked fresh speculation online, as First Lady Melania Trump will not be joining him this time. The decision immediately drew attention because Melania had played a visible role during Trump’s 2017 China visit, attending cultural events and public appearances alongside…
GDANSK, May 13 (Reuters) – Australia in December became the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook. The ban comes amid mounting concerns over the impact ofsocial media on children’s health and safety. Below is a summary of…
Image Credit: Signs of The Times Last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth urged Congress to pass a 2027 Pentagon budget of 1.5 trillion dollars. He justified the increase by saying we need a modernized, high-tech military to counter China. U.S. lawmakers have been using China as a military budget increaser and ultimate policy-generator for…
Image source: Getty Images The first rule of predicting a stock market crash is never, ever predict a stock market crash. Why? Because they’re entirely unpredictable. As the world faces the biggest energy shock in its history, I’d have expected global share prices to have gone into meltdown weeks ago. But they haven’t. So why…
Ten students from an elite secondary school in Hong Kong were injured or experienced ringing in their ears after a self-heating hotpot pack exploded in a classroom on Wednesday. A police spokesman said officers received a report from St Paul’s Co-educational College in Mid-Levels at 3.29pm, that a self-heating hotpot pack had exploded after being…