An avid reader, Stefano Gallici tries to squeeze in at least a 30-minute reading session before going to bed every day to wind down, detox from screen time and foster another of his passions, along the ever-present ones for music, photography and vintage thrifting. He seems not to have been immune from the 250th anniversary…
Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is scheduled to visit Italy and Switzerland from Tuesday until October 12, China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday. Wang would attend the 12th joint meeting of the China-Italy government committee and the fourth round of the China-Switzerland strategic dialogue held between foreign ministers, the ministry said in a statement. His…
Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter and get behind-the-scenes access and unrivalled insight Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed during a fight in Indianapolis on Saturday, and was arrested for his…
Getty Images You could be forgiven for thinking that electric cars might finally be gaining momentum in the US. After all, sales of battery cars topped 1.2 million last year, more than five times the number just four years earlier. Hybrid sales have jumped by a factor of three. Battery-powered cars accounted for 10% of…
【Now新聞台】財政司司長陳茂波表示，十一黃金周海內外旅客都有增長，加上股票市場暢旺，樓市亦轉趨穩定，零售業正朝穩中向好方向發展。 財政司司長陳茂波趁十一黃金周到中上環探索「城市遊」路線，與旅客互動，又與旅客組成六角星合照。陳茂波指，近日假日氣氛特別濃厚，加上股票市場暢旺，市面人氣旺了不少。他指黃金周首四天內地旅客達87.7萬人次，按年升逾7%，海外旅客亦約有12.6萬人次，按年升超過三成 。陳茂波指，上周公布的8月零售銷售總額按年升3.8%，亦是連升四個月，在樓市轉趨穩定、股市興旺、旅客持續增加等因素支持下，零售業正逐步穩定下來，八成業界預期黃金周生意有增長，部分更估計有雙位數增幅。展望中秋大坑舞火龍、美酒佳餚巡禮、全運會等盛事可吸引人流帶動消費。下月舉行的國際金融領袖投資峰會等活動就可帶來高消費、高增值的商務客群，讓本地零售餐飲和酒店業受惠。政府會繼續以「盛事+旅遊」形式吸引旅客，亦會繼續努力招商引資，支持經濟升級轉型。政府將與十多家重點企業舉行簽約儀式，包括三家全球十大醫藥企業，亦首次包括結合創科的文創企業，經引進辦來港的重點企業將突破100家。#要聞 Source link
Speaking of the hilarious incident on the Making A Scene podcast, the comedian told co-host Matt Lucas that the British leader “took it in good spirits”. This occurred when Little Britain was peaking in popularity, with characters like Sebastian, an assistant with an infatuation with the PM, becoming beloved fixtures on our screens. David Walliams…
US President Donald Trump does not like it when his wife Melania, and son Barron, converse in Slovenian, an expert has revealed. Mary Jordan, who penned the biography of the first lady titled The Art Of Her Deal, claimed that Trump becomes annoyed when he is unable to understand what his family is discussing. Barron…
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon remembers what life was like before AI, and is all in on using it to expand the ranks of his bank in the next decade. Speaking to Bloomberg journalist Tom Mackenzie on Friday in Italy, Solomon said AI had the hallmarks of being able to grow the firm’s headcount over…
The main story at Gauchere this spring was transformation. Designer Marie-Christine Statz said she’d thought about metamorphosis, which she characterized as “these opposites, these floating moments.” In a bid to express the full potential of her clothes, she tapped choreographer Benjamin Millepied to show her spring collection in motion. They had worked together on a…
SHANGHAI, Oct 5 — Typhoon Matmo hit southern China today, the state broadcaster said, after flights and many events had been cancelled in the island province of Hainan, causing disruption in a peak holiday season. Matmo, which caused flooding in the Philippines last week, made landfall on the east coast of Xuwen in Guangdong province…