Ahead of the looming government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday posted a banner in large type on its homepage blaming the shutdown on the “Radical Left,” an allegation that an ethics group said was a “blatant violation” of the Hatch Act. “The Radical Left are going to shut down…
Elon Musk’s recent, massive purchase of Tesla stock has caught analysts’ attention — and has at least one feeling better about the company’s future. In mid-September, Musk made headlines by buying $1 billion worth of Tesla stock, marking his first such purchase since 2020. As Teslarati reported, not only did the move put Tesla in…
Wall Street futures slipped on Wednesday as the clock ticked down to a U.S. government shutdown that would delay the release of crucial jobs data and muddy the interest rate outlook, while Asian markets hesitated after a solid quarter of gains. Source link
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco city leaders are working to bring Chinese visitors back to the city. Luring visitors from China What we know: On the mayor’s balcony at San Francisco’s City Hall, Mayor Daniel Lurie and China’s Consul General to San Francisco, Zhang Jianmin raised the Chinese flag to honor Chinese National Day, honoring…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called on China to import Australian iron ore without hindrance after reports on Wednesday that a state-run Chinese iron ore buyer had told steelmakers and traders to temporarily stop buying shipments from global mining giant BHP. China Mineral Resources Group Co.’s move against the world’s biggest…
OpenAI is turning its video model into a consumer product. Today the company launched Sora 2—a big leap in realism and controllability—and a new Sora iOS app that packages it into a TikTok-like feed where you can generate, remix, and even insert a verified likeness of yourself via “cameos.” The rollout starts invite-only in the US and Canada….
The Trump administration is pulling a federal watchdog off the beat in Washington, effective Wednesday, stripping funding from the Council of Inspectors General. Removing the council’s funding will mean a further hollowing out of the work of federal inspectors general and internal government investigators who are supposed to root out waste, fraud, abuse and misconduct…
Estonia’s prime minister, Kristen Michal, has warned that Russia’s recent air incursions were an attempt to distract Europe from helping Ukraine, ahead of a summit with EU leaders. “Putin wants to have us talking about ourselves, not about Ukraine, not about helping Ukraine, not to push back Russia in Ukraine,” Michal told AFP in an…
With Democrats and Republicans unable to reach a funding deal, the US government is on the brink of a shutdown (Alex WROBLEWSKI) Asian markets stuttered, US futures fell and gold hovered near record highs Wednesday after lawmakers in Washington failed to reach a deal to avert a government shutdown. The prospect of federal services being…
Hong Kong has once again displayed its resilience. The city retained its No 3 ranking in the Global Financial Centres Index, just behind New York and London, while initial public offerings surged eightfold in the first half of 2025. For the first time since 2019, Hong Kong held the top spot in global IPO fundraising….