During the festive season in the lead up to Christmas, the gardens at Helmingham Hall are transformed into a spectacle of light, sound, and colour. It reopens again this year on Friday, November 14, and will run until Friday, November 19. With new installations, the trail takes visitors through glowing walkways and across the historic…
The surprise order from the Trump administration imposing a new $100,000 fee on some visas set off a day of frantic travel as workers, companies and foreign governments scrambled to respond to Washington’s latest immigration crackdown. By the time the White House clarified that existing holders of the H-1B visas for skilled workers were not…
China is set to open its first museum fully devoted to African history and art. Led by Ye Hailin of the China-Africa Institute, the initiative seeks to strengthen cultural and academic ties through exhibitions, research centers, and exchanges, positioning cultural diplomacy as a new pillar of China-Africa relations. Source link
NEED TO KNOW A woman says her grown daughter’s unemployed boyfriend has lived in her home rent-free for about a year She said she recently gave him an ultimatum — “find a job or move out” The woman shared her story on a community forum, where a number of commenters said they thought she is…
Google has issued an emergency guidance to its H-1B visa holders traveling abroad, advising immediate return to the United States. The directive came hours after President Trump announced a $100,000 fee for new H-1B applications—a staggering 6,600% increase from current costs. The company advised H-1B holders currently outside the United States to “return immediately” and…
Affluent Hong Kong investors – from the former CEO of the Hong Kong stock exchange to the chairman of Great Eagle Holdings – have been snapping up residential properties, despite doubts by many prospective homebuyers that prices of flats across the city have hit bottom. Francis Yuen Tin-fan and his wife Rose Lee Wai-mun spent…
Stapleton, who presented on programmes including the BBC’s Watchdog and GMTV’s News Hour, died in hospital on Sunday morning. His agent, Jackie Gill, said: “John had Parkinson’s disease, which was complicated by pneumonia. “His son Nick and daughter-in-law Lisa have been constantly at his side and John died peacefully in hospital this morning.” John Stapleton…
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Marie Antoinette: the Fragonard cupcake who bankrupted France with her lust for fashion and diamonds, who bottle-fed pet lambs while her people starved. No matter that, in truth, her frocks and jewels were small fry in her country’s financial ruin; the optics, as we would say now, were terrible. So what if she never actually…
Władimir Putin i Xî Jinping Photo. The Presidential Press and Information Office/Wikimedia Commons/CC4.0 Putin’s participation in the SCO summit in Beijing and his talks with Xi Jinping underscored that Moscow and Beijing are shifting from occasional cooperation to a structured alliance, focused on evading sanctions and building alternative economic pathways. China’s move to consider granting…