Facebook Tweet Email Link EDITOR’S NOTE: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Melania Trump’s enigmatic style staple, the face-covering wide-brimmed hat, is back. And this one cast an even lower, closer shadow…
China has urged South Korea to join it in defending free trade against “rampant” unilateral bullying amid the bitter trade war with the United States. “Both China and South Korea are beneficiaries of economic globalisation,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday at a meeting in Beijing with his South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun….
new video loaded: How Laser Weapons Could Take On War Drones By Lara Jakes, Nikolay Nikolov and David Jouppi•September 18, 2025 Russia’s use of drone swarms in the Ukraine war has other countries worried about their own air defenses. Lara Jakes, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, explains how some are looking at…
The number of electric vehicle chargers in China, which has the world’s largest EV charging infrastructure, has surged 53.5% year over year to 17.3 million. Data from the National Energy Administration showed on Thursday that the number of public charging facilities has reached 4.32 million units, a 37.8% increase from the same period a year…
The extremely fine Congressional Gold Medal, presented to Lieutenant Robert Henley, as instructed by the President of the United States, James Madison, following the Battle of Lake Champlain, sold for a hammer price of £180,000 at auction last year. This was against an estimate of £40,000-50,000 at Noonans Mayfair, in a sale of British, World Coins and…
Share Melania Trump’s team has aggressively knocked down Epstein-related ‘falsehoods’ Monica Alba and Chloe Atkins Reporting from WASHINGTON First lady Melania Trump has directed her attorneys to take swift action against any platform or person that publishes “falsehoods” or “defamatory” information about her when it comes to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar…
Foreign interest in Chinese stocks rose across the board this year – propelling a rally that has added a combined US$3 trillion of market value to both the nation’s onshore and offshore equities – as advances in artificial intelligence bolstered the tech outlook and China-US tensions de-escalated, according to Goldman Sachs. Global hedge fund inflows…
Fashion retail, just like the rest of us, is going through a rough time right now. Every day it seems like more and more brands – from emerging designers, to established houses, to leading multi-retailers – are shutting up shop, while even massive conglomerate-backed names are suffering through monumental drops in sales. The landscape paints…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei plans to launch powerful computing setups that allow chips to connect at high speeds, an executive said Thursday, as Beijing looks to bolster domestic AI prowess and reduce reliance on Western firms. Geopolitical tensions between China and the United States have intensified technological competition between the countries,…
Chief Executive John Lee announced plans for an AI Efficacy Enhancement Team to reform public services and position Hong Kong as a global hub for AI. Hong Kong will establish a new team to advance the use of AI across government departments, Chief Executive John Lee confirmed during his 2025 Policy Address. The AI Efficacy…