Elon Musk is considering backing Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 presidential election, according to reports on the billionaire’s political movements. The tech CEO formed a new party and pledged to contest both Republicans and Democrats at the 2026 midterms, but his relationship with Vance, who considers Musk a personal friend, may not be…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a rare visit to Tibet. Xi arrived in Lhasa on Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. He is the first Chinese president to attend this ceremony. The development comes amid tensions between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government about his potential…
Morning opening: More questions than answers Jakub Krupa Three days on from the White House summit on Ukraine, the signals are no longer as positive as US president Donald Trump would have wanted us to believe. A firefighter works at the site of the Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the village…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday made a rare visit to Tibet, a region where Beijing is accused of rights abuse, and urged ethnic unity as well as “religious harmony”. In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at Lhasa in Tibet on Wednesday(AP) Xi’s visit comes…
BEIJING – With leader Xi Jinping looking on, China marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet on Thursday with speeches and a parade in front of the 17th-century Potala Palace, the home of the Dalai Lama until he fled to India in 1959. Speakers hailed economic development in the remote region in the…
China’s President Xi Jinping has made an unannounced trip to Tibet, where he presided over a mass gathering in Lhasa to mark six decades since Beijing established the autonomous region, the BBC reports. A comment on the Chinese State Council homepage marking the visit, however, made no mention of the name Tibet, instead reporting that…
Elon Musk has downplayed his awareness of Kairan Quazi, the 16-year-old prodigy who recently made headlines for leaving SpaceX to join Citadel Securities. When asked about Quazi’s move, Musk responded on X, “First time I’ve ever heard of him,” surprising many who followed the teenager’s meteoric rise. Quazi, who joined SpaceX at just 14, had…
Trump’s investments include Meta, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and T-Mobile, according to filing. United States President Donald Trump has bought more than $100m in company and municipal bonds since his return to the White House, financial disclosures show, providing a window into the management of the billionaire’s wealth in office. The filings released by…
YZY, the meme coin launched by former rapper Kanye West—now known as Ye—has experienced a sharp decline, falling below $1.2 in recent trading activity. The token, built on the Solana blockchain, initially surged in value following its launch, briefly reaching a $3 billion market cap. However, its volatility has led to significant price corrections, with…
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that an Arizona woman may move forward with parts of her lawsuit against Elon Musk’s America PAC, alleging she was deceived by a $1 million sweepstakes tied to the billionaire’s pro-Donald Trump political action committee, Bloomberg reported. US District Judge Robert Pitman, presiding in Austin, Texas, said Jacqueline McAferty…