China’s fastest-growing industries are being told to curb their aggressive price competition. Beijing has evidently decided to confront the excesses of its past investment policy, but their scale means the path ahead looks rocky. On 1 July, after a central committee meeting on economic policy, the official media revealed policy guidance designed to curb “disorderly”…
Gary O’Donoghue Chief North America correspondent BBC It was a warm, late May afternoon in 2024 in lower Manhattan. The jury in Donald Trump’s trial over hush money paid by his former lawyer to adult film star Stormy Daniels was out deliberating for a second day. Assuming we were in for a long wait, I…
WASHINGTON/BEIJING – Aides to Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed a potential meeting between the leaders during a trip by the U.S. president to Asia later this year, according to two people familiar with the plans. While plans for a meeting have not been finalized, discussions on both sides of the Pacific…
The new chief of the agency spearheading efforts to slash the federal workforce said on Monday he had no personal ties to tech billionaire and former Trump advisor Elon Musk, pledging to faithfully execute President Donald Trump’s agenda. Source link
MIAMI (AP) — Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his plan to put self-driving Teslas on U.S. roads or throw up a major roadblock: Can this wildly successful man who tends to exaggerate really be trusted? In Miami, a Tesla driver who…
Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been rocked by an unprecedented wave of purges targeting its senior leadership. Over 20 high-ranking officers across all four military branches have vanished from public view or been abruptly removed from their posts. Among the most striking developments is the…
In May, Pope Leo XIV stepped out in Vatican City in his white papal cassock and a black Chicago White Sox hat. The funny, relatable, unexpected moment put the cherry on top of a trend I had been noticing and trying to deconstruct for some time: merch is back in the cultural sphere. The reason…
Now, the Musk bust has appeared again — this time in Yosemite National Park. The sculpture, which makes reference to the Tesla CEO and former Department of Government Efficiency leader’s attempts to reduce the staff and budgets of federal departments like the National Parks Service, was spotted by KQED listener Greg Perkins in Yosemite this…
Haven’t the fans of the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians suffered enough? For decades, each team had to endure the twin indignities of on-field futility and off-field scorn. Until last year, when they enjoyed a resurgence under rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, the Washington NFL team had won exactly only one playoff game in the 21st…
The boss of a brothel beloved by A-listers has revealed how she keeps their visits private. Dena Duff claims she has welcomed a string of household names through the front doors throughout her nearly two-decade tenure as madam at Sheri’s Ranch. The licensed brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, touts itself as the US state’s ‘first and…