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A man died after falling from a residential building during a fire on Friday in Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan, with authorities later saying the blaze was suspicious and had occurred after a dispute. Police said they had received reports of a fire at Shek To House in Shek Wai Kok Estate at around 4.05pm. The…
A man charged with murder in the 1983 death of his then-girlfriend has been extradited to Oregon and made his first appearance in court this week. Teresa Peroni, 27, was reported missing shortly after attending a party in Selma, Oregon, on July 4, 1983, CBS News previously reported. Witnesses said Peroni was last seen walking…
Republican representative John Moolenaar, who is the chairman of the House Select Committee on China, has reportedly objected to the US Commerce Department‘s decision to allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H20 AI chips to China. In a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Moolenaar warned that the move could advance China’s AI…
By Sheila Dang HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron’s imminent entry into Guyana’s rich offshore oilfields solves one of the biggest problems dogging the U.S. major: where its growth will come from beyond the next few years. On Friday, the U.S. oil producer closed its $55-billion acquisition of Hess – among the largest ever oil and gas deals…
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing in Maine, authorities said on Friday. Maine State Police said on Thursday that a teenage boy, who has not been publicly named, was taken into custody the night before in Union. The teen was charged with one count of…
Hong Kong authorities have proposed reclaiming 190 hectares of land in waters off the western New Territories for the development of four core modern industries in a bid to create future growth in a sluggish market. The Development Bureau said on Friday that the government was open to any financing model for the reclamation work…
We now find ourselves in a schizophrenic relationship By Herbert Rothschild Recently, I had the privilege of being at a social gathering that included Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times. Kristof is brilliant, which made me hesitate to engage him in political conversation. But he’s also down-to-earth sociable, which got me…
Once again, images of horrifying violence are pouring out of Syria: dead bodies piled up in a hospital corridor. Gunmen calling out insults as they drive their cars over the corpses of murdered civilians. These are not the first sectarian massacres in the seven turbulent months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But they…
Peacock will soon be charging consumers more to admire its plumage. The Comcast-owned streaming service is hiking its subscription rates by $3 starting next week, Peacock confirmed. Beginning on July 23, new and returning subscribers will pay $10.99 a month for Peacock Premium and $16.99 a month for Premium Plus. Peacock Premium is the platform’s…
The Trump administration’s decision allowing Nvidia Corp. to resume shipments of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China risks bolstering Beijing’s military capabilities and expanding its capacity to compete with the US in AI, according to the head of the US House Select Committee on China. Source link