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Hong Kong police have arrested a couple on suspicion of trying to use about 10 fake HK$500 million (US$63.7 million) bonds to open an account at an HSBC branch in Central. Police said on Monday that the 66-year-old man and 62-year-old woman, both Hongkongers, were arrested for using a false instrument for allegedly presenting the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ordered Los Angeles prosecutors to explain why Erik and Lyle Menendez’s murder convictions should not be re-examined in light of new evidence supporting their claims of sexual abuse by their father. The July 7 order by LA County Superior Court Judge William Ryan was in response to a…
A flurry of tariff threats by President Trump leaves U.S. consumers and businesses in limbo ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline to deploy the import duties against more than 50 countries around the world, according to economists and trade experts. “Nobody knows whether these are threats or whether they will become policy, so it seems…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts, tariffs on allies and restrictions on international students have “deeply” undermined America’s ability to compete with China, Senate Democrats say. In a report released Monday, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called … Source link
A growing wildfire at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has now charred at least 50 structures, including a historic lodge inside the popular US tourist site and natural wonder, authorities said Monday. Hundreds of firefighters working from the air and ground in Arizona are battling the so-called Dragon Bravo blaze. More than 500 tourists and…
Tesla heads to federal court in Miami on Monday to defend its Autopilot system in a wrongful death case involving the death of a 22-year-old college student. The fatal crash took place in April 2019, when a Model S Tesla equipped with the Autopilot technology struck a parked vehicle in Key Largo, Florida, killing one…
China achieved a historic trade surplus of approximately $586 billion in the first six months of the year. (AI image) China seems to have diversified its export markets away from the US, reporting a record trade surplus despite the global turmoil and uncertainty created by American President Donald Trump’s tariff war.China achieved a historic trade…
Who Even if you’ve never set foot in Hong Kong, you might feel like you know it through Wong Kar Wai’s romantic vignettes or John Woo’s punchy gangster classics. But nothing—not even a full movie marathon—compares to seeing the city for yourself. Alongside your to-watch list, get a few tips from four discerning locals: Christina…
Investing.com — Meta (NASDAQ:META)’s newly formed superintelligence lab is discussing potential changes to the company’s artificial intelligence strategy that could represent a major shift for the social media giant. A small group of top members of the lab, including 28-year-old Alexandr Wang, Meta’s new chief A.I. officer, talked last week about abandoning the company’s most…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees who had been laid off while proceedings over the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency continue. The high court granted a request from the Trump administration to lift for…