New Logo Design: The DFB has updated its logo with softened angles, a monochrome green color scheme, and a violet-blue accent, moving away from the traditional black, red, and gold. Typeface Expansion: The DFB-Sans typeface has been significantly expanded from 6 to 56 styles, now available as a variable font. Rebrand Rationale:…
(Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that Prime Minister Mark Carney did an “about-face” by striking a deal with China to lower some trade barriers, reinforcing President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against Canada. “The Canadians a few months ago joined the US in putting high steel tariffs on China because the Chinese are…
Never underestimate the chilling powers of grainy grayscale imagery and ethereal whooshing sounds. Outside Parties asks, “What if I Spy, but in an alien hell dimension?”, and it is impressively unnerving despite the fact that nothing’s really happening at any given time. It goes all in on atmosphere, to great effect. This is the Playdate…
Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. In today’s newsletter: Xi’s military purge ensnares top Chinese general Trump faces growing backlash against immigration crackdown Notes from Shanghai’s underground We start in Beijing, where China’s military has accused its top general of undermining the command authority of Xi Jinping. Here’s what to know about the…
The English version of the final season of an incredibly popular anime is making its way to Hulu soon. All episodes of the English dub of My Hero Academia Season 8 will drop on the streamer next month. Based on Kōhei Horikoshi’s manga of the same name, the anime is set in a world where…
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China. He was responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor went ahead with a trade deal with Beijing. Carney…
As China prepares its digital yuan for wider domestic and cross-border use, the global debate has turned again to a familiar question: is Beijing trying to challenge the US dollar’s dominance? But this misses the more consequential point. The significance of China’s digital currency push lies not in substitution, but in the transformation of the…
Energy Transfer generates strong cash flows to back its lofty 7.5% yield, but is that enough to make it a buy? Energy Transfer (ET 0.66%) is one of the largest owners of energy infrastructure in North America. The fees it charges customers for moving oil and natural gas around the world are a reliable backstop…
Hours after China stunned observers by announcing an investigation into the most senior general in its military, Zhang Youxia — long seen as one of President Xi Jinping’s closest and most loyal allies — The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening that he is suspected of leaking secrets about China’s nuclear weapons program to the…
A small, hidden difference in how the body processes caffeine appears to shape diabetes risk in ways everyday habits fail to explain. The signal does not come from the coffee cup, but from what happens after caffeine enters the bloodstream. What the genes suggest Genetic differences that slow the body’s breakdown of caffeine…