When a visibly drained looking Alvaro Arbeloa stepped into the press room in Munich, questions about his future felt unavoidable. His expression echoed the same sense of disappointment he showed after his very first match in charge, the defeat by Albacete. The 43-year-old has been in the role for only four months, having replaced Alonso…
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – Reports that the White House has requested a ceasefire in the Iran war are wrong, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday but added that discussions about a second round of talks with the Iranians were ongoing and productive. Speaking at a White House press briefing, Leavitt said any…
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(TNND) — A month out from a planned meeting in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, relations between the two powerful countries appear to be fraying from the Iran war and the snarling of the Strait of Hormuz. Xi denounced “the world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle” during comments…
Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › The rapid evolution of China’s electric vehicle market is captured in a blur of color and motion, as even industry leaders like BYD face growing competitive pressures.NYC Today BYD, once the world’s largest producer of EVs, is now reporting its first profit decline since 2001 and six…
Diamond-studded necklaces, golden pectorals and ceremonial small swords are among about 200 jewellery and decorative pieces, covering 4,000 years of history across five continents, to be showcased in Hong Kong from Wednesday. Titled “Treasures of Global Jewellery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Body Transformed”, the show at the Hong Kong Palace Museum marks…
By Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday threatened to sanction buyers of Iranian oil and said it believed China would pause such purchases as Washington enforces a maritime blockade on Iran. “We have told countries that if you are buying Iranian oil, that if Iranian money…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese researcher was sentenced to more than four months in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the United States, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Youhuang Xiang, 32, a former Indiana University postdoctoral researcher and Chinese national, admitted to concealing E. coli DNA…
The number of non-local students admitted to government-funded degree programmes at Hong Kong’s public universities with Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) qualifications has risen fivefold in four years, according to the Education Bureau. By comparison, the number of local DSE candidates who qualified for those universities fell by 5 per cent over the same period,…
Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › The opulent textures and lighting of China’s National Center for the Performing Arts evoke a sense of cultural grandeur and artistic prestige.Washington Today Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Ngo Phuong Ly, wife of Vietnamese President To Lam, visited China’s National Center for the…