A well-known Chinese restaurant in East Cobb continues to struggle with health inspections and closed temporarily this week. On a visit Tuesday to the Powers Ferry Road eatery, Cobb and Douglas Public Health inspectors gave it a grade of 58, or unsatisfactory. That’s the second consecutive such “U” score for Tasty China, which got a…
A federal judge in Oregon sided with salmon against the Trump administration on Wednesday, ordering the federal government to change hydropower system operations long considered at the heart of native fish populations’ sharp decline. At the center of the dispute are eight dams and reservoirs on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in the Pacific north-west…
Key Points Few names carry as much weight in the tech world as Peter Thiel. His track record is legendary, as he co-founded both PayPal and Palantir. He was also one of Facebook’s first outside investors. So when he makes moves with the portfolio of his hedge fund, Thiel Macro, investors should pay attention. And…
Earlier this week, Joan Laporta – who is running for re-election as Barcelona president – launched his new book, titled “Así salvamos al Barça” (This is how we save Barça). One of the sections was devoted to addressing the continued allegations aimed at the Catalan club regarding the Negreira case. Laporta has regularly denied any…
There is way more to these market leaders than their recent (or upcoming) stock splits. Stock splits happen pretty regularly, but most are conducted by companies with relatively little name recognition. Such moves tend to attract wider attention only when larger, well-established corporations perform them. And two of the most prominent stock splits in recent…
Just as we see in Windows 11, Google is working to give Android apps semantic (programmatic) capabilities so that they can be more easily controlled by AI agents. Today, the online giant gave developers a first glimpse of how that will work. “User expectations for AI on their devices are fundamentally shifting how they interact…
Chinese science diplomats are making the case in Brussels and elsewhere that Europe should swing back to Beijing after US President Donald Trump’s threat last month to forcibly seize the Danish territory of Greenland.Although Trump climbed down, for now, at a charged Davos summit in Switzerland at the end of January, the previously unthinkable idea…
Sebastian Hoeneß’ VfB Stuttgart have managed to avoid the European fate of their Bundesliga counterparts Borussia Dortmund. The Bundesliga Europa League representatives are through to the 2025/26 UEL Round-of-16 after besting Celtic 4-2 on aggregate. Stuttgart concluded a mixed week for German footballing representatives still alive in European competitions in Thursday’s home second round playoff…
Briefing reporters in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said any strike against civilians anywhere – or any civilian buildings or other infrastructure is “unacceptable and unjustifiable.” “Between yesterday and the early hours of today, an overnight large-scale drone and missile attack across Ukraine and frontline hostilities resulted in dozens of residential buildings damaged in…
China’s ongoing military corruption purges have created serious deficiencies in the command structure of its armed forces and are likely to have affected the readiness of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), according to a leading defence research centre. The purges, led by the Chinese president Xi Jinping, which have spanned the supreme central military commission,…