A record high number of private-sector executives and chief scientists have been shortlisted this year to compete for academicianship in China’s top institute for engineering science and technology. Nineteen are included on the newly released candidate list for the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), including Hu Guoping, 48, principal researcher and co-founder of AI specialist…
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots. The two female cubs were born at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 22 last year, and each was given both a Chinese and a German name. Meng Hao and Meng Tian…
Apple might launch a new case to replace the discontinued FineWoven The new case is reportedly made from textured fabric It will come in several colors and might work with a “Crossbody Strap” When Apple launched the iPhone 15 series, it also revealed a new case dubbed FineWoven that it said was better for the…
Hong Kong’s alleged transshipment of Western-sanctioned dual-use goods for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine remains a “major concern” for the European Union, the bloc’s top envoy in the city has said. At an event on Friday to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day, Harvey Rouse, the head of the EU office in Hong Kong, said he had…
Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has spoken candidly about the persistent problem of racism in German football, urging the country’s governing bodies to move beyond symbolic gestures and take concrete action. “For years, we’ve seen the same pattern: an incident, then downplaying, then silence,” Addo said. “Racism in football is not an accident or…
Millie Bobby Brown delighted fans after revealing she’d adopted a child with her husband Jake Bongiovi. The Stranger Things star, 21, who wed her American model and actor husband last year, made the surprise announcement on Instagram yesterday. While the pair decided against sharing a photograph of their daughter, Millie and Jake explained how excited they…
By Shashwat Chauhan and Sanchayaita Roy (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday, recovering slightly from the previous session’s losses as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s address at the Jackson Hole Symposium for clues on the interest-rate path. At the Wyoming research conference last year, Powell had promised to lower rates…
All Elite Wrestling returns to the UK with AEW Forbidden Door at the O2 Arena in London this weekend. The promotion made a splash in 2023 when it sold out Wembley Stadium for the All In event, and made a successful return last year. The third AEW event on British soil will be a smaller…
Calling Dua Lipa’s style evolution one of the great glow-ups of all time would be an understatement. Ever since the star, who signed her record deal back in 2014, released her acclaimed second album Future Nostalgia with its back-to-back hits (and then was cast as Mermaid Barbie in the Barbie movie), she has been at…
By Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and Australia are working towards a new defence agreement to be signed next year, their defence ministers said on Friday, as both nations seek to step up military cooperation to deal with shared security challenges in the Indo-Pacific. Philippine … Source link