The stock market was calm on Monday before a wave of key retail earnings reports and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech in the week ahead. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 12 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were hovering around breakeven. “Stocks continued to run with good news and shrug…
Survivor UK returned to television screens, via the BBC, for the first time in more than 20 years in 2023 after first airing with ITV back in 2001/02. The reboot was hosted by Joel Dommett and saw contestants “marooned in a tropical location where they are divided into two tribes, competing against each other in a range of physical and mental…
This week’s Saudi Super Cup in Hong Kong could help deepen ties between two “very powerful countries” in Saudi Arabia and China, a leading executive from Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al-Nassr has said. The four-team competition is being staged in Hong Kong for the first time, with Al-Nassr set to meet Saudi champions Al-Ittihad in the…
Real Madrid kick off their 2025–26 La Liga campaign at the Santiago Bernabéu with Xabi Alonso on the touchline. After losing their crown to Barcelona last season, Real Madrid have La Liga redemption on their mind. Not only did the club replace Carlo Ancelotti with Alonso, they also signed Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen, Franco Mastantuono…
Just months after giving birth, Serayah McNeill stepped onto the red carpet at Nashville’s Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards with the confidence of someone who had never left the spotlight. The Empire actress and singer’s appearance marked her triumphant return to high-profile events, delivering a masterclass in post-motherhood glamour that left industry insiders buzzing about…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. EU envoys mull skipping China military parade over Putin’s attendance: sources European envoys in Beijing are discussing plans to skip China’s massive military parade next month after considering the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio said on Monday he would try to return to the U.S. Senate seat in next year’s midterm elections, a development that could bolster his party’s chances of winning back control of the chamber. Brown, 72, said U.S. President Donald Trump‘s tariffs and health-care cuts prompted him to return…
The electric vehicle (EV) industry, formerly one of China’s most inward-focused industrial sectors, is now leading a push overseas, carrying the government’s hopes of forging an offshore economic empire to sidestep cutthroat competition at home. Last year, for the first time, Chinese EV companies invested more overseas than they did at home, despite higher costs,…
European leaders arrive in Washington on Monday before Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in a show of support for the Ukrainian president. It comes amid expectations that Trump will try to bully Zelenskyy into accepting a pro-Russia “peace plan” that would include Kyiv handing territory to Moscow. The Europeans have…
The Club’s 10 things to watch Monday, Aug. 18 — Today’s newsletter was written by Zev Fima, the Club’s portfolio analyst. 1. Stocks are poised to start the week a bit lower. Crypto is continuing to sell off, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is down slightly to 4.295%. Oil and gold slightly…