WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous.” But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans…
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has become the first tertiary institute in the city to offer places to undergraduates or postgraduates from Harvard University after the US barred the latter from enrolling international students. HKUST announced on Friday that it was “opening its doors to Harvard students amid global academic shifts”,…
(Bloomberg) — Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. is planning to seek at least $4 billion from its Hong Kong stock offering, people familiar with the matter said, which would make it the world’s biggest listing this year. The eventual proceeds could rise to $5.3 billion if the deal is upsized and the greenshoe exercised, according…
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The International Student Association (ISA) is planning to host a Traditional Fashion Show as part of its broader ninth annual International Jayhawk Festival. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 16, at the Burge Union from 3 to 5 p.m. It brings together 15 models and emcees from various cultural backgrounds, aiming to promote…
Karoline Vitto’s designs are all about contouring curves rather than concealing them – proving every body belongs in high fashion. Raised in Caçador, Brazil, fashion was always a constant in Vitto’s life — her grandfather was a cobbler, and her grandmother a seamstress. It was precisely her family’s craftsmanship that led her to London, where…
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s order accusing the Smithsonian Institution of not reflecting American history notes correctly that the country’s Founding Fathers declared that “all men are created equal.” But it doesn’t mention that the founders enshrined slavery into the U.S. Constitution and declared enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person for the purpose…
Six women on embracing and honouring their African roots through their dress this Eid Left to right: Samirah Abubakar, Kayla Mae Garcia Fernandes, Mariyama Sanyang, Suma Haidarah, Salimat Yewande Bakare and Asma’u Gogo Aremu. Photography for Hyphen by Mehaira Abdelhamid Eid is often dubbed the Muslim Met Gala, with social media flooded with images of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s choice to be the top U.S. military officer, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, endeared himself to the commander in chief through his military call sign, “Razin,” during a meeting in Iraq years ago. Officials who have served with Caine described him Saturday as measured and apolitical. Trump…
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks pulled back after a five-day rally that pushed a regional gauge into overbought territory, as investors turned cautious amid increasing trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainty. Hong Kong technology stocks were an outlier. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped as much as 0.6% with stocks in Hong Kong and Japan declining after…