A hotel in China which offers a special morning call service that allows guests to play with a lion cub in their room has attracted much attention on social media. Videos of an employee showing a lion cub into a room at the Happy Countryside Resort in Niujiao Village in Suqian, eastern Jiangsu province, have…
Gold crossed the $4,000-per-ounce line this week; with nearly three months to go, the price is up 51% this year — the biggest jump since it soared 126% in 1979, deep in the depths of Jimmy Carter’s stagflation, gas lines and foreign-policy disasters. In other words, gold spikes historically indicate investor panic; the metal’s seen…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Email Print Families of victims of the 1980 massacres in Iran laid flowers at the graves of their loved ones in Khavaran Cemetery, a tradition observed on the last Thursday of the Persian calendar year- March 13, 2025 In recent weeks, the clerical regime ruling Iran has once again revealed…
“What happened to Elon Musk’s America Party? It’s been a month and we’re still waiting.” – Indy100 The America Party was announced in the middle of a public breakup between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. The two parted ways at the end of May. Musk criticized Trump’s signature tax cut and his “Big Beautiful…
President Donald Trump is moving steadily and pointedly to making a shutdown of Vladimir Putin’s war machine a core goal of his tariff initiatives — with his tough talk on India just the latest sign. Trump hasn’t yet called for passage of the Senate “secondary sanctions” bill that aims to slam the trading partners that help…
China’s decision to keep its new rare-earth quotas secret is fresh proof that it means to tighten control of the market — and that President Trump is absolutely right to make US independence on the vital resource a top priority. The quotas themselves aren’t new: The Chinese Communist Party has been using them since 2006…
President Donald Trump’s freshly announced trade deal with the United Kingdom is a big win for the White House — one his team must expand by getting more agreements inked, pronto. With fine details still being ironed out, the deal will eliminate the 25% tariffs on UK aluminum and steel (while keeping the baseline 10%…
The scene at Shenzhen Bay Port yesterday. SING TAO Cheng Wong More mainland travelers are expected to visit Hong Kong during the upcoming Labour Day holiday as a tourism sector representative noted that promotional efforts have been effective, especially on social media. Hong Kong Tourism Association executive director Timothy Chui Ting-pong told The Standard…
SINGTAO Hong Kong businesses remain dedicated to engaging in dialogue with US trade, despite the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce’s decision to postpone a business visit, according to lawmaker Jeffery Lam Kin-fung. His comment came as the chamber has postponed a US business trip that was originally scheduled to begin on April 24,…
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po emphasized the need to position Hong Kong as a secure investment destination amid the evolving global economic and trade landscape. In his blog on Sunday, Chan highlighted the city’s unique advantages, including its status as a free port and adherence to a common law system. He said the…