The opening image of Pressure tells you almost everything you need to know before a single line of dialogue is spoken: blood diffusing into dark, restless water, soldiers lying in the ocean—an omen hanging heavy in the air. It’s an arresting, almost ghostly visual that frames the film as a meditation on the fragile, terrifying…
A middle-aged man who studied in Australia for 10 years before working as a house mover in northwestern China has been surprised to find many people contacting him online to learn English. The rush to learn came after people saw him speak fluent English on social media. The interest has prompted Jia Yuhui to create…
Not sure where to invest? The Bond King has a few tips. Jeffrey Gundlach, the famed fixed-income investor and the CEO of DoubleLine Capital, said he had a few portfolio recommendations for investors trying to navigate the precarious macroeconomic environment. Speaking to Fox Business this week, Gundlach recommended that investors split their portfolios into four…
LONDON — Britain’s government rallied to the defense of the BBC on Tuesday after allegations of bias from its critics and the threat of a lawsuit from President Trump over the way the broadcaster edited a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the national broadcaster faces “challenges, some of…
China’s first woman pilot from Tibet who excels in basketball and skateboarding and dreams of becoming the “coolest captain” has captured attention at the Changchun Air Show. On September 20, Gesang Baizhen, the 25-year-old fighter pilot with the Chinese Air Force, took the stage at the air show in northeastern China. According to the mainland…
By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Slovakia on Wednesday pushed back on pressure it is facing to cut back its purchases of Russian energy, saying it was ready to discuss the issue, but singled out some European states for increasing their gas purchases from Moscow. Populist-led Slovakia and Hungary – both EU members – have…
Stephen Colbert, whose namesake late-night show is set to be pulled off the air in May, defended Kimmel during his opening monologue on Thursday night. He started the show saying, “Tonight, we are all Jimmy Kimmel,” calling the suspension “blatant censorship.” “The Late Show” posted a clip of Colbert’s comments on Kimmel on its Instagram…
Earnings are strong. The US economy is holding steady. Fed rate cuts are coming. Nothing looks like it could go wrong in the stock market now. That, at least, is what investors seem to think, with major indexes breaking fresh records this week as traders took in tame inflation data and grew more confident in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Menaker, a psychologist and a day trading coach based in San Francisco. It has been edited for length and clarity. First of all, I had never, ever planned on becoming a trading psychology coach. In fact, many years ago, I never knew anything about markets….
A Chinese factory worker was left heartbroken and financially devastated after his fiancée, who claimed to be a military officer, vanished after allegedly fleecing him and his family out of 650,000 yuan (US$91,000). The 30-something man, surnamed Ji, who had only met the woman a handful of times over an eight-year period, had been under…