NEW YORK – A powerful Nor’easter spinning off the East Coast is now taking aim at the New York region, bringing a dangerous mix of heavy rain, powerful winds and coastal flooding. The storm, which battered the Carolinas earlier Saturday, will intensify overnight as it tracks north along the Atlantic Seaboard. According to FOX Weather,…
Su Jionglong, deputy dean of the School of AI and Advanced Computing at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, researches AI applications aimed at reducing discrimination, providing emotional support and making faster medical diagnoses. He said he was establishing a start-up with his students, who developed an AI-powered software that translated written text to and from sign language….
This is the sixth and final part of the exclusive Capital Connectors series in which influential Chinese and global bankers reveal the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong in its evolution as an international financial hub. If history serves as a guide, Hong Kong’s continued reign as a premier international financial centre depends on a…
As 70-year-old Dr Qin Huilan set foot on the runway of Miu Miu’s autumn/winter 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week last year, she surely had little idea how her 15 minutes of fame would resonate globally, leaving a lasting impact on audiences in her home country of China and beyond. Her brief cameo, walking through…
China will levy phased fees on US-linked vessels calling at its ports starting next Tuesday, a retaliatory action set to take effect the same day as similar surcharges that were announced in April by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Having been granted approval by the State Council, China’s cabinet, Beijing will apply…
“My clothes have been here, but I haven’t yet,” laughs Bianca Saunders, the London-based menswear designer who, when I catch up with her in the middle of a whirlwind trade show, has only recently arrived in Hong Kong for the very first time. “I’ve never been to Asia before – there’s so much more I…
LARGO, Fla. – The price of gold has smashed through $4,000 an ounce for the first time on record, with silver racing toward $50/oz. amid safe-haven buying and policy shifts that favor industrial metals. Analysts point to global economic uncertainty, central-bank demand and renewed retail interest as key drivers. READ: Grocery bills are most expensive…
China announced it is tightening the export of rare earth technologies, broadening restrictions that have been a source of tension between Beijing and Washington. Technologies related to the extraction of rare earth minerals, manufacturing of magnets and recycling of rare earths are banned from being exported unless permitted, according to a notice published Thursday by…
China is systematically exploiting US weaknesses and inconsistencies to expand its reach in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, but it also faces its own energy, diplomatic and economic vulnerabilities that Washington needs to better exploit, witnesses testified before Congress on Tuesday. The hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the…
US President Donald Trump’s bid to regain control of the strategic Bagram airbase in Afghanistan has achieved an unlikely feat – bringing India, Pakistan and China onto the same side in opposition. At the 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow on Tuesday, the three Asian powers – often at odds over borders and…