Organisers expected the ship to sink in as little as an hour, but it was still putting up a fight long after darkness fell(Picture: Destin-Fort Walton Beach) An ocean liner once known as the fastest in the world has made its final journey, although it appears nobody told it there was a hurry about saying…
United States President Donald Trump travels to the Chinese city of Shenzhen next week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. The trip comes as Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s outgoing chief executive and one of Trump’s closest allies in Silicon Valley, faces mounting scrutiny over his…
“China Tightens Oversight of Domestic Companies Relocating to Singapore”“U.S. Moves to Curb Semiconductor Exports to China via Third Countries” Reuters-Yonhap View original image Efforts to tighten U.S. restrictions on semiconductor exports to China have gained momentum again in the wake of an affair scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. In particular, a semiconductor bill being…
Hong Kong’s FWD Policy Officially Certified by Guinness World RecordsSurpasses Previous $300 Million Record Set in Singapore“Designed to Preserve Wealth and Transfer It Across Generations” A personal life insurance policy with a coverage amount of $318 million (approximately KRW 427 billion) has been issued in Hong Kong, setting a new world record for the highest-value…
On Monday, Jensen Huang walked into Nvidia’s HQ in Santa Clara, California, apologized to his staff, and then ran his meetings as CEO as if it were business as usual. He did the same thing on Tuesday, according to CNBC. It’s an extraordinary state of affairs given that in the last 24 hours we learned…
A new television series exploring contemporary Chinese society through personal stories is being aired alongside community screenings in selected cities across Nigeria and Kenya. The series, A Glimpse of China in the New Era 2026, is being broadcast by StarTimes on its ST Zone and ST Novela E channels from 10 October to 15 November….
With reports that an official meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, has fallen through, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 10th that Takaichi emphasized her commitment to strengthening ties between South Korea and Japan at a meeting…
Japanese companies stung by fallout from the prolonged Japan-China diplomatic rift are finding ways around declining supplies of rare earths and metals and diminished spending by Chinese tourists. It’s been a year since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Japan responding to a Taiwan contingency angered Beijing. The Chinese government responded by tightening export restrictions…
A U.S. soldier who officials say was entrusted with sensitive information has been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of spying for Russia, according to British and U.S. officials. The 41-year-old soldier was arrested Tuesday near Gloucester as part of a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation, the Metropolitan Police said. Authorities did not release his…
At the White House in Washington, D.C., on September 29, U.S. President Donald Trump (right) holds a business roundtable with Jensen Huang, CEO of U.S. company NVIDIA. AP-Yonhap News [Financial News] The claim that China used a spy to smuggle large quantities of AI accelerators made by U.S. company NVIDIA has cast a shadow over relations…