Shani Chan JunHe has hired Shani Chan as a partner in its Hong Kong office, strengthening its capital markets practice. Before joining JunHe, Chan spent nearly five years as a senior capital markets lawyer at the Hong Kong office of Paul Hastings. Earlier, he practised for seven years at Hong Kong-based firm Chiu & Partners…
Officials and diplomats pose for a group photo during a visit to the Northern Metropolis, in Hong Kong on Oct 28, 2026. (ADAM LAM/CHINA DAILY) About 70 representatives from foreign consulates in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — including consuls general, directors and incoming consuls general — attended a tour of the Northern Metropolis…
WASHINGTON — In September, just weeks before Americans were set to vote in this year’s midterm elections, a sudden panic over the dangers posed by artificial intelligence caught the White House off guard. A whistleblower had gained viral attention warning the technology could soon pose an existential threat. President Trump was quick to dismiss concerns, evoking urgency…
Elon Musk has expanded a number of his companies within Texas, including Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Co. and Neuralink. Tesla broke ground on a lithium refinery in Texas earlier this year with Governor Greg Abbott in attendance. Christophe Gateau | Picture Alliance | Getty Images SpaceX said on Thursday that its stake in Elon Musk’s…
The Thai government will seek a clarification from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok over its recent travel advisory warning Chinese nationals about safety in Thailand, Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul said on Tuesday. “We will make a formal inquiry to the Chinese Embassy to understand the details of its concerns. The travel advisory will…
Tech billionaire and Tesla founder Elon Musk at a meeting. Johannes Neudecker | Picture Alliance | Getty Images On SpaceX’s earnings call late Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk, who also runs Tesla, took a break from talking about financial results to tell investors that it would be a “good idea” to merge his two companies, and…
This report, painstakingly compiled over months by a consortium of European journalists, is essential reading for us here in Britain. Palantir, the controversial data surveillance firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, is finally facing pushback in the UK. The British government is its most important customer outside the US, a vast lucrative business which the Nerve…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 8:25 GMT+2•Updated 9:22 Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave Tesla fans an up-close look at the electric vehicle maker’s latest and perhaps most ambitious project on Thursday night – the long-awaited Tesla Roadster. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We need an audience to prove that it’s not AI or SI,” Musk told the crowd at…
BANGKOK (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, but it’s still forecasting growth at a sluggish 3.1%. The IMF had forecast global growth at 3.0% in July. The world economy expanded at a 3.5% annual pace in 2025. The IMF Economic Outlook predicts…
As the AI boom becomes a major part of political debate, the public backlash against data centers in the U.S. is spreading to Europe and Asia — raising risks for investors. Across the Atlantic, negative sentiment is growing in Europe, which has more at stake due to its densely populated countries and higher electricity prices,…