At an informal shareholder meeting in Hong Kong, HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker and CEO Noel Quinn addressed calls to revamp the bank. They argued that restructuring would disrupt value for share… Read More
China Renaissance, a top boutique investment bank in the Chinese tech industry, has announced it will halt trading and the release of its annual results due to the fact that its founder, Bao… Read More
China has launched a cybersecurity probe against Micron Technology, a US-based chip maker, following new restrictions on the sale of key technology to Beijing imposed by US allies in Europe… Read More
Acclaimed country music singer Shania Twain used her acceptance speech of the Equal Play Award at the CMT Awards to call for greater diversity and equity in the genre’s industry. As an… Read More
Elon Musk is currently being sued for his involvement in dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency created in 2013. On Monday, Twitter decided to replace its bird icon on its site with an image of a S… Read More
The University of Connecticut won its fifth men’s basketball national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State University on Monday night. UConn was led by Senior guard Tristen… Read More
At the 2011 Masters, Rory McIlroy was 21, fresh-faced, and the leader of his generation after a scintillating performance the past season. He opened the tournament with a bogey-free seven-un… Read More
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey has emerged as a key player in the upcoming election, refusing to field its own presidential candidate and allowing supporters… Read More
Canadian swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has had an amazing week, as on Saturday she broke the world record for the 400m individual medley at the Canadian swimming trials, days after brea… Read More
Angel Reese of the LSU Tigers made a celebratory gesture that was interpreted as a reference to her newly acquired championship ring after winning the first NCAA women’s basketball nat… Read More
Yiftach Golov is just one of many veterans from elite forces who have taken to the streets of Israel to protest the government’s planned judicial changes. He and other members of the … Read More
Six months ago, Graham Potter was appointed to lead Chelsea into a new era with the promise of immense spending and the chance to mold the club into a winning team. Unfortunately, after 28 l… Read More
Scientists in Germany have made a nasal vaccine to combat Covid-19 in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body. Experiments in hamsters proved successful in b… Read More
Paris Saint-Germain has had a difficult season which only got worse when they suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Lyon on Sunday. Lionel Messi was the target of the PSG fans’ frustration in… Read More
Sunday was an extra special day for Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis – it was their daughter Mabel’s 11th birthday! Emma took the opportunity to honour her daughter on social… Read More
The global beauty industry is worth $500 billion and grappling with a range of sustainability challenges, from manufacturing and packaging to disposal and product ingredients. According to t… Read More
On April 1st, some VIP Twitter users expected their blue verification marks to be removed, following an announcement by Elon Musk. However, instead of being removed, the check marks were app… Read More
Kwame Brathwaite, a pioneering activist, photographer and a key figure in defining the ‘Black is Beautiful’ movement of the 1960s, died on April 1st at the age of 85. Brathwaite… Read More
A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics found a small association between mildly higher levels of lithium in tap water and a higher risk of autism diagnosis in Danish children. While compel… Read More
Finland’s left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the parliamentary elections to the pro-business National Coalition Party (NCP). Marin’s Social Democra… Read More
Ryyan Alshebl, a 29-year-old Syrian refugee who arrived in Germany in 2015, won a mayoral election in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. On Sunday, he won 55.41% of the… Read More
Graeme Green’s “New Big Five” project has reclaimed the narrative of the “Big Five” term originally used by trophy hunters in Africa, to create a global photogr… Read More
The British pound has seen a dramatic turnaround in performance since former Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled controversial budget plans which caused it to plunge to a record low last fall… Read More
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has been widely criticized for her past support of white nationalist events and her statements on topics such as school shootings, trans rights and… Read More
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have announced a cut in oil production of 1.6 million barrels per day starting in May. This move caused oil prices… Read More
Scientists from the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology have discovered and filmed the deepest living fish species. Their expedition i… Read More
The Spanish city of Barcelona recently announced that it will open the first ever public pet cemetery next year. The news came as a surprise given that the city is home to 180,000 dogs and 5… Read More
Large corporations in the United States have grown used to being vocal political advocates, and have been vocal on issues such as North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law, abortion ba… Read More
Marlene Schiappa, France’s Minister for the Social Economy and French Associations, has been heavily criticized by her own party after appearing on the cover of Playboy wearing a white… Read More
NASA has revealed the four astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades. The Artemis II lunar flyby mission is set to take off in November 2024 and will be crewed b… Read More
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to meet US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in California, provoking potential retaliation from China, which sees a meeting between these t… Read More
Earlier this year, a Chinese spy balloon was detected by the US entering its airspace. A source familiar with the matter says the balloon was capable of gathering imagery and signals intelli… Read More
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to meet US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in California, provoking potential retaliation from China, which sees a meeting between these t… Read More