President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders on the way to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) leader’s summit in Danang, Vietnam
Seven weeks after hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, in late September 2017, the island has struggled to repair power lines, water pumps, cell phone towers, roads and bridges. The electrical system and power provider Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority was bankrupt going into the disaster, despite that they have managed to reconnect 40 per cent…
A minibus of Mercedes workers was held up on the Road from Interlagos track as according to Lewis Hamilton “Gunshots fired, gun held at one’s head. But no one was injured. This is very upsetting to hear. It happens every single year here. F1 and the teams need to do more. No excuse. Please say a…
Economics for the Common Good is a response to the crisis of the economics profession, whose credibility was badly damaged by the financial crisis of 2008. Frenchman Jean Tirole, who in 2014 won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, has spent years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before building a strong economics community…
Gordon Brown after seven years of labouring has given his own account of a significant political career that ended in a crushing electoral defeat in 2010 after he rose to the challenge of the financial crisis. Born in 1951, the son of a Fife Church minister, former Labour Prime Minister, and our longest serving Chancellor,…
The Chinese group behind messaging App WeChat has Chinese group per cent stake worth more than $2bn in Snap, the US parent of Snapchat. US teenagers continue to adore Snapchat, using the app more than 25 times a day, but much of rest of the world remains flummoxed and indifferent. Evan Spiegel, the Los…
Hock Tan, Broadcom’s master dealmaker, made an unsolicited $100bn bid for Qualcomm. If Broadcom is successful in convincing Qualcomm’s board, its shareholders and regulators of the merits of the merger, this will be a major deal for semiconductor industry especially Broadcom, which will create a company with a combined market capitalisation in excess of $200bn.…
US President Donald Trump arrived in China for talks about North Korea, after a speech to the South Korean parliament in which Mr. Trump urged China to further isolate North Korea. Chinese President Xi Jinping who recently consolidated his power at a Chinese Communist Party congress, gave a lavish welcome to Mr Trump. Mr…
Longji scenic area of Gulin, China, Huangluo village, 82 household of Red Yao ethnics, whose names are associated with red clothing. Their ancient traditions keep tourists entertained, however, the most fascinating thing about it is the women’s obsession with long hair as they are also known as the “ Long Hair Village” across China and…
