Society

BYD electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles as China expands into the European automotive market

BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

One in seven plug-in hybrid vehicles registered in Germany in May was a BYD, with registrations of the Chinese carmaker's models up 232 percent year on year, the Atto 2 DM-i alone

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing trading floor as HKEX captures 25 billion dollars in tech IPOs in the first five months of 2026

Hong Kong Has Quietly Become the World’s Number One Tech Listing Venue, and HKEX’s Bonnie Chan Has the Pipeline to Keep It There

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing chief executive Bonnie Chan Yi-ting confirmed this week that the city is now the top global IPO venue, with 10 specialist technology firms raising $25 billion in

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Japanese pharmaceutical sector transformation as Takeda cuts 4500 jobs in CEO Christophe Weber's last big move before Julie Kim takes over

Takeda Will Cut 4,500 Jobs in Its Last Big Move Before Christophe Weber Hands Over to Julie Kim

Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's largest drug company, will cut about 4,500 jobs in fiscal 2026 under a transformation program that targets 170 billion yen of restructuring expenses, 100 billion yen of in-year savings

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Protesters hold pink flamingo cutouts during a demonstration in Tirana against the Kushner resort

Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Outgrows the Kushner Resort and Turns on the Government

What began as a protest against a luxury resort the family of Jared Kushner wants to build on a protected Albanian lagoon has swelled into the largest demonstrations in years. The Flamingo

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Chinese biotech laboratory as Innovent Biologics RemeGen and CSPC sign 60 billion dollar overseas licensing deals

Chinese Drug Makers Are Doing $60 Billion of Outbound Licensing Deals With Western Pharma This Year, and the US Biosecure Act Has Not Slowed Them

Chinese biotechnology firms signed 53 outbound innovative-drug licensing deals in the first quarter of 2026 alone, with combined deal values exceeding $60 billion and $3.3 billion in upfront cash, and Chinese-origin assets

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Migrants at a West Bengal deportation holding centre after the BJP government ordered a crackdown on undocumented Bangladeshis

Bengal Deports 5,000 Muslim Bangladeshis Under BJP’s ‘Detect, Delete, Deport’ Drive

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's 'detect, delete and deport' campaign has removed 4,800 people through detention centres and holds 836 more, targeting only Muslims while Hindus are exempted under the Citizenship

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Demonstrators at Trafalgar Square in London protest the UK government ban on Palestine Action

A UK Court Branded an Anti-Arms Protest Terrorism and Jailed Four Palestine Action Activists

A British judge has jailed four Palestine Action activists over a 2024 raid on a factory of Israeli arms maker Elbit, branding it a terrorist act though the jury convicted them only

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Hong Kong residential property recovery as developers Sino Land Sun Hung Kai and CK Asset regain pricing power

Hong Kong Developers Just Started Charging 10 to 36 Percent More for New Flats, and the Property Cycle Has Quietly Turned

Sino Land's La Mirabelle launch in Tseung Kwan O is selling at HK$15,500-16,000 per square foot, more than 10 percent above the equivalent Grand Seasons project of January 2025, and is the

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

China regulators and PBOC officials as the post-2021 enforcement framework shifts toward procedural defence of market order

China’s Regulators Step Out of Their 2021 Crouch and Tell Big Tech the Crackdown Is Over but the Enforcement Is Not

Chinese regulators are stepping up public enforcement against the country's tech and finance giants for the first time since the 2021 Big Tech crackdown, but framing the renewed activity as a more

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Peabo Bryson R&B singer who performed Beauty and the Beast and A Whole New World

Peabo Bryson, the Voice Behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World,’ Dies at 75

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy-winning R&B singer whose distinctive tenor gave Disney two of its most enduring romantic anthems, died on June 2, 2026. He was 75. His death came three days

June 13, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

Hong Kong Has Quietly Become the World’s Number One Tech Listing Venue, and HKEX’s Bonnie Chan Has the Pipeline to Keep It There

Takeda Will Cut 4,500 Jobs in Its Last Big Move Before Christophe Weber Hands Over to Julie Kim

Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Outgrows the Kushner Resort and Turns on the Government

Chinese Drug Makers Are Doing $60 Billion of Outbound Licensing Deals With Western Pharma This Year, and the US Biosecure Act Has Not Slowed Them

Bengal Deports 5,000 Muslim Bangladeshis Under BJP’s ‘Detect, Delete, Deport’ Drive

A UK Court Branded an Anti-Arms Protest Terrorism and Jailed Four Palestine Action Activists

Hong Kong Developers Just Started Charging 10 to 36 Percent More for New Flats, and the Property Cycle Has Quietly Turned

China’s Regulators Step Out of Their 2021 Crouch and Tell Big Tech the Crackdown Is Over but the Enforcement Is Not

Peabo Bryson, the Voice Behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World,’ Dies at 75

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

Latest Posts

BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

India Prepares to Miss Its Fiscal Deficit Target for the First Time Since the Pandemic

The US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor Network. The Blind Spot Arrives as a Very Strong El Niño Forms.

Pongala Brings Sreenath Bhasi’s Kerala Harbour Revenge Drama to Prime Video

Society

Follow

Latest Posts