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Folarin Balogun in action for the United States at the World Cup

Balogun Chose the United States Over England and Nigeria. His World Cup Brace Vindicated It

Folarin Balogun was eligible for the United States, England and Nigeria. He chose the country of his birth in 2023, and his World Cup brace against Paraguay was the loudest vindication yet

June 13, 2026

News·Sports

Gene Shalit NBC Today Show film critic with signature mustache bow tie and oversized glasses

Gene Shalit, the Bow-Tied ‘Today’ Show Film Critic Who Made Puns Into a Career, Dies at 100

Gene Shalit, the film and book critic who made himself as famous as many of the stars he reviewed — through his explosion of dark hair, sprawling mustache, oversize glasses, and an

June 13, 2026

Entertainment·News

Hong Kong luxury residential property as Singaporean buyer pays 72 million dollars for Wheelock family Shek O mansion

A Singaporean Just Paid $72 Million to Move Next Door to Richard Li and Pony Ma in Hong Kong’s Most Vetted Enclave

Jennifer Tzelee Teo, the Singaporean wife of Hillhouse Capital founder Zhang Lei, has paid HK$562.6 million, equivalent to $72 million, for The Round House at 14 Shek O Road, the 1930s-built Wheelock-family

June 13, 2026

Business·Entertainment·Movies·News

Wreckage of Air India Flight 171 Boeing 787 at the crash site in Ahmedabad India

One Year After Air India Flight 171, India Still Has No Answers for 260 Dead

India's aviation investigation bureau missed the one-year deadline to explain why Air India Flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad and killed 260 people. The probe points to deliberate pilot action, but families who

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Taylor Swift accepts induction at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th Annual Gala New York June 2026

Taylor Swift Becomes the Youngest Woman Ever Inducted Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dedicates Emotional Speech to Her Family

Taylor Swift stood at the podium of the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night and, for more than twenty minutes, laid out the full case for why she belongs there —

June 13, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

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

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Balogun Chose the United States Over England and Nigeria. His World Cup Brace Vindicated It

Gene Shalit, the Bow-Tied ‘Today’ Show Film Critic Who Made Puns Into a Career, Dies at 100

A Singaporean Just Paid $72 Million to Move Next Door to Richard Li and Pony Ma in Hong Kong’s Most Vetted Enclave

One Year After Air India Flight 171, India Still Has No Answers for 260 Dead

Taylor Swift Becomes the Youngest Woman Ever Inducted Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dedicates Emotional Speech to Her Family

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

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

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