US Senate takes first step toward ending longest government shutdown
The record-breaking US government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of moderate Senate Democrats agreed to support a deal to reopen the...
Hong Kong issues T1 as Severe Typhoon Fung-wong approaches
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China guest floods room after cancellation denied, pays 280 times US$15 room rate
A Chinese woman who flooded her hotel room on purpose after her request to cancel her reservation was denied ended up paying 280 times...
Paper’s non-existent AI-generated references spark University of Hong Kong probe
Hong Kong’s oldest university has launched an investigation after a published academic paper by a PhD candidate was found to contain non-existent references generated...
Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Order Requiring Government to Fully Fund SNAP
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a late-night order Nov. 7 temporarily pausing a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to fully fund food...
USDA Tells States to ‘Undo’ Release of Full Food Stamp Benefits
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials on Nov. 8 told states to “undo any steps” that were taken in recent days to disperse full...
CCP Bolstering Dictators Globally With Advanced Surveillance Tools: House Committee
Beijing is using artificial intelligence (AI) to supercharge surveillance, seeking to gather enough information from different sources to be able to preempt dissent before...
Who wins the trade war? Maersk’s Malaysia mega-bet backs Southeast Asia
Next to a bustling expressway funnelling Malaysia’s exports to the world, Danish shipping giant Maersk has placed a US$118 million bet that Southeast Asia...
90% of China’s Restaurants Close, KFC Shuts, McDonald’s Pulls Out, Starbucks Sold for $2.4B
On November 4, a bombshell announcement shook the industry: Starbucks sold 60% of its China operations to Boyu Capital Investment Management, while retaining 40%...