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London — A British organization that focuses on bringing more transparency to ties between China and the United Kingdom says one of the country’s biggest China institutes at a top university, King’s College London, received almost all of its funds from one single donor — a wealthy Hong Kong businessman who has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. In a report released Sunday, UK-China Transparency said 99.9% of funding for the Lau China Institute, or LCI, came from Lau Ming-wai, who has served as... Читать дальше...

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World Bank flags ‘middle income trap’ risk for India, China, 106 other nations; moots new playbook over ‘last century’ ideas to break out

Interest in interest rates is waning as ever-higher home prices are increasingly top of mind for buyers in Canada, a new survey shows. Count local buyers among them, says one Calgary realtor. “It’s frustrating for a lot of first-time buyers,” says Mark Neustaedter, real estate agent with eXp Realty in Calgary. The largest group of […]

One is a hitman who gunned down a man in broad daylight.

What took place this week in the payment and credit card industries

My statement on the violent disorder following the horrific tragedy in Southport. https://t.co/TxBT79DH0b

The Prime Minister has warned social platforms to respond to incitements of violence ‘happening on your premises’.

And, heavy rainfall continues to lash south-western Maharashtra

Do you fancy watching Olympic sailing but are worried you might not understand it? As a relatively new spectator to this sport, I researched answers to my questions so you can know what you're looking at.

The latest breakout star of the Olympics just looks like a random guy off the street

Washington has reportedly set up a joint platform with Yerevan to help Armenia leave Moscow’s orbit
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That didn’t age well.

A Fox News clip from 2021 resurfaced this week showing J.D. Vance criticizing both Simone Biles for dropping out of the Tokyo Games and U.S. media for supporting the gymnast amid struggles with her mental health.

“What I find so weird about this... is that we’ve tried to turn a very tragic moment, Simone Biles quitting the Olympic team, into this act of heroism,” Vance said at the time. “I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people... Читать дальше...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday welcomed the release of several prisoners from Russia, including dual Russian-British dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, who had been sentenced to 25 years for treason charges.

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a has withdrawn from the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/montreal/421/overview'National Bank Open Presented by Rogers/a in Montreal due to fatigue, the tournament announced on Thursday./p p"It has been a very long season for me and due to the accumulation of matches and fatigue, I will not be able to play in Montreal this year,” Alcaraz said. "I was really looking forward to coming back to Canada and enjoying the love of the fans. Читать дальше...

Olympics: Prakash Padukone rues luck after Satwik-Chirag crash out in quarters

More a dozen labour leaders are endorsing the NDP candidate in an upcoming federal byelection in Winnipeg, including the business manager of the Conservative candidate's own union.

Over to courts? Siddaramaiah also consults legal experts | Nothing in budget for Karnataka, gift city proposal turned down: Shivakumar

IT’S fair to say that the iGel mattress is something of a throwback.

In a market dominated by supremely convenient bed-in-a-box brands such as Emma and Simba, who run near-constant sales, the iGel is available from a single old-school retailer, and its price can reach over £2.5k.

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However, under the surface, it’s anything but old-fashioned: it claims to use Nobel Prize-winning technology to keep you cool at night... Читать дальше...

Here's a look at the Americans returning to the United States as part of the prisoner exchange with Russia happening Thursday.

This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire By Newt Gingrich Real Clear Wire Vice President Kamala Harris’s Democratic presidential nomination guarantees an all-out effort to change who she is, who she has been, and in what she believes.

The BBC is in crisis amid their Strictly Come Dancing saga and now the fallout from paedophile Huw Edwards - and a PR expert claims they must respond quickly to save its reputation and audience