Month: August 2025

China wants US to relax AI chip-export controls for trade deal, FT reports
A SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chip displayed at the Semiconductor Exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China wants the United States to ease export controls on chips critical for artificial intelligence as part of a trade deal before a possible summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, […]
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Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao taken in for questioning, WSJ reports
Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Liu Jianchao speaks during the 13th World Peace Forum in Beijing on July 3, 2025. Wang Zhao | Afp | Getty Images Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential future foreign minister, has been taken away by authorities for questioning, the Wall […]
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Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia amid fragile ceasefire
A Cambodian man who fled his home near the Cambodia-Thailand border walks at a pagoda compound in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, on July 30, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Three Thai soldiers were injured by a landmine near the Cambodian border on Saturday, the Thai army said, days after the Southeast Asian neighbours […]
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‘Loud luxury’ is back as high-end brands look to rebound
A guest wears red knitted Gucci x Adidas sweater, outside Bluemarble, during the Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 26, 2025 in Paris, France. Claudio Lavenia | Getty Images “Loud luxury” is poised for a comeback as ailing fashion houses attempt to inject a sense of newness and novelty […]
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Europe and Ukraine press the U.S. ahead of Trump-Putin talks in Alaska
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands next to French President Emmanuel Macron as he welcomes him for bilateral talks at Villa Borsig in Berlin, Germany on July 23, 2025. Lisi Niesner | Reuters European officials presented their own Ukraine peace proposals to the United States on Saturday as President Donald Trump prepared for talks with Russian […]
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White House is considering inviting Zelenskyy to Alaska
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the European leaders’ summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, March 2, 2025. Javad Parsa | Via Reuters WASHINGTON — The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
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Trump to speak at White House on violent crime in D.C. amid federal crackdown
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on August 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will hold a press availability at the White House next week to address violent crime in Washington, D.C., days after the White […]
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We spent $104 million turning an abandoned 19th-century college in NYC into luxury apartments—take a look inside
When Matt Linde and Udi Kore were first approached to develop the old site of St. John’s College’s campus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it was a dream come true for the two men who grew up in the area. Linde, CEO of People Restoring Communities, and Kore, Founding Partner at Avenue Realty Capital, first walked through […]
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New Yorker quit her corporate role in the middle of a meeting—now she earns twice as much and is happier in her dream job
Pooja Tripathi might not have become a successful comedian if she hadn’t quit her corporate marketing job in the middle of a meeting in 2018. By then, Tripathi had spent five years working in the fashion industry, but felt defeated after dealing with a toxic boss, she says. One morning, in a last-minute meeting, her […]
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Bestselling author: This parenting habit keeps you from raising successful kids—but you can start fixing it ‘immediately’
Plenty of kids would rather sit in front of their phone screen than play a sport, pick up an instrument or read a book. They might be modeling that behavior from their parents, bestselling author and podcast host Mel Robbins said during a panel discussion hosted by Verizon on Wednesday. She spoke from personal experience, […]
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