A decade ago, China was in the midst of a property boom. In Zhoukou, a fast-urbanising city in the country’s central plains, a property developer started a residential complex that promised “classic Chinese living”, full of greenery and next to good schools. Today, most of its high-rises and villas are concrete skeletons. The developer, Henan … Read more
Noë Bryant spent 41 years identifying as African American. This year, she became Chinese. Representational image. Inspired by viral videos on social media, Bryant dragged her husband and two children to their local Asian grocery store in Austin, Texas. She asked ChatGPT which Chinese pantry staples she should buy and spent around $200 stocking up … Read more
Mexican Secretary of Defense Ricardo Trevilla Trejo choked up at a Monday press conference in Mexico City as he paid homage to the 25 Mexican National Guardsmen who lost their lives on Sunday. They died fighting off cartel reprisals for the military operation that killed drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera earlier in the day. … Read more
Amid the tensions with Iran, US President Donald Trump has stated that the final call on whether the US military will carry out strikes against Tehran lies with him. In a lengthy Truth Social post on Monday, the Republican leader slammed “fake news media” on its reports regarding the US-Iran tensions. The US President has … Read more
Harman Singh Kapoor, the owner of the Indian restaurant Rangrez in London, has officially announced its upcoming closure after 16 years of operation. In a tweet, Kapoor cited a combination of rising costs and a lack of support from local authorities as key factors. Most notably, he alleged that ongoing online harassment and repeated physical … Read more
The trade ministers of Canada and India held a virtual meeting on Monday as the launch of negotiations towards clinching the comprehensive economic partnership agreement or CEPA is expected to be announced during Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India later this week. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney. (REUTERS) In a post on X, … Read more
A 22-year-old Indian national accused of being involved in extortion-related activity has been removed from Canada. Over 22,000 persons deemed inadmissible were removed from Canada last year, a new record. (AP) In the first such public announcement in this regard, Surrey Police Service or SPS said that Lovebir Singh, a 22-year-old foreign national male who … Read more
KHARKIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian counterattack in the country’s southeast is chipping away at Russian advances there and demonstrating that Kyiv’s forces have got plenty of fight left as Moscow’s invasion stretches into a fifth year. A Ukrainian soldier in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. With peace negotiations backed by President Trump stalled, Russia has sought to portray … Read more
The struggle to get a meeting with a VC firm often leads to “out of the box” thinking, but a startup recently raised the bar for creative outreach by delivering a massive, custom-printed cake to Better Tomorrow Ventures’ offices. The fintech-focused early-stage venture firm’s co-founder posted a picture of the massive cake that doubles as … Read more
Multiple fire departments battled a huge blaze that overwhelmed a Superior hotel in Wisconsin late Monday, February 23. The upper level of Superior & Sage Hotel on Hammond Avenue was seen burning from both sides of the Blatnik around 11:15 pm Monday, according to Northern News Now. Huge fire engulfs Superior and Sage Hotel in … Read more