Asia’s Wealthiest Woman Loses $12 Billion in China’s Real Estate Crisis
Yang Huiyan, known as the richest woman in Asia, has lost more than half of her $24 billion fortune as China’s worsening real estate crisis pushes big developers further into debt. Yang, who hails from...
Trends in the Monkeypox Public Health Emergency
Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO), the highest alert level previously only granted to COVID-19, Polio, the Ebola outbreak of 2014, and the...
Behind the Timing of Didi Global’s $1.2-billion Fine
News analysis Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global was hit with a $1.2 billion fine on July 21. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) accused the company of violating laws on cyberspace security, data security, and...
35% of Truckers Say 2022 Will Be ‘Drastically’ Less Profitable Because of Fuel Prices: Survey
Owner-operators of trucking companies are not feeling particularly optimistic in their outlook as to how their 2022 is going to play out, a new survey shows. In a survey conducted by transport industry-leading publication FreightWaves...
European Wildfires Are Detonating Unexploded 100-year-old Shells Fired in WWI
Ordnance used over 100 years ago and left on the battlegrounds of the First World War is now detonating due to wide spread wild fires, posing an explosive risk to firefighters as they struggle to...
Xi Tightens Grip on China’s Police Force Ahead of 20th Party Congress
News analysis On June 24, the official website of China’s National People’s Congress listed Ministry of Public Security Party secretary Wang Xiaohong as public security minister. The next day, Wang, a key ally of General...
Worn-down Wind Turbines Headed to Landfills Because Recycling Is Too Expensive: Study
In the latest blow to the so-called “green” and “renewable” energy movement, a recent study released by Australian scientists has sounded the alarm that because wind turbines simply aren’t recyclable in anything resembling a cost...
‘Pandemic Pets’ are Being Surrendered in Droves Overwhelming Shelters Everywhere
During the early months of the pandemic many people who found themselves at home with extra time on their hands chose to adopt or purchase a pet. Now that the pandemic has eased, people have...
They Were the Ones: A Song to Remember Those Who Sacrificed for Their Faith
For many people around the world, today, July 20th, is a day of tragedy and remembrance. It was this day in 1999 that Jiang Zemin, the former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), launched...
Chinese Reporter in Japan Attempts Suicide After Being Heaped With Online Abuse for Shedding Tears at Abe’s Death
Zeng Ying, a 32-year-old Chinese reporter based out of Japan, was set upon by online Chinese nationalists after she was seen giving an emotional response to the news of Shinzo Abe’s assassination in Nara, Japan...
California Water Crisis to Leave 800,000 Acres of Farmland Empty This Year
California’s unprecedented megadrought may leave as much as 800,000 acres of farmland, amounting to 1,250 square miles, unworked this year, says an expert. In preliminary findings of a study conducted by the University of California...
Social Media Grooms Youth to Make Impulse Purchases, Worry About Money: Survey
The influence of social media is conditioning young people to be anxious about their finances and make impulse decisions, a new study shows. Some analysts believe the phenomenon is resulting from the effect of influencers...