OCTOBER 3, 2021
HONG KONG — David Tse recalls being overcome with pride as he walked out of a British movie theater after watching “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Marvel’s latest superhero film.
“Our community has finally arrived in the West,” the British Chinese actor and writer said via telephone from Birmingham. “Every Chinese person around the world...
OCTOBER 3, 2021
The King of Jordan secretly spent more than £70m ($100m) on a property empire in the UK and US.
Leaked financial documents identify a network of secretly-owned firms used by Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein to buy 15 homes since he assumed power in 1999.
They included houses in Malibu, and in London and Ascot in the UK.
Lawyers for King...
OCOTBER 2, 2021
India`s exports for the first time exceeded USD 100 billion mark in the quarter ending September, said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Saturday.
A total of USD 101.89 billion in exports was reported in the country during the said quarter.
As per an official statement issued by the ministry, India`s exports in September 2021 stood at USD...
OCTOBER 2, 2021
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that India and the United Arab Emirates have decided to set up a joint task force which will be a common platform for continuous dialogue to raise new opportunities for collaboration between the two countries. Goyal was addressing a press conference on the sidelines of Dubai Expo 2020.
The ninth...
OCTOBER 2, 2021
Brief Scorecard: Rajasthan Royals 190 for 3 (Dube 64*, Jaiswal 50, Thakur 2-30) beat Chennai Super Kings 189 for 4 (Gaikwad 101*, Jadeja 32*, Tewatia 3-39) by seven wickets
Abu Dhabi: Yashasvi Jaiswal timed it beautifully while Shivam Dube deflated Chennai Super Kings with brute power as Rajasthan Royals kept their play-off hopes alive with a morale-boosting seven-wicket...
OCTOBER 2, 2021
NEW DELHI: India is likely to send a 3-member team to participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Pakistan next week, ToI has learnt. The Pabbi Anti-terror Exercise 2021 is being held at Pabbi in Pakistan’s Nowshera district from October 3 under the aegis of SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) which seeks to promote counter-terrorism cooperation...
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Locals in Tamil Nadu’s Gudalur, a small town that is 50 kilometres away from Ooty and is close to the Kerala border, are fearful of stepping outside their homes these days. That’s because, they say, they are being hunted. With an elusive male tiger killing another person on Friday, the fourth in recent days, the Chief Wildlife Warden Shekhar Kumar Niraj issued orders...
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
US Senators Meet For Policy Luncheons. - Getty Images
Democrats are trying to come up with another way to raise the debt limit after Republicans blocked their latest effort Tuesday. The U.S.is now heading toward default in just a few weeks, which could have catastrophic economic consequences, government officials and economists warn.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. - MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty/Axel Springer
Elon Musk has again passed Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest person.
He told Forbes he'll mark the occasion by sending Bezos a silver medal and statue of the number two.
The two have taken swipes at each other for years as part...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Starting Friday, the U.S. Postal Service will employ “new service standards" that will result in slower delivery for mail traveling long distances, such as from New York to California. - Spencer Platt, Getty Images
Americans who have been frustrated with the slow service of the U.S. Postal Service since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic probably won’t...
