Hunter Biden STILL owns stake in Chinese firm 100 days into his father’s presidency despite dad’s vow that NONE of his family would have foreign business interests Joe Biden pledged neither he nor his family would have foreign business ties The president in October vowed that there would be no international dealings Yet his son … Read more
Unlucky! Chinese flight is cancelled after passenger throws coins into jet’s ENGINE for ‘good fortune’ before take-off Man detained by police after tossing coins wrapped in red paper into engine The coins were spotted by runway workers who alerted plane staff just in time The Beibu Gulf Airlines flight from Weifang to Haiku was cancelled for … Read more
BBC snooker pundit Reanne Evans was kicked out of the studio after her ex complained she was distracting him ahead of his World Championships match Mark Allen requested Reanne Evans leave practise area for being a ‘distraction’ Reanne, 35, had been prepping to go live when Allen lodged his request Evans eventually agreed to leave … Read more
Chloe Zhao made history at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday. The Beijing, China native became the first woman of color to win the Best Director award for her drama film Nomadland, which she also wrote, edited and produced. She would also go on to accept the Best Picture Oscar, alongside some of the cast, crew and … Read more
This is Royal Caribbean’s epic new cruise ship, which will be the biggest in the world when it launches in 2022. Called Wonder of the Seas, the vessel will be based in Shanghai, China, and will feature an 82ft- (25m) long, 10-deck-high zip line as well as Ultimate Abyss – the tallest slide at sea … Read more
Britain’s ‘moment of reckoning’: UK must win technology race with foreign adversaries or risk falling prey to China, GCHQ spy chief warns UK faces ‘moment of reckoning’ in race for tech supremacy, spy chief says Jeremy Fleming will call for Britain to evolve like an animal in a changing habitat He will warn digital dominance … Read more
Dino-mite find! Adorable baby dinosaur’s footprint discovered in China is just 6cm long and is the smallest stegosaur print EVER found Footprint was found in the Xinjiang Province in northwestern China by experts It measures just 2.24 inches (5.7cm) long and is thought to belong to a stegosaur Expect that the animal that made it was … Read more
China’s former premier ‘criticises President Xi’ with essay calling for ‘fairness and justice’ in the country – before Beijing’s censors remove it from the internet China’s former Premier wrote an essay calling for ‘freedom and justice’ The controversial essay has been interpreted as a coded criticism The piece was shared widely online before reportedly being … Read more
Beijing’s skies turn orange and brown as sand and dust combine to form ‘severe’ pollution that has left people struggling to breathe The skies above Beijing turned orange as air pollution soared to severe levels & air quality index rose to 324 It worsened in the evening, exceeding 1,300 in some parts of the city, according … Read more
China tells Japan’s deputy PM to drink a glass of treated Fukushima water after Tokyo announced it was safe to dump it in the Pacific Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan has asked Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso to drink treated radioactive water from Fukushima The comment on Wednesday came after Aso a day … Read more