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Evergrande: Shares in crisis-hit property giant jump in market return
Shares in crisis-hit Chinese real estate giant Evergrande have jumped as trading in the firm resumed after being suspended in Hong Kong. The company halted trading in its shares on Thursday as it confirmed that its billionaire founder was being investigated by authorities. Evergrande shares soared by more than 40% in early trading on Tuesday…
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Voice to Parliament: Early voting begins in historic Australian referendum
By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australia has begun early voting in a landmark referendum on enacting an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. If approved, the reform would recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country’s constitution and establish a permanent body for them to advise the government. The country has not had a…
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Why a rare gun charge against Hunter Biden could misfire
By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington A gun charge hanging over President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, is rarely filed by prosecutors. Will it stand up in court? Patrick Darnell Daniels was pulled over by police in April 2022 for driving a truck without a registration plate in Hancock County, Mississippi. Inside his vehicle officers found…
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The seed guardians in the Andes trying to save the potato
From potatoes to quinoa, many of our favourite foods are at risk from threats like climate change and disease. The “seed guardians” of Peru’s Potato Park are hoping to change that. The potatoes that grow in the Andes of South America are far more than a starchy staple of the local diet. They are a…
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The lives upended by colonial rule in the Middle East
By Tom Bateman Middle East Correspondent Eid Haddad’s parents were teenagers when they witnessed the full force of Britain’s presence in Palestine in 1938. “They saw the troops coming in and attacking people. My father told me that one of the men was hit on his head with a wooden hammer used to mince meat…
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Digital nomads have billions to spend. Entrepreneurs are cashing in.
Companies are helping people realise the work-from-anywhere dream. Business is booming. When Johannes Voelkner founded Nomad Cruise in 2015, his primary aim was to tackle loneliness. It was a problem he was well familiar with as a digital nomad; after five years on the road, he’d struggled always starting from scratch to meet people in…
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Right-wing Republican files bid to oust McCarthy
A US congressman has launched a bid to remove House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Matt Gaetz, a right-wing lawmaker from Florida, filed his motion late on Monday to oust the Republican leader in the lower chamber of Congress. Tensions between the two Republicans boiled over at the weekend after the Speaker passed a bill…
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Onewheel: Snowboard Shop halts sales after four deaths in US
By Tom Gerken Technology reporter UK store The Snowboard Shop has pulled Onewheel electric skateboards from sale with immediate effect following a recall in the US. US watchdog the Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled all 300,000 of the devices that have been sold, after four people died while riding them. It said Onewheels posed…
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Gilleleje: Denmark’s seaside town that saved Danish Jews
This October, a fishing town on the Danish Riviera remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War Two: its role in the flight and escape of the Danish Jews. It was autumn on the Danish Riviera, a string of fishing villages along the coast an hour north of Copenhagen. In the…
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‘It makes you realise how privileged we really are’
Two thousand young people from 190 countries have arrived in Belfast for the One Young World summit. The four day event, held in the city’s SSE Arena, will allow delegates to meet political, business, and humanitarian leaders. Former Irish president Mary Robinson, musician Sir Bob Geldof and footballer Rio Ferdinand are among those due to…