Image copyright AFP Screenshot New Zealand says Hong Kong’s “unique status” is at stake New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to China’s new national security law for the territory. The widely criticized law makes protesters easier to punish and reduces city autonomy. Travel tips …
Read More »Apple, Microsoft, and Other Tech Giants Top Forbes 2020 Most Valuable Brand List
People queue in front of Apple’s new flagship store at Sanlitun on July 17, 2020 in Beijing, China. VCG via Getty Images When it comes to brand value, it’s hard to topple Big Tech. In Forbes’ 2020 list of the 100 Most Valuable Brands, the top five are the same …
Read More »TSMC among the 10 largest stocks in the world after a $ 72 billion rise
(Bloomberg) – Taiwan’s largest shares are so high they added $ 72 billion in just two days, which is equivalent to swallowing all of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rose as much as 9.9% in Taipei on Tuesday, spreading an impressive rebound that made it the 10th …
Read More »School girls in India discover a terrestrial asteroid
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Two teenagers from India discovered a terrestrial asteroid by studying images from the University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said Monday. The asteroid is currently near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in about a million years, said …
Read More »China’s fears: Scientists warn that the 500,000-year-old extinct volcano “appears to be recharging” | Science | News
Scientists from the China University of Science and Technology were studying the Weishan volcano, located within the Wudalianchi volcanic field in the northeast of the country. This volcano last erupted about 500,000 years ago, but there have been other, much more recent eruptions at the complex. The Wudalianchi volcanic field …
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