Hotels are rolling out the red carpet for a new breed of traveler: your new puppy. Lockdowns, social distancing and new work-from-home arrangements have caused animal adoptions to soar across the United States. A new TD Ameritrade survey found that 33% of Americans — and half of millennials — have considered fostering or adopting a pet […] Read more
President Donald Trump is expect to decide on TikTok’s fate in the U.S. in the next 24-36 hours, sources told David Faber. To address ownership concerns, ByteDance plans to do an initial public offering of global TikTok on a U.S. stock exchange, according to people familiar with the matter. Oracle will also own a minority […] Read more
French Polynesia Tahiti and Fiji have been voted in the 10 most scenic airports worldwide. Bora Bora (Motu Mute) Airport in French Polynesia. Photo: Supplied/Krypianos Biris The Bora Bora (Motu Mute) Airport in Tahiti and Nadi International Airport in Fiji are ranked 6th and 10th respectively in the 2020 PrivateFly Scenic Airport Poll. The poll was conducted […] Read more
The U.K.’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is in Washington Wednesday to meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, among other senior officials, as Britain seeks to reassure its U.S. partners on Brexit negotiations. The visit comes after the U.K. government dropped a Brexit bombshell last week, tabling a controversial bill […] Read more
Prompted by Arab states normalising relations with Israel, fractured Palestinian political factions are working diligently in multilateral talks to restore unity and mend the division between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in negotiations far more promising than previous efforts. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain’s foreign ministers will sign on Tuesday an […] Read more
Germany has come under increasing pressure to pull the plug on its controversial giant gas pipeline project with Russia, following the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Experts say Berlin is unlikely to do so for now, however, given the Nord Stream 2 project is over 94% completed after almost a decade’s construction, […] Read more
Members of the popular South Korean “K-Pop” band BTS could each rake in as much as $7.7 million as shareholders when the label that represents them goes public, likely next month. The band’s seven members each received a reported 68,385 common shares as a gift from Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk, which could mean they […] Read more
A large fire erupted on Thursday at Beirut port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding residential area of the Lebanese capital. The blaze erupted in the shattered duty free zone of the port and one official said it was limited […] Read more
SoftBank shares extended their losses on Wednesday, wiping out over $12 billion in market value this week, amid jitters over the Japanese conglomerate’s latest tech investing strategy. Shares of the company fell another 3% by Wednesday’s close, leaving SoftBank with a market cap of 11.9 trillion yen ($112.1 billion). That was down sharply from the roughly […] Read more
The Rolling Stones have released a re-issue of their iconic 1973 album Goats Head Soup. This 2020 re-issue includes a new stereo mix of the entire album, as well as recording sessions, alternative mixes and three previously unreleased tracks. Goats Head Soup was originally recorded from November 1972 to May 1973 across Jamaica, the UK and the […] Read more
