Trump says Bill Pulte is ‘less shackled’ because he has only been appointed director of national intelligence temporarily. Key US politics stories from 5 June 2026 at a glance Donald Trump has said that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during the president’s second term. Trump noted that the s...
Trump says Bill Pulte is ‘less shackled’ because he has only been appointed director of national intelligence temporarily. Key US politics stories from 5 June 2026 at a glance Donald Trump has said that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during the president’s second term. Trump noted that the size of the office as been “way too high for way too long,” and that “if he cut, I wouldn’t mind”. Continue reading...
人际关系中，如果一方肆意跨过边界，哪怕是真心为对方好，也会演变成荒诞剧、悲剧，甚至惨剧 绘图：赵凌筠 AI辅助生成 多年前，看过一部法国电影《我最好的朋友哈利》（Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien，2000）。一位名叫米歇尔的中年男子，在汽车服务区邂逅了中学同学哈利。聊完往事聊今日，米歇尔对自己的生活长吁短叹，哈利于是主动介入，帮他“排忧解难”。哈利解决问题的方...
人际关系中，如果一方肆意跨过边界，哪怕是真心为对方好，也会演变成荒诞剧、悲剧，甚至惨剧 绘图：赵凌筠 AI辅助生成 多年前，看过一部法国电影《我最好的朋友哈利》（Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien，2000）。一位名叫米歇尔的中年男子，在汽车服务区邂逅了中学同学哈利。聊完往事聊今日，米歇尔对自己的生活长吁短叹，哈利于是主动介入，帮他“排忧解难”。哈利解决问题的方式极其恐怖——只要米歇尔稍稍吐槽一下谁，哈利就悄无声息地杀掉这个人——米歇尔的哥哥、父母，甚至哈利自己的女友普鲁。直到杀到米歇尔的太太克莱尔时，米歇尔强力制止，反杀了哈利。
Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel. “It would take a tremendous amount to make an aircraft fly, so I hope we can collect more,” said Watanabe, whose penchant for cooking allows her to donate about 40 litre...
Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel. “It would take a tremendous amount to make an aircraft fly, so I hope we can collect more,” said Watanabe, whose penchant for cooking allows her to donate about 40 litres (10 gallons) a year. Her contribution is pooled at a nearby supermarket that is among roughly 300...
Apple, ticker NasdaqGS:AAPL, has agreed to a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit. The case centers on claims that 2024 iPhone models misrepresented artificial intelligence features to consumers. The settlement is subject to court approval and could result in payments to eligible customers. For a company whose flagship iPhone line underpins both hardware sales and services revenue, an...
Apple, ticker NasdaqGS:AAPL, has agreed to a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit. The case centers on claims that 2024 iPhone models misrepresented artificial intelligence features to consumers. The settlement is subject to court approval and could result in payments to eligible customers. For a company whose flagship iPhone line underpins both hardware sales and services revenue, any legal dispute tied directly to product marketing tends to draw close investor attention. The...
The Sesame Street character, whose fictional home is in New York, came in for criticism after not giving full-throated support to the city's basketball team.
The Sesame Street character, whose fictional home is in New York, came in for criticism after not giving full-throated support to the city's basketball team.
Chinese carriers have captured an expanding slice of the international air travel market for routes connecting Chinese and overseas cities since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data presented at an industry summit in Beijing on Friday. Local carriers currently held a 66.5 per cent market share compared with 33.5 per cent for foreign airlines, said IBA Group, a UK-based aviation intelligence co...
Chinese carriers have captured an expanding slice of the international air travel market for routes connecting Chinese and overseas cities since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data presented at an industry summit in Beijing on Friday. Local carriers currently held a 66.5 per cent market share compared with 33.5 per cent for foreign airlines, said IBA Group, a UK-based aviation intelligence company, which organised the event. Pre-pandemic, it was a 50:50 split between domestic and foreign...
Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of living in the city against returning home. Renting a room in the city would consume around half of the HK$20,000 (US$2,552) starting salary she expected as a junior data analyst. “If I go back to Shanghai, I will only need to worry about dail...
Weeks before mainland Chinese student Carol Chen graduated from Baptist University in Hong Kong in July, the 22-year-old did the math and weighed the cost of living in the city against returning home. Renting a room in the city would consume around half of the HK$20,000 (US$2,552) starting salary she expected as a junior data analyst. “If I go back to Shanghai, I will only need to worry about daily expenses,” said Chen, a maths and statistics graduate. Language barriers compounded the problem....
A kindergarten teacher in China has been suspended from her job and placed under police investigation for using a glue gun to scald a little girl’s lip, causing serious blisters. The incident unfolded on the morning of May 27 in a nursery in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province, eastern China. According to surveillance footage from the classroom, the woman children’s teacher let some children queue u...
A kindergarten teacher in China has been suspended from her job and placed under police investigation for using a glue gun to scald a little girl’s lip, causing serious blisters. The incident unfolded on the morning of May 27 in a nursery in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province, eastern China. According to surveillance footage from the classroom, the woman children’s teacher let some children queue up to receive punishment one by one because she was angry that they were talking during class, the...