Hong Kong social welfare authorities are expected to take over the care of an undocumented baby for at least a year and may arrange foster care after his parents were arrested over suspected child neglect, a lawmaker has revealed. Legislator Reverend Peter Koon Ho-ming told the South China Morning Post that the Social Welfare Department would later consider placing two-month-old Danny in foster ca...
Hong Kong social welfare authorities are expected to take over the care of an undocumented baby for at least a year and may arrange foster care after his parents were arrested over suspected child neglect, a lawmaker has revealed. Legislator Reverend Peter Koon Ho-ming told the South China Morning Post that the Social Welfare Department would later consider placing two-month-old Danny in foster care until his parents were deemed fit to regain custody. Koon disclosed the plan after the department...
President Donald Trump has spent months projecting confidence that a deal to end the Iran conflict is within reach, but Israel's determination to press ahead with its own objectives underscores his tenuous control over the outcome of the crisis. Bloomberg's Michael Heath has the latest. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump has spent months projecting confidence that a deal to end the Iran conflict is within reach, but Israel's determination to press ahead with its own objectives underscores his tenuous control over the outcome of the crisis. Bloomberg's Michael Heath has the latest. (Source: Bloomberg)
Some scepticism had surrounded Australian’s record Time of 19.67 officially recognised to end to doubts World Athletics has eliminated any doubt over the speed of Gout Gout, ignoring criticisms over the validity of his 19.67sec set during the 200m final at the nationals in April to formally ratify the time as the World Under 20 record. On the windy afternoon in Sydney, Gout improved his personal b...
Some scepticism had surrounded Australian’s record Time of 19.67 officially recognised to end to doubts World Athletics has eliminated any doubt over the speed of Gout Gout, ignoring criticisms over the validity of his 19.67sec set during the 200m final at the nationals in April to formally ratify the time as the World Under 20 record. On the windy afternoon in Sydney, Gout improved his personal best by a third of a second in a breathtaking performance . Continue reading...
High-Dose Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk In Some People Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times , A specific variation in the vitamin D receptor gene may determine whether high-dose supplementation lowers diabetes risk in prediabetic people. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock Nearly 115 million Americans are on the road to diabetes. New research suggests an inexpensive, widely a...
High-Dose Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk In Some People Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times , A specific variation in the vitamin D receptor gene may determine whether high-dose supplementation lowers diabetes risk in prediabetic people. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock Nearly 115 million Americans are on the road to diabetes. New research suggests an inexpensive, widely available supplement could slow that journey, but only for some of them. A genetic quirk in roughly 70 percent of prediabetic adults may determine whether high-dose vitamin D can meaningfully lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The research builds on the D2d trial. More than 2,000 U.S. adults living with prediabetes were randomized to either take 4,000 units of vitamin D or a placebo for up to 3.5 years. Initially, the trial did not find any significant changes across the participants. The recommended daily allowance is 600 to 800 units for average adults. However, when scientists analyzed participants' DNA, a more nuanced picture emerged: those carrying specific variations - known as AC or CC - in a gene called ApaI responded strongly to supplementation. Over the 3.5 years of the study, participants carrying the AC or CC variant had a 19 percent lower chance of developing diabetes. The roughly 30 percent with the AA variation saw no benefit at all. "Diabetes has so many serious complications that develop slowly over years," study lead researcher Bess Dawson-Hughes said in a statement. "If we can delay the time a person spends living with diabetes, we can reduce some of those harmful side effects or lessen their severity." The distinction matters because prediabetes - defined by higher-than-normal blood sugar that hasn't yet crossed into diabetes territory - affects more than two in five U.S. adults, and often progresses silently. Identifying who stands to benefit from vitamin D intervention could allow clinici...
Three men have been arrested after they allegedly robbed a woman and locked her and her child on a balcony at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) in Singapore. The police said on Tuesday that they were alerted at about 7pm the day before to a case of robbery with hurt along Bayfront Avenue. According to preliminary investigations, a 45-year-old woman visited the area after agreeing to exchange S$50,000 (US$39,...
Three men have been arrested after they allegedly robbed a woman and locked her and her child on a balcony at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) in Singapore. The police said on Tuesday that they were alerted at about 7pm the day before to a case of robbery with hurt along Bayfront Avenue. According to preliminary investigations, a 45-year-old woman visited the area after agreeing to exchange S$50,000 (US$39,000) worth of cash for foreign currency with someone she spoke to on a messaging platform. The...
Shares of AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) bumped 53.5% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . As a space economy stock trying to directly compete with Starlink in satellite internet, AST SpaceMobile is getting love ahead of the upcoming SpaceX IPO, with the stock up a whopping 389% in the last year alone. Here's why AST SpaceMobile stock jumped in May, and whether the s...
Shares of AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) bumped 53.5% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . As a space economy stock trying to directly compete with Starlink in satellite internet, AST SpaceMobile is getting love ahead of the upcoming SpaceX IPO, with the stock up a whopping 389% in the last year alone. Here's why AST SpaceMobile stock jumped in May, and whether the stock is a buy in June. Starlink is the undisputed leader in satellite internet services in 2026, generating $11.4 billion in revenue in 2025 alone. While it will keep putting more satellites in orbit, there is one hiccup to getting Starlink internet: the terminals. To use Starlink, customers need to buy a terminal that serves as an antenna to receive high-speed satellite internet. Continue reading
Oil Platform in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ventura / Santa Barbara CA jjwithers/iStock via Getty Images Sable Offshore ( SOC ) held an investment webcast Monday that answered some of the questions investors have had since oil sales resumed off the Santa Barbara coast on March 29 after an 11-year hiatus caused by a pipeline rupture . The stock fell about 15% during the hourlong call before ...
Oil Platform in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ventura / Santa Barbara CA jjwithers/iStock via Getty Images Sable Offshore ( SOC ) held an investment webcast Monday that answered some of the questions investors have had since oil sales resumed off the Santa Barbara coast on March 29 after an 11-year hiatus caused by a pipeline rupture . The stock fell about 15% during the hourlong call before recovering some by the end of the session Tuesday. Data by YCharts Some of the drop occurred at the start when conservative reserve and financial projections were unveiled. Syncing the stock chart with the call times, another trigger appeared when executives said the company would not be able to obtain previously discussed hardship credit support from the federal government because it had too much positive cash flow to qualify. That may have caused some investors to worry about a possible cash crunch at the end of this month. Still, the reaction seems overdone. Refinancing Deadline The short-term issue is repayment of a $956 million term loan from Exxon Mobil ( XOM ), originally seller financing for the Santa Ynez leases and pipeline and processing operations, subsequently expanded to pay for operations. According to the SEC document , the loan carries an onerous 15% interest rate and is due 90 days after the restart of paying production, which would be around June 27. The deadline is uncomfortably close, but in the call executives expressed confidence. "There are a lot of moving parts here, but we're confident that with our bank, JPMorgan, and the group that they have together as far as being able to execute the plan with plenty of time to spare," CEO Jim Flores said. With that exception, the call and associated slideshow seemed to go well. Restart volumes are at or exceeding expectations as the wells have built up pressure over the idle years--enough that some of the natural gas at the top of the well stack has merged into solution with oil. The company expects gross sale...
APA Corporation's Beryl Alpha oil platform in the North Sea. Courtesy: APA Corporation Oil prices rose Wednesday as investors weighed uncertainty over U.S.-Iran talks with the two countries launching fresh strikes Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said negotiations with Tehran were ongoing. West Texas Intermediate futures for July delivery gained over 1% to $94.81, while the international be...
APA Corporation's Beryl Alpha oil platform in the North Sea. Courtesy: APA Corporation Oil prices rose Wednesday as investors weighed uncertainty over U.S.-Iran talks with the two countries launching fresh strikes Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said negotiations with Tehran were ongoing. West Texas Intermediate futures for July delivery gained over 1% to $94.81, while the international benchmark Brent crude for August delivery advanced 0.88% to $96.84 per barrel. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that it had defeated multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones and launched defensive strikes following "attempted attacks" by Iran, signaling an escalation in Mideast tensions. That followed Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying that Washington was still engaged in talks with Iran over a potential deal to halt the conflict, pushing back against Iranian media reports suggesting communications had broken down. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Brent oil prices this year Rubio also told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that as part of those discussions, "there is the prospect" that Iran "could negotiate aspects of their nuclear program." That was contrary to a report by Iran's Fars news agency on Tuesday that said Tehran and Washington had not exchanged messages for several days. State-linked outlet Tasnim had reported Monday that Iranian negotiators would cease indirect communications with the U.S. and that Tehran would seek to fully shut the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passageway for global crude shipments. "Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous," Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday afternoon. Analysts at Fitch Group said Tuesday the U.S.-Iran war has caused widespread disruption across the Middle East's oil and gas sector, with exports collapsing, production shut in and repeated strikes on infrastructure leaving behind billions of dollars in damage...