MiniMax Group, the Chinese artificial intelligence model company, has officially kicked off plans to sell shares in mainland China. This offers onshore investors access to AI players beyond chipmakers and completes a dual-listing status in addition to Hong Kong. The Shanghai-headquartered company signed an agreement with Citic Securities on Friday, hiring the brokerage to help prepare for a sale o...
MiniMax Group, the Chinese artificial intelligence model company, has officially kicked off plans to sell shares in mainland China. This offers onshore investors access to AI players beyond chipmakers and completes a dual-listing status in addition to Hong Kong. The Shanghai-headquartered company signed an agreement with Citic Securities on Friday, hiring the brokerage to help prepare for a sale of yuan-denominated shares. While other details on the listing are scant, it is widely expected that...
Five workers died after a collapse at a mine in southwestern China, underscoring persistent safety issues and increased scrutiny following a gas blast at a coal mine in Shanxi earlier this month that killed at least 82 people. An illegal excavation site collapsed in Huize County, Yunnan province, at about 4:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, trapping six workers, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing loc...
Five workers died after a collapse at a mine in southwestern China, underscoring persistent safety issues and increased scrutiny following a gas blast at a coal mine in Shanxi earlier this month that killed at least 82 people. An illegal excavation site collapsed in Huize County, Yunnan province, at about 4:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, trapping six workers, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local authorities. Rescue teams retrieved the victims from the site and rushed them to hospital, but five later died from their injuries. The condition of the survivor is stable. Investigations are ongoing as officials assess accountability, Xinhua said. The latest incident comes after the deadly May 22 gas explosion in Shanxi that also injured more than 120 people and marked China’s deadliest mining disaster in over a decade. The latest collapse also follows a national safety meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang on Saturday. Li warned that frequent accidents in some regions and sectors have caused heavy losses, urging officials to step up inspections, crack down on violations and falsification, and tighten oversight in high-risk industries including mining, fireworks, transport and construction. Yunnan is a major coal-producing province in southwestern China, with significant lignite reserves. China’s Premier Urges Tougher Safety Checks Following Accidents China Coal Mine Blast Tests Limits of Xi’s Energy Security Push
Uganda said the African Development Bank has tentatively allocated about $650 million to partly fund the construction of a railway linking the capital, Kampala, to Malaba at the Kenyan border. Abdul Kamara, the bank’s vice president in charge of regional development, integration and business delivery, announced the pledge at a meeting with a Ugandan delegation at the lender’s annual meeting in Bra...
Uganda said the African Development Bank has tentatively allocated about $650 million to partly fund the construction of a railway linking the capital, Kampala, to Malaba at the Kenyan border. Abdul Kamara, the bank’s vice president in charge of regional development, integration and business delivery, announced the pledge at a meeting with a Ugandan delegation at the lender’s annual meeting in Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo, Uganda’s Finance Ministry said on X. The final project financing arrangement will be concluded during a mission appraisal next month, it said. Uganda has struggled to raise financing for the 272-kilometer standard gauge railway project. It awarded the €2.7 billion contract to Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi Insaat VE in 2024, following the cancellation of a deal with China Harbour Engineering Co. after eight years of trying and failing to secure Chinese loans. Uganda Plans €405 Million Debut Sukuk for Rail Shunned by China Railways Emerge as a New Investment Frontier: Next Africa Uganda, Yapi Merkezi Rail Deal to Take Full Force in Early 2026 Uganda expects to fund the construction of the railway using loans from export credit agencies and development finance institutions. Last year it said the Islamic Development Bank had pledged $400 million for the project.
Former Scottish first minister says she will not apologise for actions of her ex- husband found guilty of embezzlement Nicola Sturgeon has said feels like she is “serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit” after her former husband and former Scottish National party chief executive, Peter Murrell, admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party. Murrell pleaded guilty this week to embez...
Former Scottish first minister says she will not apologise for actions of her ex- husband found guilty of embezzlement Nicola Sturgeon has said feels like she is “serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit” after her former husband and former Scottish National party chief executive, Peter Murrell, admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party. Murrell pleaded guilty this week to embezzling the sum from the SNP between 2010 and 2022 to fund a lavish personal lifestyle. Continue reading...
Members of Asean might have conflicting claims in the South China Sea but mutual trust exists in the bloc, Philippine defence chief Gilberto Teodoro Jnr said on Sunday, singling out Beijing as the biggest obstacle to a code of conduct in the disputed waterway. Teodoro delivered strong words for China in the final panel of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, taking aim at Manila’s ...
Members of Asean might have conflicting claims in the South China Sea but mutual trust exists in the bloc, Philippine defence chief Gilberto Teodoro Jnr said on Sunday, singling out Beijing as the biggest obstacle to a code of conduct in the disputed waterway. Teodoro delivered strong words for China in the final panel of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, taking aim at Manila’s long-time maritime rival for disregarding an international arbitral tribunal which ruled in favour...
Fab Four are still making waves 60 years on – and upcoming Sam Mendes films are expected to turn the hype up to 11 If anyone needed a reminder of the enduring cultural clout of the Beatles, the past few weeks have provided a glut. Firstly, there’s the small matter of The Boys of Dungeon Lane , Paul McCartney’s 20th solo album, billed as “an adventurous and limber take on guitar music” by the Guard...
Fab Four are still making waves 60 years on – and upcoming Sam Mendes films are expected to turn the hype up to 11 If anyone needed a reminder of the enduring cultural clout of the Beatles, the past few weeks have provided a glut. Firstly, there’s the small matter of The Boys of Dungeon Lane , Paul McCartney’s 20th solo album, billed as “an adventurous and limber take on guitar music” by the Guardian. When England announced their World Cup squad, the soundtrack was Come Together, played alongside a film of fashionable young people in New York and a clip of a young, puckish John Lennon. The same week Stephen Colbert was played off from his final episode of the Late Show by a Paul McCartney rendition of Hello Goodbye . Continue reading...
The Radiohead guitarist once serenaded a girl with the Smiths and thinks George Michael was a genius. But what is his favourite football song? The first single I bought Ally’s Tartan Army, the 1978 Scottish World Cup song, because England hadn’t qualified. I loved that Scottish team – Alan Rough, Martin Buchan, Gordon McQueen, Kenny Dalglish – and the 10-year-old me got completely swept up in Worl...
The Radiohead guitarist once serenaded a girl with the Smiths and thinks George Michael was a genius. But what is his favourite football song? The first single I bought Ally’s Tartan Army, the 1978 Scottish World Cup song, because England hadn’t qualified. I loved that Scottish team – Alan Rough, Martin Buchan, Gordon McQueen, Kenny Dalglish – and the 10-year-old me got completely swept up in World Cup fever. The first song I fell in love with When I was 17, I fell in love with a girl called Mary, who was this huge Smiths fan. I bought Hatful of Hollow so I could serenade her with William, It Was Really Nothing. I don’t think she adored me quite as much as she adored the Smiths. Continue reading...
A Chinese woman said she was nearly killed by a fishing line while riding past a crowded bridge, sparking safety concerns online. The woman surnamed Wang, from Hangzhou, eastern China’s Zhejiang province, shared her hair-raising experience on the night of May 23. She and her friend were riding electric bikes on a bicycle lane of the Fuxing bridge in the city, when a fishing line suddenly wrapped a...
A Chinese woman said she was nearly killed by a fishing line while riding past a crowded bridge, sparking safety concerns online. The woman surnamed Wang, from Hangzhou, eastern China’s Zhejiang province, shared her hair-raising experience on the night of May 23. She and her friend were riding electric bikes on a bicycle lane of the Fuxing bridge in the city, when a fishing line suddenly wrapped around her throat. It happened too fast that she did not have time to stop the bike. The line kept...