For most ordinary people in ancient China, using the toilet was a routine necessity. In the imperial court, however, even the most private act became a carefully staged display of status and ritual. Papermaking, one of China’s Four Great Inventions, had emerged by the Han dynasty (206 BC–220), yet paper remained too precious for daily use. Instead of toilet paper, commoners relied on leaves, pebbl...
For most ordinary people in ancient China, using the toilet was a routine necessity. In the imperial court, however, even the most private act became a carefully staged display of status and ritual. Papermaking, one of China’s Four Great Inventions, had emerged by the Han dynasty (206 BC–220), yet paper remained too precious for daily use. Instead of toilet paper, commoners relied on leaves, pebbles, or tiles for personal cleaning, while the elite used silk or cloth. They also employed slender...
Seven murals celebrating the Thai and Chiu Chow heritage of Hong Kong’s Kowloon City will be erected in the district known for its ethnic Thai population and traditional stores under a public scheme to encourage building renovations in the area. The first on Jenford Building has been completed on South Wall Road in the heart of the city’s “Little Thailand”, featuring a purple cartoon elephant dres...
Seven murals celebrating the Thai and Chiu Chow heritage of Hong Kong’s Kowloon City will be erected in the district known for its ethnic Thai population and traditional stores under a public scheme to encourage building renovations in the area. The first on Jenford Building has been completed on South Wall Road in the heart of the city’s “Little Thailand”, featuring a purple cartoon elephant dressed in a blue Hawaiian shirt, grinning with its trunk lifted as if greeting passers-by. Against a...
Trump announces two-week conditional ceasefire after last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan – key US politics stories from Tuesday 7 April at a glance It appears Iran’s whole civilization will not die tonight. With less than two hours before his self-imposed deadline for Iran to surrender or face annihilation, Donald Trump announced that the US and Iran had agreed to a two-week condit...
Trump announces two-week conditional ceasefire after last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan – key US politics stories from Tuesday 7 April at a glance It appears Iran’s whole civilization will not die tonight. With less than two hours before his self-imposed deadline for Iran to surrender or face annihilation, Donald Trump announced that the US and Iran had agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire after a last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan. Continue reading...
A Chinese underwater drone was caught by an Indonesian fisherman near a key waterway leading to Australia on Monday, local media reported. The discovery of the “torpedo-like” object near the Lombok Strait comes at a time of increasing Chinese underwater activity in sensitive areas. The waterway between Bali and Lombok is closely watched by the United States and Australia. It is one of the few deep...
A Chinese underwater drone was caught by an Indonesian fisherman near a key waterway leading to Australia on Monday, local media reported. The discovery of the “torpedo-like” object near the Lombok Strait comes at a time of increasing Chinese underwater activity in sensitive areas. The waterway between Bali and Lombok is closely watched by the United States and Australia. It is one of the few deepwater routes that can accommodate submarine transits at operational depth and is also suitable for...
PegatronCorporation ("Pegatron"), a globally recognized total server solutions provider, will present its latest advancements in AI infrastructure at Japan IT Week 2026, highlighting its comprehensive capabilities across server engineering, system design, manufacturing, and after-sales service.
PegatronCorporation ("Pegatron"), a globally recognized total server solutions provider, will present its latest advancements in AI infrastructure at Japan IT Week 2026, highlighting its comprehensive capabilities across server engineering, system design, manufacturing, and after-sales service.
格隆汇4月8日｜策略师表示，唐纳德·特朗普宣布美国与伊朗达成为期两周的停火协议，为亚洲市场带来可喜的纾缓。他们称，短期内亚洲各地股市应会出现强劲反弹。不过，他们也警告称，由于协议缺乏清晰细节，且对霍尔木兹海峡的担忧仍挥之不去，市场仍需谨慎对待，波动性将继续维持高位。AT Global Markets首席市场分析师Nick Twidale“这次停火对风险情绪而言是朝着正确方向迈出的巨大一步……市场今...
格隆汇4月8日｜策略师表示，唐纳德·特朗普宣布美国与伊朗达成为期两周的停火协议，为亚洲市场带来可喜的纾缓。他们称，短期内亚洲各地股市应会出现强劲反弹。不过，他们也警告称，由于协议缺乏清晰细节，且对霍尔木兹海峡的担忧仍挥之不去，市场仍需谨慎对待，波动性将继续维持高位。AT Global Markets首席市场分析师Nick Twidale“这次停火对风险情绪而言是朝着正确方向迈出的巨大一步……市场今天原本已经为结果朝任何方向发展都做好了准备，因此这一消息会带来‘双重解脱式’反弹，反而可能放大市场波动。我预计今天该地区将出现很可观的百分比涨幅，但也要警惕：任何新的消息标题都可能继续带来波动。市场出现这种大幅波动本身，也会进一步催生更高的波动。”
Mona Yacoubian, Senior Adviser of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the possibility of Iranian armed forces coordinating ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz could be seen as a "huge concession" towards the Iranian regime. (Source: Bloomberg)
Mona Yacoubian, Senior Adviser of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the possibility of Iranian armed forces coordinating ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz could be seen as a "huge concession" towards the Iranian regime. (Source: Bloomberg)
Education Department Ditches Title IX Agreements That Pushed 'Transgender Agenda' In Multiple Schools Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Education announced April 6 that it rescinded agreements between previous administrations and multiple school districts that aimed to enforce civil rights laws with regard to students who identify as transgender. The Dep...
Education Department Ditches Title IX Agreements That Pushed 'Transgender Agenda' In Multiple Schools Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Education announced April 6 that it rescinded agreements between previous administrations and multiple school districts that aimed to enforce civil rights laws with regard to students who identify as transgender. The Department of Education building in Washington on Nov. 18, 2024. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Previous administrations had distorted the law to police discrimination based on gender identity, instead of sex, for which it was intended, saddling schools with potential violations of Title IX for not using students’ preferred pronouns or questioning a student’s preferred gender, the department said in a news release. “Today, the Trump Administration is removing the unnecessary and unlawful burdens that prior Administrations imposed on schools in [their] relentless pursuit of a radical transgender agenda ,” Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in the news release. Resolution agreements are used by the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights to require schools to enforce compliance with federal civil rights laws such as Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any school, program, or activity that receives federal funding. With the termination of the agreements—made with the Cape Henlopen School District in Delaware; Delaware Valley School District in Pennsylvania; Fife School District in Washington state; and La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, Sacramento City Unified, and Taft College in California—the Education Department will no longer play a role in policing discrimination on gender identity. The resolutions with those schools were based on ideologically driven, illegal, and heavy-handed manipulations of Title IX under previous administrations , the news release stated. “While prior Admins distorted Title IX to pander to politic...
MegazoneCloud (CEO Doug Yeum), a leading AI-native digital transformation company, today announced that it has successfully achieved a full-year profitability turnaround in 2025.
MegazoneCloud (CEO Doug Yeum), a leading AI-native digital transformation company, today announced that it has successfully achieved a full-year profitability turnaround in 2025.