The mystique of Chinese founders
This weekend: A Singapore startup that’s getting a lot of investor interest, the return of a Carousell co-founder, and a Chinese EV’s stunning surge in Southeast Asia.
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bitchy | Prince William will want Beatrice & Eugenie to be working royals in his reign?
As we’ve discussed, the York princesses are slowly making some moves within the royal family. Both Princess Eugenie and Beatrice went to the royal Easter service in Windsor this year. Princess Beatrice attended a fundraiser for Queen Camilla’s late brother’s charity. Princess Eugenie attended the Buckingham Palace garden party hosted by Prince William and Kate…
South Korea frontrunner Lee suggests extending U.S. tariff talks
Lee Jae-myung, mayor of Seongnam city, on Nov. 23, 2016. Lee is rising in opinion polls with about a year to go until South Korea’s next presidential election. He wants to break up the country’s biggest companies, meet unconditionally with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and throw President Park Geun-hye in jail over an…
Israeli Airstrike Kills Doctor’s Children, Gaza Officials Say
Two more children were missing, while her husband and one other child were injured in the strike on Friday, the officials said. Israel said it was checking if it had harmed “uninvolved civilians.”
French Open 2025: Sabalenka and Svitolina speed through, Paul and Zheng both win: day one – live | French Open
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Cerundolo goes two sets up and is closing in on the Round One win. It’s a long way back for Michelsen. Share Cerundolo puts together a string of great shots which are brilliantly returned by Michelson who is really hanging on…
Real-world maps are helping developers make games about trains and farms
I’m feeling a strange sense of pressure as I set up my first bus route in City Bus Manager. I want to get things right for the public transportation users of this city, probably because it’s the city I actually live in. City Bus Manager uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to populate its maps, so I…
Louise pushes boundaries and commands respect on bold new album ‘Confessions’
For over three decades, revered singer/songwriter Louise has evolved before our eyes. From a member of British R&B girl group Eternal – the first all-female act to sell over a million copies of an album in the UK – to a trail-blazing pop recording artist in her own right, Lou has continuously bucked trends, defied…
Selfies From the Front: Inside the ‘V.I.P.’ Brigade for Ambitious Russian Officials
After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans. Most soldiers are stuck in indefinite deployments.
Healing Rays and Universe-Destroying Quantum Bubbles
Healing Rays and Universe-Destroying Quantum Bubbles The June 2025 issue of Scientific American is packed with exciting features, from magnificent mitochondria and a plan to refreeze the Arctic to the universe’s first light and recent human evolution By Jeanna Bryner Scientific American, June 2025 We flock to beaches for it, cats and other animals bask…
Call of Duty sees boost on Twitch thanks to Verdansk map | StreamElements
The streaming space saw a relatively quiet April, according to StreamElement’s latest State of the Stream report. Twitch saw fewer hours watched than in March, which the report attributes at least in part to a lack of “major” game releases — games like South of Midnight and Oblivion Remastered not being enough to move the…