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Company says it is ‘grateful’ to Chinese authorities for releasing local staff after two years in detention.China has released five staff of the due diligence firm Mintz Group after nearly two years in detention, the United States-based company has said. Chinese authorities detained the five local staff in March 2023, marking the start of a series of raids on foreign consultancy and due diligence firms, including Bain & Company and Capvision Partners. China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced later that year that Mintz Group, which has its headquarters in New York, had been fined $1.5m for undertaking “foreign-related statistical investigations”…

Increased federal spending in recent years has helped to improve U.S. ports, roads, parks, public transit and levees, according to a report released on Tuesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers.But that progress could stagnate if those investments, some of which were put on hold after President Trump took office in January, aren’t sustained.Overall, the group gave the nation’s infrastructure a C grade, a mediocre rating but the best the country has received since the group’s first report card in 1998. Most infrastructure, including aviation, waterways and schools, earned a C or D grade; ports and rail did better.…

A man who called 911 during a drug-induced hallucination claiming that people were trying to kill him and that his entire family had been murdered fired 30 shots into his home, prompting his loved ones to hide for cover, was living in the United States illegally, police in Texas said. Homero Salinas, 47, was determined to be the source of the threat when Ferris police officers responded to a home at around 2:40 a.m., authorities said. Salinas had been hallucinating after taking cocaine and drinking alcohol when he fired 30 rounds, including multiple gunshots at the front residence where his family lived,…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he “may give a lot of countries breaks” from the so-called “reciprocal” tariffs he’s set to impose on foreign trade next week. Trump made the comment after Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that what is meant to be a global matching of tariffs imposed on U.S. goods starting on April 2 — which Trump has touted as “Liberation Day” — may be far narrower and exempt some countries and specific sectors.“I may give a lot of countries breaks,” Trump said at an announcement at the White House when asked about…

Greens and Labor are lunging at each other’s throats over controversial amendments to the EPBC Act, which are designed to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry and are expected to pass parliament today.Greens leader Adam Bandt raised the matter directly with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Question Time, claiming the government was “gutting” environmental laws and driving an iconic species to “extinction”.The amendments will end Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s formal reconsideration of a 2012 approval for expanded fish farming in Macquarie Harbour.The Coalition is expected to back the amendments and Mr Bandt said Labor was “following” Mr Dutton.“What absolute nonsense from the…

INDIA TO DRIVE GLOBAL OIL DEMAND GROWTH India’s consumption of crude oil is set to soar to 372 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2033, a 40 per cent jump from 2023, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.  This would make the country the largest contributor to the world’s oil demand growth over the next decade.  But India’s government does not see its oil interests as being at odds with its green energy transition.  Analysts explained that renewables are being used in electricity generation, but still play a limited role in industries such as transport. It is also unable to…

 SummaryIn 2025, African youth are turning TikTok into a battleground for political dissent, with protest videos garnering millions of views and rallying international solidarity.Inflation and subsidy cuts have sparked not just local protests but cross-border movements, as economic struggles in one nation ignite unrest in its neighbors.Climate-induced disasters are subtly fueling political chaos, as droughts and floods leave governments struggling to provide basic services, intensifying public frustration.Deep Dive!!!What happens when governments falter and citizens push back? Across Africa in 2025, political unrest is shaping destinies, toppling decades-old regimes, and sparking movements that demand change. Election disputes and anti-corruption protests leading…

Kristine Carroll plopped herself down in the only shade on the beach — a triangle cast by the makeshift lifeguard station — and slathered sunscreen all over her freckled skin.Squinting at the scorching midday sun, she glanced over at her 8-year-old daughter, Zoe, who had already plunged into the blue-green water without hesitation. “She’s a water baby,” Ms. Carroll said.The Pacific Ocean, which gives Sydney, Australia, its iconic coastline and some of the world’s most enviable beaches, was almost 50 miles away. A pod of pelicans cruised past and coots waded nearby, with not a sea gull in sight. A…

The Trump administration has begun an interagency effort to end what it describes as the “exploitation of housing programs” by illegal aliens.In a statement published on Monday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it had established the “American Housing Programs for American Citizens” Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement was also signed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The MOU is geared towards ending “the wasteful misappropriation of taxpayer dollars to benefit illegal aliens instead of American citizens,” the press release stated.”As part of this new agreement, HUD will provide a full-time staff member…