George Zhao, Chief Executive Officer of Chinese consumer electronics brand Honor, smiles as he shows the new Honor Magic 6 Pro smartphones during a presentation on the eve of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 25, 2024. Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images George Zhao,…
The father of late One Direction star Liam Payne, Geoff Payne, has been named in a US defamation case by the singer’s friend Roger Nores. Payne died, aged 31, from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external haemorrhage”, after he fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Five people were charged over his death, including…
China’s economy grew by 5% in 2024, in line with government targets but at the slowest rate since 1990 outside the Covid pandemic, according to official data. Growth accelerated through the year, with an expansion of 5.4% in the final quarter, up from 4.6% in the third quarter, according to Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics….
Anyone out there care to start a drumroll? Earlier this week, Jinger Duggar and her husband Jeremy sat down for a special YouTube video in which the couple focused on the former’s third pregnancy. Specifically… whether Jinger and Jeremy are expecting a son or a daughter. Jinger Duggar appears here on an episode of CBS…
China is sending Vice-President Han Zheng to US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday – the first time a senior Chinese leader will witness a US president being sworn in. Trump had invited Chinese President Xi Jinping, among other leaders – a break with tradition given foreign leaders traditionally do not attend US presidential inaugurations….
Apple is suspending an artificial intelligence feature that made inaccurate summaries of news headlines. The tech company received a complaint from the BBC after the AI-generated service issued a news alert branded with the corporation’s logo falsely telling some iPhone users that Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson,…
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a corruption case, in the latest of a series of charges laid against him. It is the longest valid prison sentence the cricket star-turned-politician, who has been detained since August 2023, has received. He has faced charges in over 100…
In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, First Horizon CEO Bryan Jordan said his hopes for interest rate cuts in 2025 are fairly tempered. “We use three cuts in 2025…I’m a little more cautious than that,” Jordan said. “If the economy holds up, you see job growth remain strong, you see inflation, which is…
A leading EU official has denied taking a softer approach to Big Tech, citing a “very clear legal basis” for regulators and pointing to several ongoing investigations into the likes of social media platform X and Meta. The FT reported earlier this week that the EU was reassessing investigations into Apple, Google and Meta —…
Reuters Khan has undergone surgery and doctors say he is now out of danger Police in the Indian city of Mumbai have detained a man in connection with the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, according to media reports Khan was stabbed during a scuffle at his residence with an unidentified man on…
