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Alibaba founder Jack Ma is ‘alive’ and ‘happy,’ top exec says after China’s tech crackdown

Alibaba founder Jack Ma is “happy,” according to the company’s President Michael Evans. Te comments come as speculation about the billionaire’s activities continues following China’s crackdown on Ma’s empire.Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesPARIS — Alibaba founder Jack Ma is “alive” and “happy,” the Chinese e-commerce giant’s president said Thursday, after speculation continues about… […]

Bill Gates visits China, hot on the heels of Elon Musk, with Xi meeting confirmed

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the EEI 2023 event in Austin, Texas, US, on Monday, June 12, 2023.Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese President Xi Jinping met Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates on Friday and said he hopes the friendship between Chinese and Americans will continue, state media CCTV reported.”The… […]

Blinken to fly to Beijing for high-stakes diplomacy after spy balloon saga

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane for travel to Berlin at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, June 22, 2021.Andrew Harnik | Pool | ReutersBEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to Beijing this weekend in his first trip to China under the Biden administration.Delayed by more than four… […]

China’s VCs look to the Middle East for a U.S. dollar lifeline

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud (C-R) and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Hu Chunhua attend 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, on June 11, 2023.Fayez Nureldine | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Venture capitalists in China that once relied on U.S. investors are now holding court with Middle… […]

MI city bans Pride flags on public property…

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles after a tense hourslong meeting that raised questions about discrimination, religion and the city’s reputation for welcoming newcomers.In protest, a woman speaking during the public comment portion of the Hamtramck City Council meeting kissed a woman standing next to her… […]

Justice Department to probe PGA Tour deal with Saudi-funded LIV Golf

PGA TOUR logo is seen during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines South on January 29, 2021 in San Diego, California.Ben Jared | Pga Tour | Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice’s antitrust division has informed the PGA Tour it will review the organization’s proposed merger with Saudi-funded LIV Golf, a… […]

Live updates | Trump: Indictment is “election interference,” special prosecutor a “thug”

MIAMI (AP) — Follow along for live updates on former President Donald Trump, who made his first court appearance Tuesday after being indicted on 37 charges related to the mishandling classified documents. The indictment marks the first time in U.S. history that a former president faces criminal charges by the federal government he once oversaw.… […]

Southern Baptists refuse to let Church back into denomination for women pastors…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting here also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church, Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville,… […]

Greece: 32 migrants dead, more than 100 rescued after fishing vessel capsizes

KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — A fishing boat crammed to the gunwales with migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.Coast guard, navy and merchant vessels and aircraft… […]

Dems and Republicans share core values but still distrust each other…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans on the right and the left have a lot more in common than they might think — including their strong distrust of each other.A survey published on Wednesday finds that when asked about core values including fairness, compassion and personal responsibility, about nine in 10 Democrats and Republicans agreed they were… […]