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The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to further the historic preservation policy in the U.S., has written a letter urging the Trump administration to pause the demolition of the East Wing of the White House until a review of President Trump’s ballroom plans is completed. The letter, sent Tuesday and addressed to the National Capital Planning Commission, National Park Service and Commission of Fine Arts, voices concern about the size of the ballroom annex — that “the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself.”The Trust has no statutory authority to compel the Trump administration to halt…

TOKYO :The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate in either October or December, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, while nearly 96 per cent of them expect borrowing costs to increase at least 25 basis points by end-March.Although Sanae Takaichi, a fiscal dove who insisted the government reassert its sway over the central bank, became prime minister, two-thirds of respondents, 20 of 30, said that would not delay the BOJ’s push for slightly tighter monetary conditions.In the October 14-20 poll, 60 per cent of economists, or 45 of 75, expected the Japanese central bank…

A group including right-wing U.S. media personalities Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck has signed a statement calling for a ban on developing superintelligent artificial intelligence until the public demands it and science paves a safe way forward, according to the non-profit organizers of the initiative.The proposal, also signed by technology pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, is the latest organized by the Future of Life Institute, which for more than a decade has raised concerns about the risk it says intelligent machines pose to humanity.The institute, founded in 2014, was supported early on by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and software…

Caerphilly is famous for three Cs: coal, cheese and its mighty castle. It’s also the birthplace of the legendary comedian Tommy Cooper.And after Thursday’s Senedd by-election, in what was once a Labour stronghold as impregnable as the castle, it’s Plaid Cymru or Reform UK that will have the last laugh. It may not be a Westminster by-election, but this clash will have an impact on UK politics way beyond the Welsh valleys if Nigel Farage’s party triumphs. Image: iStock file pic A Reform UK victory would strengthen claims that Mr Farage and his insurgents are poised to inflict massive damage…

HONGKONG, 22. Oktober 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Der Shaw Prize hat heute im Rahmen der Preisverleihungszeremonie 2025 im Grand Hall des Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre seine Auszeichnungen an vier Shaw-Preisträger 2025 verliehen. Rund 600 Gäste aus verschiedenen Bereichen nahmen an der Veranstaltung teil. (From left to right) Professor Kenji Fukaya, Professor Wolfgang Baumeister, Professor Reinhard Genzel, Professor George Efstathiou and Professor John Richard Bond at the Shaw Prize Award Presentation Ceremony 2025. In seiner Eröffnungsrede drückte Professor Kenneth Young, Vorsitzender des Shaw Prize Council, seine tiefe Trauer über…

New Orleans — National Guard troops are expected to arrive in the Big Easy before the end of November, Anne Kirkpatrick, the city’s police superintendent, told CBS News, adding that she had a “good conversation” with a National Guard major recently about the plans.”We are working together and planning their deployment,” Kirkpatrick told CBS News in an interview Tuesday evening. “They are not coming in to take us over —  this is a partnership.” While New Orleans had requested Louisiana National Guard support for upcoming New Year’s Eve events, the earlier assistance from federal National Guard troops came at the request…

NEW YORK/SEOUL :Palliser Capital believes LG Chem is severely undervalued and could double its stock price by refreshing its board and buying back shares – an opinion that sent the company’s shares surging 12 per cent.The South Korean company trades at a 74 per cent discount to its net asset value as investors see it more as a struggling petrochemicals company, while dismissing its strong battery business, according to Palliser’s founder and Chief Investment Officer James Smith.LG Chem shares have lost 20 per cent in the last 12 months and have lagged their peers. “This thing is crazy, crazy, crazy…

BANGKOK :Thailand’s monetary policy should remain accommodative to support an economic recovery, the minutes of the Bank of Thailand’s October 8 policy meeting showed on Wednesday.At the meeting, the monetary policy committee unexpectedly voted 5-2 to leave the one-day repurchase rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent.The central bank has cut its key rate four times over the past year to support Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which is grappling with U.S. tariffs, high household debt, and a strong baht.The central bank expects economic growth of 2.2 per cent this year and 1.6 per cent next year. Last year’s growth of 2.5…

As surging copper wire thefts are leaving many Los Angeles communities in the dark, a new statewide metal theft law set to kick in next year is aimed at recyclers who buy the stolen metal.Los Angeles city leaders, law enforcement and business leaders called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 476 as copper wire theft has cost communities not only money, but safety. The Sixth Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles, originally called the “Ribbon of Light,” is a glaring example, as it sits in darkness with seven miles of copper wire stolen and stripped from the 2023-built bridge. While…

Samsung Electronics released its Galaxy XR extended reality headset on Tuesday, counting on AI features from Google to propel it into the nascent and uncertain market of computing-on-your-face that is dominated by Meta and Apple.The headset, resembling those made by others such as Meta, will cost $1,799, or about half of what Apple charges for its Vision Pro headset. It is the first of a family of new devices, powered by the Android XR operating system and artificial intelligence, in a long-term partnership with Alphabet’s Google and Qualcomm.”There’s a whole journey ahead of us in terms of other devices and form…