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HONG Kong’s property market recorded its busiest start in four years, with more than 50,000 transactions registered in the first eight months of 2025, even as monthly activity cooled in August.Data from the Land Registry showed 50,522 property deals – spanning new and second-hand homes as well as commercial units – between January and August, up 12 per cent from a year earlier. Residential sales alone reached 42,379, a nearly 10 per cent increase, both marking the highest levels since 2021.Analysts at real estate brokerage Midland Holdings said the surge was fuelled by a mix of factors: expectations that the…
The Social Security Administration announced a new leadership roster and agency reorganization on Wednesday, installing several industry executives from organizations including the National Rifle Association and X with no government experience.Many of the recent additions to Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s leadership team have never worked in the government at all. Although SSA released the list of executives this week, those helming the roles aren’t necessarily new to the jobs. Some have been in these roles for months.“By combining the knowledge and experience of long-term career employees with new perspectives and talent of recent appointees, we are aligning our organization with today’s…
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BioVaxys Technology Corp. (CSE: BIOV) (FRA: 5LB) (OTCQB: BVAXF) (“BioVaxys” or the “Company”) announces, further to its news release dated August 27, 2025, the consolidation of its common shares (“Common Shares”) on the basis of ten (10) pre-consolidation Common Shares for one (1) post-consolidation Common Share (the “Consolidation”). The Company anticipates its Common Shares will commence trading on a post-Consolidation basis on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) at market open on September 11, 2025. The new CUSIP number for the post-Consolidation Common Shares will be 09076M200 and the new ISIN number will be…
The Washington Capitals said Thursday that no decision has been made on Alex Ovechkin’s future in the NHL after an email was sent to season-ticket holders calling next season his last.The team on social media said that the email was mistakenly sent by someone in the corporate sales department.Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s career goal-scoring record this spring and now has a total of 897. The upcoming 2025-26 season is his last on his current contract, signed in 2021, and he turns 40 in September.Ovechkin has said he intends to play next season, which would be his 21st in the league.Reporting…
👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Beth, Harriet and Ruth reassemble after Angela Rayner’s resignation prompts one of the biggest cabinet reshuffles in years. She admitted she didn’t pay enough stamp duty on the purchase of a new home and, after an ethics investigation, quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary.David Lammy takes the deputy role with a move to justice secretary.Keir Starmer’s had two resets in a week – can he now get on with his dream of delivery?Remember, you can also watch us on YouTube.
EVERY week, we read about authors and artists in copyright lawsuits against companies behind generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications such as ChatGPT and Midjourney. Presently, there are about 50 ongoing lawsuits globally claiming that the use of copyrighted works such as literary texts, paintings and photographs to train GenAI are illegal, or that the outputs produced are substantially similar to the originals, and hence have a substitutive impact on these works. The clarion call by the creators urges for stronger copyright enforcement. The fashion industry, however, presents a striking paradox: This global powerhouse, with a projected revenue of US$1.7 trillion…
CORO, Venezuela — Alnilys Chirino’s tiny fridge and pantry are almost empty — a handful of peppers and wilting herbs, a kilo of rice, half that of beans, a bit of canned meat, some flour. Chirino used to worry about food spoiling quickly under western Venezuela’s punishing heat. These days, her meager supplies rarely last long enough to go bad. Still, the 51-year-old must make those items stretch for days. Her three teenagers are counting on it. They sleep, study, work, pray, and play hungry. So do millions of Venezuelans across the country. The latest unraveling of Venezuela’s economy, changes…
And then there were eight.The Basketball Tournament continues with the highly anticipated quarterfinal round this weekend, as eight teams battle to punch their ticket to the semifinals on July 31.The eight remaining teams are AfterShocks (Wichita State alum), Best Virginia (West Virginia alum), Shell Shock (Maryland alum), Eberlein Drive, Sideline Cancer, Fail Harder, We Are D3 and Heartfire.Two games will take place on Sunday, with the two remaining games being played on Monday.[MORE: 2025 TBT Rosters: Players on the 8 Remaining Teams]Here’s what to look out for in the quarterfinals.Fail Harder vs. We Are D3 (7 p.m. ET Sunday on…
Behind Trump’s order for Department of War name change – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump signed his 200th executive order, seeking to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. The move restores the name the agency last held in the 1940s. Charlie D’Agata has more.
[WASHINGTON] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is setting up a new unit to focus on securities fraud by foreign companies, one of the first signals of the regulator’s enforcement priorities under the Trump administration.The new group, called the cross-border task force, will investigate companies from “foreign jurisdictions, such as China, where governmental control and other factors pose unique investor risks,” the SEC said on Friday (Sep 5). In addition to the companies themselves, the unit will also look at their auditors and underwriters. “We welcome companies from around the world seeking access to the US capital markets,” SEC chairman…