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Researchers have documented the first known recovery of naturally formed monazite at the nanoscale from a living plant, potentially opening new avenues to recover highly sought-after rare earth metals. The studypublished this month in Environmental Science & Technology, identifies nanoscale monazite crystals within Blechnum Orientalean evergreen fern known to collect rare earth metals in unusually […]
Andy Konwinski is concerned that the US is losing its dominance in AI research to China, calling the shift an “existential” threat to democracy. Konwinski is co-founder of Databricks and co-founder of AI research and venture capital firm Laude. “If you talk to AI PhD students from Berkeley and Stanford now, they will tell you […]
Glencore (LSE:GLEN,OTC Pink:GLCNF) is reportedly set to take a major position in Chuangxin Industries Holdings’ initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong as aluminum prices soar to multi-year highs. According to one In the Bloomberg report, people familiar with the matter said Glencore will participate as a cornerstone investor in the offering, joining Hillhouse Investment […]
Even though the Aramco China Championship is not strictly a main event on the LPGA Tour schedule, it is important to Chinese and Asian LPGA players and China because: Playing well here can contribute to points in the world rankings, increase exposure in Asiaand lead to invitation opportunities. For Chinese players and the broader Asian […]
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it has seized 4,300 liters of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl and other illicit drugs in shipping containers coming from China and headed to Calgary. The seizure took place in May at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility in Delta, B.C., but was publicly announced by CBSA on […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday after meeting with the Chinese president Xi Jinping that he lowered rates in exchange for a crackdown on fentanyl and that he would come to visit China in April. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on the way back to Washington, Trump said he would immediately cut his fentanyl […]
The POTUS said the meeting between the two superpowers was a 12 out of 10. The presidents of the world’s two most powerful economies met in South Korea earlier today, resulting in several tariff cuts for China. US President Donald Trump outlined decisions taken after the meeting, including an across-the-board tariff reduction from 57% to […]
Gordon Chang: The US is engaged in a ‘new Cold War’ with China Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on the latest from President Donald Trump’s trip to Asia. Gordon Chang, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, also joins “Fox News Live” to discuss his views on the trip and the broader threat China […]
Chinese and US trade negotiators have lined up a series of diplomatic victories that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will unveil at a summit this week. These easy hits are attractive to investors, but leave deeper core conflicts unresolved. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that “I feel really good” about a deal with […]
Traders at work on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 1986. (Photo by George Freston/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images “Chinese companies are trying to conquer new markets around the world, and American financiers are making money by helping them.” That’s how the Wall Street Journal Rory Jones reported it in a recent article on the front […]
