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CK Asset-backed NEXX Global turns to Middle East to hedge against rising US-China tension

[ASIA] Chinese companies are stepping up efforts to unlock business opportunities in the Middle East to hedge against worsening US-China trade ties, hoping to use the region as a springboard to expand into new markets in Africa and Europe. They include Hong Kong start-up NEXX Global, a logistics platform operator backed by CK Asset Holdings, Continue Reading

U.S. and China cite progress in trade talks but release few details : NPR

[News] U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speak to the press after the second day of a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, May 11, 2025. Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP hide caption toggle caption Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP GENEVA — Continue Reading

Philippines elections 2025: polls open in midterms as Marcos and Duterte family dynasties vie for power | Philippines

Millions of Filipinos began voting on Monday in a midterm election widely seen as a referendum on the explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached vice-president Sara Duterte. Workers in the capital, Manila, were busily setting up polling stations on Sunday for a race that will decide more than 18,000 posts, from seats in Continue Reading

OCS Cloud Console Senior Engineer – DBA

Job title: OCS Cloud Console Senior Engineer – DBA Company: Hitachi Digital Services Job description: security, and database upgrades and patches. Implement and manage OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM), including users…, ASM, Data Guard, Oracle Cluster ware, OEM Ability to convert functional business requirements into technical solutions… Expected salary: Location: Hyderabad, Telangana – Bangalore, Continue Reading

Hunting extreme microbes that redefine the limits of life

Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth Karen G. Lloyd Princeton University Press (2025) Is there such a thing as a ‘beach read on microbial thermodynamics’? That was how Karen Lloyd, the author of Intraterrestrials, informally billed her book when talking to her friends in science (including myself) — and at a beach-bag-friendly 200 pages Continue Reading

Why bad philosophy is stopping progress in physics

Physicists have developed an obsession for finding hints of physics ‘beyond’ what we already know.Credit: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG via Getty Nature seems to have played us for a fool in the past few decades. Much theoretical research in fundamental physics during this time has focused on the search ‘beyond’ our best theories: beyond the standard model Continue Reading