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☆ Strategist says these are the Asian markets to invest in if China become 'uninvestable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailStrategist says these are the Asian markets to invest in if China become 'uninvestable'Yuin Lim of Lion Global Investors explains why investors should switch to two other big Asian markets if the Chinese geopolitical environment escalates

Persons: Yuin Lim Organizations: Lion Global Locations: China

☆ Kohli is the solution to India's No 4 concerns, says Shastri
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Fielding Virat Kohli at number four could address India's long-standing concerns about a settled batter at that crucial position, former coach Ravi Shastri has said. Kohli has amassed the lion's share of his 12,898 runs, which include 39 hundreds, batting at number three in 212 of his 275 innings. In his 42 appearances at number four, Kohli averaged 55.21, slightly below his overall 57.32, and has scored seven hundreds. Shastri, who was coach of the India team when Kohli was captain, and lost to New Zealand in the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup, said those were impressive numbers for a number four batter. Shastri said during the 2019 World Cup, he considered changing Kohli's place "just to break that top heavy line-up".

Persons: Fielding Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri, Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Shastri, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Amlan Chakraborty Organizations: India, New Zealand, Star Sports, Asia, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, New, Ireland, Dublin, Multan, Sri Lanka, New Delhi

☆ A View of the Met From Behind the Information Desk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Maggie Lange | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The balcony hovers right over the information desk where Ms. Schiff, a noted poet and English professor, worked from 1995 to 2000, greeting and directing museum visitors. “My boss would stand up there and look down to make sure we were smiling,” Ms. Schiff said. On Tuesday, Ms. Schiff published her fourth book of poetry, “Information Desk: An Epic,” about her five years at the museum, off and on. Her last book, “A Woman of Property,” includes the poem “Lion Felling a Bull,” about a marble fragment from the Met. But her interviewer gave her a binder of other open positions, and soon she started at the information desk.

Persons: Robyn Schiff, Schiff, “, Ms, Schiff’s, Cartier, ”, Sarah Lawrence, temping, didn’t Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tiffany Studios Locations: “ Worth, ”, New Jersey, New York City

Seoul, South Korea CNN —An endangered lioness was shot dead in South Korea on Monday, an hour after escaping a private farm, according to local officials. The lioness escaped its cage Monday morning in Goryeong county, in North Gyeongsang Province, about 300 kilometers (about 186 miles) south of the capital Seoul, according to a county official. Photos released by the fire service show the lioness before she was killed, peering out from a tangle of bushes and leaves. The private farm also owns cows, but has no other lion or lionesses, said the county official. The lioness had been registered with the Daegu Regional Environmental Office as an international endangered species, an official from the agency confirmed to CNN.

Organizations: South Korea CNN, Authorities, Environmental Office, CNN, Lions, International Union for Conservation, Nature’s Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Goryeong county, North Gyeongsang Province, Daegu

☆ Turkmenistan rebukes Russia over 'gas union' comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 3D printed natural gas pipeline is placed in front of displayed Turkmenistan flag in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File PhotoASHGABAT, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan warned Russia on Saturday against trying to extend its influence over the Central Asia-China natural gas supply chain after Moscow said more countries could join its "gas union" with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan all pump gas to China via a pipeline crossing the three countries; the lion's share of gas comes from Turkmenistan as the two other countries have faced strong growth in domestic gas demand. Russia, trying to open up new Asian markets for its gas after Western sanctions, said last year it was forging a gas union with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that would streamline shipping and exporting gas to them and to third parties. Russia's foreign ministry said this week the gas union could be expanded as other countries were interested in joining it; it did not name any.

Persons: Dado, Marat Gurt, Olzhas, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Central, Gazprom, Thomson Locations: Turkmenistan, ASHGABAT, Russia, Central Asia, China, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ashgabat

☆ A Hotbed of Distance Running Talent Emerges in Uganda
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Jonathan W. Rosen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is here that Ugandan running is now thriving, though the region’s talent took time to develop. While Kenya enjoyed relative stability in the decades after it gained independence in 1963, Uganda was at war for much of the 1970s and 1980s. Lawlessness pervaded the Mount Elgon region until the turn of the century: Bandits from neighboring tribes would sweep in at night and conduct raids on cattle, often killing locals in the process. The resettlement process, Kiptala said, was traumatic, but it also helped unlock running talent. Through school, children could access competitions, and by the early 2000s, athletes from the Elgon region were beginning to appear in World Championship and Olympic finals.

Persons: Moses Kiptala, Kiptala, Kiplimo’s, Simba, Uganda’s, Dorcus Inzikuru, Stephen Kiprotich Locations: Kenya, Uganda, Elgon, Budapest, Helsinki, Elgon’s, Moscow

☆ For over 20 years, archaeologists in Germany thought a 35,000-year-old figurine they found was a horse. Now, they aren't sure whether or not it's a cave lion or cave bear.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The head was found in 1999, and for years, archaeologists believed it to be a horse. Now they're debating what animal is meant to be represented by the ancient carving, according to a press release from the University of Tübingen. In the press release, Nicholas Conard, a professor at the University, said there are two main theories: a cave lion or a cave bear. Conard himself believes that it's a cave bear — a prehistoric bear species that inhabited Europe — because the figurine's "pronounced bear hump" matches the height of its shoulders and appears to imitate a bear's gait. "It therefore makes sense to look extra carefully for the missing parts of this animal in the years to come."

Persons: Nicholas Conard, Conard, Fels, Ria Litzenberg Organizations: Service, University of Tübingen, University, Tubingen Locations: Germany, Wall, Silicon, Swabian Jura, —, Europe, Blaubeuren

☆ As Hollywood Strikes Roll On, Viewers Have a Chance to Catch Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( John Koblin | More About John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On his Amazon Prime page, Mr. Martinez had been seeing a tile for the show “The Boys” for some time. The superhero series was one he thought he had no interest in. “I’m enjoying it, and I’m glad I started it,” he said. Not all the viewers need a new old show to watch. “It’s a cartoon series for kids, but I’m not going to lie — it’s also for adults,” she said, laughing.

Persons: Eric Martinez, Martinez, “, ”, Brenda Stewart, ” She’s, King ”, Stewart, it’s, I’m Organizations: San Francisco Bay Area, HBO, Amazon, CSI, Disney Locations: San Francisco Bay

☆ China's Huawei reports small revenue bump on back of core businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A visitor checks a mobile phone near the Huawei logo during the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nicoco Chan/File PhotoSHENZHEN, China, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) saw modest revenue growth in the first half of the year, with its core information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and consumer businesses generating the lion's share. Revenues rose to 310.9 billion yuan ($43.01 billion), up 3.1% on the same period a year earlier, the Shenzhen-based technology giant announced on Friday. Huawei's profit margin rose to 15%, with a net profit of 46.6 billion yuan, making, according to Reuters calculations, around a threefold improvement on a year earlier. "In the first half of 2023, our ICT infrastructure business remained solid and our consumer business achieved growth," said Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's rotating chairperson and the daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei.

Persons: Nicoco Chan, Meng Wanzhou, Ren Zhengfei, Richard Yu, David Kirton, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Huawei, Mobile, Congress, REUTERS, Huawei Technologies, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, SHENZHEN, Shenzhen, U.S

China's increased appetite for thermal coal from Australia and Russia has led to a shift in imports by India, the world's second biggest coal buyer. From December to February India's imports of Australian thermal coal had been above 1 million metric tons per month, peaking in January at 1.79 million. In contrast India is turning back to thermal coal from Indonesia, with July arrivals of 6.87 million metric tons, up from 6.04 million in June. For July, Indonesia's share of India's thermal coal imports was 63%, which was the highest since the 65% in April. China and India both generally import Australian thermal coal of a lower energy value than the traditional buyers of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Persons: David Gray, it's, Indonesia's, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: REUTERS, Labor Party, Liberal, National, China, Argus, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ulan, New South Wales, Mudgee, Australia, LAUNCESTON, Beijing, Asia, China, Mongolia, Indonesia, Russia, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia's Newcastle, Ukraine

☆ Why insider trading is so difficult to stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Charlotte Morabito | In Charlottemorabito | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Martha Stewart was famously accused of insider trading in the early 2000s, but she didn't face criminal insider trading charges. "It is incredibly difficult to prove an insider trading case," said Daniel Taylor, a forensic accounting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. "Insider trading is judge-made law," said John Reed Stark, former head of the Office of Internet Enforcement at the Securities Exchange Commission. The SEC adopted an amendment to a rule that will "enhance investor protections against insider trading." The Department of Justice prosecuted the first insider trading case exclusively based on the rule in March 2023.

Persons: Martha Stewart, Stewart, Daniel Taylor, John Reed Stark, Stark, Justin Paperny, Paperny, I've Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, Internet, Securities Exchange Commission, SEC, Department, Justice, United, White, Department of Justice Locations: United States

☆ How a safari led me to discover the ancient history of house cats
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jonathan Losos | The Conversation | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But further scrutiny revealed distinctive features: legs slightly longer than those of most domestic cats, and a striking black-tipped tail. I explored this question in my book "The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa." But tomb paintings and sculptures show that by 3,500 years ago, domestic cats lived in Egypt. Or you can measure the length of its intestines – longer in domestic cats to digest vegetable-based food provided by or scavenged from humans. The common view that domestic cats are aloof loners couldn't be further from the truth.

Persons: Jonathan Losos, I've, felines, –, Sophie Kleeman, loners couldn't, Thomas Winz, who's, William H, Danforth, St . Louis Organizations: North African Wildcat, Service, wildcats, African wildcats, pumas –, Vikings, Arts & Sciences, Washington University Locations: Wall, Silicon, Africa, New Jersey, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Europe, North America, Asia, St .

☆ Mushrooms are flourishing in the Abu Dhabi desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Sarah Lazarus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Now, a startup in Abu Dhabi has found a way to grow them in the middle of the desert. Below Farm is producing “specialty mushrooms” such as oyster, king oyster, shiitake and lion’s mane. Managing director Bronte Weir says the indoor farm, about 45 minutes’ drive from downtown Abu Dhabi, is the first in the region to grow and sell high-end mushrooms. He now orders 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of oyster mushrooms a week from the company. Neighborhood pizzeria Marmellata uses Below Farm's produce on one of its most popular dishes: the kale and mushroom pizza.

Persons: Bronte Weir, ” Weir, Liliana Slowinska, Wojciech Slowinski, Weir, isn’t, Abu, we’ve, ”, “, we’re, Dagstani Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN Business, Business Research Company Locations: Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Europe, United States, UAE

☆ Clifton Oliver, Broadway actor who starred as Simba in ‘The Lion King,’ dies at age 47
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Maria Sole Campinoti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Clifton Oliver, a stage actor who starred in “The Lion King” on Broadway and a number of other productions, has died at the age of 47, according to social media posts from family and friends. The Broadway actor died following an undisclosed illness early Wednesday morning, according to a Facebook post by his sister, Roxy Hall. Clifton Oliver performs as Simba in the "Lion King" in Los Angeles on September 28, 2000. In 2010, he moved to New York to pursue a career on Broadway, where he notably starred as Simba in “The Lion King,” the highest-grossing Broadway show of all time, according to Playbill. Other Broadway shows he took part in include “Wicked” and “In the Heights,” as reported by Playbill.

Persons: Clifton Oliver, “, King ”, Roxy Hall, Simba, Kirk McKoy, ” “, Richard, ”, Oliver, ’ Organizations: CNN, Broadway, Los Angeles Times, Playbill, Pride, American, New Amsterdam Theatre Locations: Los Angeles, Jacksonville , Florida, New York, ”, Las Vegas

☆ Fact Check-Video shows attack on Niger party headquarters, not French embassy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Social media users have been sharing footage of burning buildings, saying it shows an attack on France’s embassy in Niger during unrest cause by a coup. Social media users commenting on the embassy attack posted phone footage of crowds picking through wreckage as flames and smoke rise around them (here) and (here). The video also matches images of the attack on the party headquarters on Getty Images (here). The social media clip shows an attack on the Niger ruling party’s headquarters, not the French embassy. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

Persons: president’s, Read Organizations: Social, Nigerien Party for Democracy, Getty, European Pressphoto Agency, Reuters Locations: Niger, Niamey

☆ Instacart shoppers say the highest-earning orders are getting more extreme, with demands like 72-mile drives
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shoppers say the highest-earning orders on the app are increasingly not worth the pay. "After an hour-and-a-half drive, that ice cream would've been milk," the shopper told Insider. Instacart told Insider on Monday that shoppers have control over which batches they choose to shop, and that it pays according to the complexity of each order. In the past, high-paying orders have been one way for Instacart shoppers to maximize their earnings. Are you an Instacart shopper with a story idea to share?

Persons: —, Instacart, Daniel Danker Organizations: Shoppers, Service, Costco, Food Lion, Kroger, IRS Locations: Wall, Silicon, Virginia, Georgia, St, Louis , Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Utah

Karen Pendergrass kept seeing the lanky boy walk by the lunchroom where she taught dance twice a week to eighth grade students in North Philadelphia. He would peer inside, then run away as soon as Ms. Pendergrass made eye contact. “You come peeking in my door one more time and you’re coming in my class,” Ms. Pendergrass told him. At 28, he was preparing to audition for “The Lion King,” one of his favorite Broadway musicals. They were blasting Beyoncé and dancing around the car when a group of about three young men told them to stop and hurled gay slurs at them.

Persons: Karen Pendergrass, Pendergrass, Ms, O’Shae Sibley, Sibley Organizations: ” Locations: North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn

A version of this story appeared in the August 4 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. We recently found out that Prince Harry will also be grabbing his passport and heading to the Southeast Asian nation for his own charitable cause. The Duke of Sussex will be competing in his Sentebale charity’s annual polo match there next weekend. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the Sentebale Polo Cup 2018 in Windsor, England. It was also at a polo match in Windsor in 1970 where a young Prince Charles reportedly first met Camilla Shand and they became friends.

Persons: Prince, Wales, Prince Harry, Duke, Sussex, Harry, Prince Seeiso, Duke of Sussex, Dominic Lipinski, Nacho Figueras, Haruhisa Handa, Handa, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Samir Hussein, Prince William, –, William, Catherine, Max Mumby, Barack Obama, Prince George, King Charles, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Camilla Shand, Love, Prince Archie, George, Charlotte, Louis Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Kasane, Singapore Polo Club Team, Promotion Society, Values, Polo Cup, Polo, cyberbullying, Technology, Power, New, Royal, Polo Day, Billingbear Polo Club Locations: London, Singapore, Lesotho, Africa, Botswana, Lion City, Tokyo, Our, Windsor , England, New York, Persia, Windsor, Surrey, England

☆ Many Americans think NASA returning to the moon is a waste of time and it should prioritize asteroid hunting instead, a poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Mariel Borowitz | Teasel Muir-Harmony | The Conversation | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

A new report from the Pew Research Center shows most Americans support NASA but not a moon mission. But the specific priorities of the US space program have often been at odds with public opinion. Although somewhat at odds with the national space agenda, this valuation is not new. In addition, the United Nations' open-ended working group on reducing space threats has been meeting since 2022 to help avoid conflict in space. Countries have been working within the United Nations to develop and implement guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities.

Persons: LOREN ELLIOTT, Johns Hopkins, Jon Emmerich, Elon Musk, Ryan Saunders, Codie Trimble Organizations: Pew Research Center, NASA, Service, Getty Images, Artemis, Pew, SpaceX, AP, Virgin Galactic, . Air Force, 625th Strategic Communications Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, US Air Force, Staff, ViaSat, United Nations, Space Agency Space Locations: Wall, Silicon, United States, AFP, States, Europe, Japan, Canada, China, Russia, Ukraine War, Ukrainian, Ukraine, United

WASHINGTON — The United States and its Western allies are looking to China to help resolve the calamitous domino effect of Russia's exit from a crucial U.N.-backed agriculture deal. Beijing, one of Moscow's most strategic allies and the world's second-largest economy, was the indisputable top recipient of Ukrainian agricultural products under the landmark agreement known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative. After nearly a year in place, Russia ditched the pact last month, citing frustrations that the deal only benefited Ukraine. The agreement eased Russia's naval blockade in the Black Sea and established a maritime humanitarian corridor which saw the passage of more than 1,000 ships carrying nearly 33 million metric tons of Ukrainian wheat, barley, corn and sunflower meal. Since the inception of the July 2022 deal, which was brokered nearly six months into Russia's full-scale war, Chinese ports have welcomed 8 million metric tons of Ukrainian agricultural products, the lion's share according to data provided by the United Nations.

Persons: WASHINGTON Organizations: Initiative, United Nations Locations: United States, China, Beijing, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Gavin Newsom has a message for Ron DeSantis: If he's game for a primetime debate, they have dates in November, so 'put up or shut up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis has accepted his California nemesis Gavin Newsom's challenge for a primetime debate. Let's get it done," DeSantis told Fox News on Wednesday. Ron DeSantis finally accepted Gov. We will do it," DeSantis told Fox News's Sean Hannity. The proposed debate would be a long overdue smackdown between the feuding governors, who seem to disagree on practically everything.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Gavin Newsom's, DeSantis, Newsom's, Elon, Mark Zuckerberg, Musk, Fox News's Sean Hannity, Newsom, Sean Hannity, he'd, He's, Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz —, Ron DeSanctimonious, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who's, Donald Trump Jr, duking Organizations: Fox News, Service, Wednesday, Gov, NBC, Disney, Trump, Republican Locations: California, Wall, Silicon, Florida, Trump

☆ A veteran chartmaster warns stocks will crash 11% from their peak as the remarkable market rally loses steam — but these 7 investments look destined for further gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

US stocks have defied all odds this year, and the market rally only strengthened in July. After two months of nearly nonstop gains for the S&P 500, a long-time chartmaster warns that the weakness that markets displayed in early August is just the beginning. As expected, the S&P 500 rallied after October when that headwind passed, and finished 2022 with a bang. Charts that Keller studies also indicate that this market rally has reached its late innings. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking those sectors include the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI), and the Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB).

Persons: David Keller, Keller, chartmaster, Stocks, headwind, Brace, we've, StockCharts.com, Keller doesn't Organizations: Energy, P Oil & Gas Exploration, Production, Commodities

In order to face either one head on, you must stand on a small, uneven platform of homemade adobe bricks. This is a message from the artist: He’s not interested in a seamless viewing experience. It recalls his contribution to the 2017 Whitney Biennial, where he created a room of adobe bricks. Here, a winding path of bricks connects life-size portraits of members of esparza’s largely queer community. The paintings are also on adobe, referencing his Mexican heritage and accentuating his subjects’ brown skin.

Persons: rafa esparza’s, He’s, JILLIAN STEINHAUER Organizations: Art Basel Miami Beach, Biennial Locations: Los Angeles, New York

☆ Thomson Reuters' profit beats estimates; outlook steady
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Helen Coster | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Thomson Reuters logo is pictured on a building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. November 16, 2021. The news and information company reported adjusted earnings of 84 cents per share, 6 cents ahead of estimates. Total revenue rose 2% in the quarter to $1.65 billion, slightly missing expectations, according to Refinitiv. Thomson Reuters maintained its full-year 2023 outlook for organic revenue, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow. Reporting by Helen Coster Editing by Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Carlo Allegri, divestitures, Steve Hasker, Thomson, –, Michael Eastwood, Hasker, Eastwood, Helen Coster, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Thomson Reuters, REUTERS, Thomson Reuters Corp, Accounting, company’s Elite, TPG, London Stock Exchange, Reuters News, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Britain, California

In a statement written from the perspective of a sun bear named “Angela,” officials from Hangzhou zoo said people “didn’t understand” the species. In 2013, a city zoo in the central Henan province angered visitors by trying to pass off a Tibetan Mastiff dog as a lion. Visitors at another Chinese zoo, in Sichuan province, were shocked to discover a golden retriever sitting in a cage labeled as an African lion enclosure. World’s smallest bears under threatNative to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, sun bears are the world’s smallest bear species. Sun bears are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Persons: “ Angela, I’m Angela Organizations: CNN, Wildlife Fund, Sun Bear Conservation Center, International Union for Conservation of Nature Locations: China, Hangzhou, Weibo, Henan, Sichuan, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sabah

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