MACAO — Some 400 pro-establishment electors are set to approve the sole candidate for Macao’s chief executive job on Sunday, making him the Chinese casino hub ’s first leader born in mainland China. It’s a break from the longtime practice of choosing locally-born leaders, usually from prominent business families, for the former Portuguese colony. Nearly … Read more
TOKYO — Toyota is returning to Formula 1 after 15 years as the Japanese automaker becomes a “technical partner” of American racing team Haas. There will be Toyota branding on the Haas cars starting from next week’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and the auto giant’s racing division will provide “design, technical and … Read more
Fourth grader Naiya White knows what you think about her twice-daily beauty regimen and her Sephora shopping trips. “I heard all you guys were freaking out about 10-year-olds using skin care,” she says in a TikTok video posted last month, standing outside a Sephora store in Grand Junction, Colo. “So let’s go pick some out!” … Read more
McDonald’s is putting Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken McNuggets on its French menu, marking an expansion of the El Segundo company’s European business. The Veggie McPlant Nuggets, made from wheat and pea proteins, will be served at all of McDonald’s 1,560 restaurants in France on a permanent basis, the fast-food company said this week. “With a … Read more
A woman uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she passes past the Colosseum during an intensely hot day in Rome, Italy, on July 11, 2024. Riccardo De Luca | Anadolu | Getty Images Summer trips to Europe are getting too hot for thousands of tourists. Delta Air Lines President Glen Hauenstein … Read more
Getty Images There is growing speculation that the way pensions are taxed could be changed in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she needs to find £22bn and some experts say she could change the system on workplace or private pensions to find some of this money. This is separate from another debate about the … Read more
Getty Images China has cracked down on businesses including real estate, technology and finance “Now I think about it, I definitely chose the wrong industry.” Xiao Chen*, who works in a private equity firm in China’s financial hub, Shanghai, says he is having a rough year. For his first year in the job, he says … Read more
The government is investigating 37 UK-linked businesses for potentially breaking Russian oil sanctions – but no fines have been handed out so far, the BBC can reveal. Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced by the UK and other Western countries following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Conservative shadow foreign office minister Dame Harriett Baldwin … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers this month to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels. The Defense Department said Thursday that since the start of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration on Oct. 1, it has sent 300 … Read more
A major meatpacker has recalled nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef and poultry items due to worries that they are contaminated with listeria, according to the federal government. BrucePac, the company based in Durant, Okla whose brand names include Urban Bruce and City Grillers, said it was recalling 9,986,245 pounds of ready-to-eat products that … Read more