Economic issues are expected to take centre stage at the US-China summit in April but regional security will also feature, according to former US ambassador to Beijing Nicholas Burns. Speaking via a video link to the Yale Centre Beijing on Tuesday, Burns said US President Donald Trump would be “right to focus on economic issues”…
US job growth beat expectations in January while unemployment crept down, official data showed on Wednesday, defying immediate concerns about labour market fragility on the back of US President Donald Trump’s economic policies. The United States added 130,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labour said, significantly higher than the 55,000 predicted in surveys by…
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If real estate is all about location, location, location, international film markets are all about timing, timing, timing. Berlin mid-February is not an ideal spot for red carpet fashion — pity the stars facing icy winds and sub-zero temperatures at this year’s Berlinale —but if you want to do business, the timing of the European…
Hong Kong’s police chief has said that national security remains a priority despite the city’s overall stabilising social situation, citing absconders and foreign forces among lingering threats. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Wednesday the force would continue to ramp up intelligence gathering and enhance national security education among officers and the public,…
You can feel the outsize ambition in Bart Layton’s crime thriller adapted from a novella by that master of the genre, Don Winslow. The film features a labyrinthine storyline that connects in surprising ways; superb production values, including enough Los Angeles location shooting to counteract all that runaway production; and excellent performances from an overstuffed…
Jennifer Hudson is joining the producing team for Dreamgirls on Broadway. Hudson joins the team of the revival after winning an Academy Award for her role as Effie White in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls. The musical is planned for Broadway this fall, with direction and choreography by Camille A. Brown, choreographer of Hell’s…
Sturla Holm Lægreid’s spectacular on-air confession of infidelity didn’t win him any points with his ex-girlfriend. The Norwegian biathlon athlete went viral Tuesday for winning a bronze medal and then tearfully admitting to cheating on his girlfriend in his post-win interview. Lægreid pleaded with the unnamed woman to give him another chance. In a Wednesday…
What is it like to grow up in a fishing community where a man’s worth is more often defined by strength than not? And what can the lobsters that this community revolves around tell us about life on the shore? Pete Muller navigates such questions in the documentary Bucks Harbor, his feature directorial debut, world…
