Samson Ellis

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Samson Ellis

Hostilities between Israel and Iran rumbled into a fourth day with little sign of an end to the fighting. Iran fired several waves of drones and missiles over the last 24 hours, while Israel continued hitting the Islamic Republic’s capital, Tehran, killing another senior military official. Since Friday, 224 people have been killed in Iran, according to the government, which said most of the casualties were civilians. Iranian attacks have killed 23 people in Israel and injured more than 400.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Samson Ellis

1 day agoThere was nothing preemptive about the Israeli assault on Iranian military and civilian infrastructure and officials. As the Israeli-Iranian confrontation enters its third day, casualties on both sides are mounting. At least 80 people have been killed in Iran and at least 10 in Israel. Despite the …

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Samson Ellis

The US and China wrapped up two days of high-stakes trade talks in London. The result: a plan to establish a framework for implementing a consensus the two sides had already agreed to last month. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Chinese had pledged to speed up shipments of rare-earth metals critical to US auto and defense firms, while Washington would ease some of its own controls on chip design software, jet engines and student visas.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Mary Hui |Samson Ellis |Rebecca Sin |Manuel Baigorri

In this week’s Hong Kong Edition, we look at what the flurry of activity among Beijing officials in the city means, dive into New World’s woes and review Manchester United’s performance against a local side. We also interview one of the two teachers who created a 100-kilometer summer trail and check out a Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant. To subscribe to this weekly newsletter for free, click here.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Mary Hui |Richard Frost |Samson Ellis |Rebecca Sin |Manuel Baigorri

1 day agoThe world’s first “code-deployable” biological computer is now for sale. The Cortical Labs CL1 costs $35,000 and has 800,000 human brain cells living and growing in a nutrient solution on a silicon chip. Computer scientists can deploy computer code directly to these neurons, which have been …