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Liz Truss Attacks Rishi Sunak Over China U-Turn
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clashed during last year's Tory leadership contest. Liz Truss has condemned Rishi Sunak for U-turning on his previous decision to describe China as a “threat” to global security. The former prime minister hit out at her successor - and former Tory leadership rival - in a speech in Taiwan. Sunak made clear his concern about China last July during his battle with Truss to succeed Boris Johnson in Downing Street. In a tweet, Sunak said: “China and the Chinese Communist Party represent the largest threat to Britain and the world’s security and prosperity this century.”...
What an exhibition by artists of the Vietnamese diaspora says about home and belonging
Multiple works by KV Duong. Joseph Beeching, CC BY-NC-NDWhich objects create a feeling of home for you? A particular chair, a table, a teacup from your childhood kitchen? Visitors to the current exhibition at London’s Museum of the Home are asked to bear this question in mind. Entitled No Place Like Home (A Vietnamese Exhibition) Part II, the show brings together eight artists, born and raised all over the world, who share roots in Vietnam. Many layers of memory can be derived from a single object. For me, a UK-based German-Vietnamese linguist, Vietnamese artist Duong Thuy Nguyen’s pile of rice...
Scary Summer: Take a last look inside Hollywood’s Icons of Darkness before it leaves town
While we’re still months away from Halloween, horror enthusiasts can dabble in a bit of spooky fun at the Icons of Darkness exhibit in Hollywood. Located next to the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, Icons of Darkness boasts a massive, privately owned collection of screen-used props, costumes and promotional materials from sci-fi and horror movies. But the opportunity to see these exclusive items up-close-and-personal is limited as the exhibition will move into a permanent home in Las Vegas next year. “It’s a chance for people to come in and see horror, superhero, ‘Jurassic Park’ stuff and ‘Alien’ stuff and...
Samsung admits defeat and reportedly inks deal for LG’s OLED TV panels
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung has reportedly signed a deal for LG’s OLED TV panels. Reuters reports that LG Display will supply high-end 77- and 83-inch white OLED panels to Samsung in a deal that could help it turn a profit amid fierce competition in LCD panels from Chinese rivals. This is the first time Samsung has purchased OLED panels from its South Korean rival after years of rumors around similar deals. It’s also a huge admission of defeat after Samsung stopped making OLED TVs in 2015, citing the high costs of the panels in a miscalculation...
$14 Billion in Foreign Deposits at Silicon Valley Bank were NOT Bailed Out – More than $1 Trillion Foreign Deposits at Chase and Citibank as U.S. Debt Crisis Looms
Comments by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News The Wall Street Journal sent shock waves through the financial world Saturday night when they reported that the FDIC seized nearly $14 billion in foreign deposits at Silicon Valley Bank in the Cayman Islands last March, mostly from Chinese investment firms, which had been waiting to gain access to their funds. It’s not happening. Two months after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the lender’s depositors in the Cayman Islands have been left out in the cold. The California-based bank’s American depositors were protected when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took control...