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William Lai for making stopovers in the United States calling him a «troublemaker», China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday cautioned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan, Chinese Defence Ministry reported. In an apparent attack at the US, Li cautioned any attempts to “use Taiwan to contain China,” and said it would “surely end in failure,” China's defence Ministry said in a statement and Xinhua news Agency quoted.

Leonard Bernstein has defended Bradley Cooper's controversial decision to wear a large prosthetic nose while playing the Jewish composer in a new film.Oscar nominee Cooper — who wrote, directed and stars in "Maestro" — has received criticism since a trailer for the upcoming Netflix film was released online this week. Critics said the decision to wear a fake nose plays up to Jewish stereotypes, and have dubbed it "Jewface," in reference to the historic «Blackface» practice of non-Black performers darkening their faces for roles. Others have questioned whether non-Jewish actors, like Cooper, should even play Jewish roles. But the late Bernstein's three children said they were «perfectly fine with» with Cooper's decision «to use makeup to amplify his resemblance» to their father. «It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose,» wrote Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein in a statement on social media. «We're also certain that our dad would have been fine with it as well,» they added. Bernstein, the son of Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants, died in 1990 but remains one of the best-known composers and conductors of all time. He served as music director of the New York Philharmonic, and wrote the Broadway musical «West Side Story.»

Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Ladakh for two days, starting Thursday, as per party sources, as cited by ANI. Earlier, he toured Srinagar and Jammu twice but couldn't visit Ladakh. The party source, however, did not reveal any other plans.

Strength in the energy sector helped buoy Canada’s main stock index to close flat on Wednesday while U.S. markets moved lower.

Ripple Labs has voiced its opposition towards the United States securities regulator’s move towards filing an interlocutory appeal relating to the summary judgment laid down by U.S. District Court Analisa Torres on Jul. 13.

The Associated Press has issued guidelines for its journalists on use of artificial intelligence, saying the tool cannot be used to create publishable content and images for the news service

Investing.com — The spot price of gold fell back on Wednesday to under the key $1,900 level critical to those long on the yellow metal as the dollar pressed forth its rebound from 15-month lows. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three entities it accused of being tied to arms deals between North Korea and Russia as Washington cracked down on those seeking to support Russia's war in Ukraine.

(Reuters) — OpenAI said on Wednesday it had acquired digital products company Global Illumination, in what comes as the first known acquisition by the storied artificial intelligence firm.

OpenAI said on Wednesday it had acquired digital products company Global Illumination, in what comes as the first known acquisition by the storied artificial intelligence firm. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

The Teamsters flexed their muscles during contract negotiations with UPS last month, securing pay hikes for drivers and scoring other wins

The Justice Department says two Pinterest directors resigned from Nextdoor’s board of directors in response to the department's efforts to enforce an antitrust law aimed at barring executives from holding similar positions at rival companies

Target reported its first quarterly sales drop in six years, dragged down by shoppers' inflation worries and a negative reaction by some customers, widely publicized on social media, to its Pride merchandise

Some Bank of Ireland customers were able to withdraw money they did not have Tuesday and early Wednesday, thanks to an hours-long technical glitch that also halted many of the bank’s online services

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affordable housing stock by nearly two-thirds. Officials said they would give first preference to artists certified by the city. New Rochelle is emerging as a potential blueprint for overcoming the various political, financial and community obstacles that have made efforts to build multifamily housing in the suburbs an often insurmountable task.

By Isla Binnie

kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients. Scientists around the country are racing to learn how to use animal organs to save human lives, and bodies donated for research offer a remarkable rehearsal. The latest experiment announced Wednesday by NYU Langone Health marks the longest a pig kidney has functioned in a person, albeit a deceased one — and it's not over.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Deflationary pressures in China could spill over into global markets, near-term good news for Western central banks as they seek to curb inflation, U.S. asset manager PIMCO said.

A couple of weeks ago, we predicted that a strong US dollar, regardless of what inflationary readings for July showed, could send the spot price of gold below the key $1,900-an-ounce support.