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Holding an elegant black box with the words “World’s Best Rice” embossed in gold, Japanese chef Kenichi Fujimoto tilts his head and smiles, a slightly skeptical look on his face. “These things are often very commercial and not necessarily good,” says the chef and owner of Hong Kong-based Sushi Fujimoto, pointing to a pot of rice simmering in his kitchen. With more than 20 years of experience working under a Michelin-starred sushi chef, the chef has encountered countless types of rice. But nothing like this. The makers of Kinmemai Premium not only claim that it is the best rice in…

Hong Kong, China – 2025/03/01: This photo illustration shows perplexity’s artificial intelligence (AI) apps DeepSeek and ChatGPT on a smartphone screen.Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesAs companies pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence, HSBC Chief Executive Georges Ergederi warned on Tuesday of the mismatch between investments and returns.Speaking at the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit in Hong Kong, Elhederi said the scale of investment poses a challenge for companies, saying that while computing power for AI is essential, current revenue profiles may not justify such large expenditures.Morgan Stanley predicted in July that global data center capacity will…

Kimberly-Clark is spending $40 billion to buy Kenvue in a blockbuster deal that has confused some investors as the Tylenol maker struggles with poor sales, lawsuits and a White House attack over the painkiller’s link to autism.Kimberly-Clark shares plunged after Monday’s announcement as shareholders scrutinized the 46% premium being paid to the former Johnson & Johnson unit, which has had a tumultuous year.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listKenvue fired its CEO in July and has come under fire from President Donald Trump over unproven claims that using Tylenol during pregnancy can cause autism in children.Kenview stock, which had…

caracas, venezuela — Samuel Carreño’s daily life has changed completely since late August. That was around the time President Donald Trump ordered the dispatch of warships to the Southern Caribbean on a mission to combat drug trafficking, sparking a wave of geopolitical tension that has kept the region on edge ever since. But it’s not the U.S. warships or Caracas’ suspicions that Washington is interested in ousting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that weighs on the 49-year-old Petare, Venezuela resident. It’s a more pressing personal question: how to pay the bills. That same week in August, his mother, Tita Carreño, 75,…

Does English football have a manager sacking problem?Vitor Pereira and Will Still became the latest victims, having been sacked by Wolves and Southampton respectively at the weekend. Since the summer of 2024, 52 of the 94 clubs in England’s fourth tier have changed managers at least once. Of those 52 clubs, 23 have changed managers more than once, with Wolves the latest example after Pereira was sacked after 11 months in charge. This is Southampton’s third managerial change in 18 months, following the departure of Still. data wrapper This content is provided by data wrappercookies and other technologies may be…

As fiscal pressures from aging populations and pandemic-era debt intensify, governments are increasingly tapping into an attractive source of funding: people’s retirement savings. Pension fund assets across the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development have more than tripled since 2003, reaching $63.1 trillion in 2024, according to the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index. Its huge growth has drawn renewed political attention as most countries grapple with debt overhangs and capital looks attractive. But the problem begins when governments step in and tell funds to invest too much in their countries, upsetting the delicate balance that fund managers have calculated…

Photo | Future Publishing | Getty Images The jack-of-all-trades may have secured its biggest customer yet.On Monday, Amazon announced a $38 billion deal with OpenAI to provide the ChatGPT maker with access to Amazon Web Services’ infrastructure.On the one hand, the move isn’t all that surprising and is a continuation of OpenAI’s splurge to secure resources to run its power-hungry artificial intelligence models.On the other hand, OpenAI comes into play Amazon Shows that companies are diversifying away from dependence microsoftwas the company’s exclusive cloud service provider until this year. This could suggest that OpenAI is preparing for an initial public…

This is the second visit by a Saudi leader in eight years, the first being President Trump’s 2017 visit to Washington, D.C.Published November 4, 2025November 4, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareCrown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., later this month for official working-level meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, White House officials said, marking the Saudi leader’s second visit to the U.S. capital in seven years.News outlets had previously reported on the crown prince’s visit to the White House, but Reuters was the first to report on Monday that the meeting would…

The Gaza Health Ministry said it had also received the remains of 45 Palestinians from Israel through the Red Cross.Israel has released five Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile ceasefire agreement with Hamas, giving families in the Gaza Strip a rare moment of relief.The five men released on Monday night were taken to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah for medical examinations, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khudary newspaper reported from outside the facility.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listRelatives gathered at the hospital, some embracing the released prisoners and others anxiously seeking information about their missing loved ones.”This is…

An avalanche struck a camp on Nepal’s Mount Yarungri on Monday, killing at least three people and leaving four foreign climbers still missing, authorities said. At least 16 people were climbing the 5,630-meter (18,471-foot) mountain when the avalanche hit the base camp at around 10:30 a.m. local time, said Gyan Kumar Mahato, deputy superintendent of police in Nepal’s Dolakha district. Mahato said the three people confirmed dead included a French national and two Nepali guides. Four people, two French and two Nepalese, were rescued, and five Nepalese were able to return to base camp at an altitude of 4,900 meters…