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President Donald Trump greets Vice President of China Han Zheng as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang look on at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 13, 2026. Alex Wong | Getty Images The American automotive industry wants President Donald Trump to maintain policies that make…

Another leader of OpenAI’s safety strategy is leaving, joining an ever-growing list of employees who have left the company’s safety and alignment teams in recent years. Johannes Heidecke, the head of OpenAI’s Safety Systems team, is departing as the company reorganizes its safety and research work under a single leader. “We’re grateful for Johannes’ contributions…

A City Council bill passed yesterday makes permanent a program requiring some distressed building owners to certify that they aren’t harassing tenants before they can go forward with certain renovations or demolition. The Certification of No Harassment pilot, first put into place in 2018 and extended four years later through Sept. 27 of this year,…

As employers begin rolling out multiple Provident Fund (PF) contribution options under the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 2026, employees are facing a key financial decision: should they maximise retirement savings, increase take-home pay, or strike a balance between the two?   The new framework allows eligible employees to choose between contributing 12% of…

How much can one newt cost you? I ask because a developer building his own home recently found out. His plot had three ponds, which with hindsight was asking for trouble. In one of them, an ecologist found a great crested newt. One newt. The bill for safely rehoming it came to £15,000 –…