The most recent catalyst was an insider share sale of his privately held SpaceX, which boosted Musk’s net worth by some US$50 billion.
The Active Investor Plus Visa that raked in an average US$580 million a year has lost lustre after rule changes in 2022.
The agreement comes just days after Canberra signed a similar treaty with the small Pacific nation of Nauru.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting cited a review that concluded that the long-term benefits for treating gender-related distress were unproven.
TikTok has been working to boost users’ time spent and develop shopping habits ahead of its possible ban from US app stores on January 19.
Two months after Adobe announced a browser-based video generation tool, the product remains in limited testing, while OpenAI publicly launched Sora this week.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested by police in Pennsylvania on Monday for the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York.
The bill imposes stricter penalties on content violations and grants sweeping powers such as the right to search and seize without a warrant.
The National Defence Authorisation Act unveiled on Saturday would effectively bar contractors from selling chips or tools to Huawei or affiliates.
The stars and auteur behind the Netflix hit joined a growing chorus calling for President Yoon Suk-yeol to answer for his martial law decree.
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Crowds were back and buying this year. Several major galleries reported multiple million-dollar sales, giving cause for cautious optimism.
The Kremlin said Syria was subject to ‘extreme instability’ and it was too early to speak about the future of Russian bases in the country.
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The move comes as Israel seeks to establish a buffer zone along its border with Syria, raising tensions in the region.
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The Disney Adventure, a floating theme park, will make her maiden voyage from Singapore next December. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday.
The bill’s absence from the proposed amendments to the US National Defence Authorisation Act comes as a reprieve for the two biotech firms.
US President-elect Donald Trump says Ukraine has ‘ridiculously lost’ 400,000 soldiers in the war to date.
Dozens of people have died in southwest Congo after contracting a mysterious illness, dubbed Disease X.
The result was an unexpected victory for Indonesia’s sole opposition party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
Singapore police said they did not arrest a Chinese national accused of money laundering detained in Indonesia and wanted by Interpol.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz ruled out supplying Kyiv with long-range missiles but stressed the country’s sovereignty should be guaranteed.
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The rules effectively deny all shipments to SMIC’s facility in Beijing, but allow ‘case-by-case’ sales of specific items to SMIC in Shanghai.
Trump said that Sacks would also lead the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology.
The partnership comes at a pivotal period in the accelerating race between the US and China to dominate AI for military purposes.
Carmaker is restructuring its operations as it struggles to compete with domestic brands and shift to EVs.
Bitcoin has more than doubled in value this year and is up more than 45% in the four weeks since Trump’s election win.
E-commerce sales on the app surged above US$100 million during the post-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza.
NXP also plans to broaden its supply chain in mainland China, where it has a testing and packaging facility in Tianjin.
Malaysia’s prime minister said the planned signing was rescheduled after Singapore’s Lawrence Wong contracted Covid-19.
New Zealand’s concerns come as the government plans to increase defence spending, eyeing Nato’s guidance.
Mitsubishi dismissed Gong Huayong, a Shanghai-based copper trader at one of its China units, after finding that he had made unauthorised trades with local companies.