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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Sunday kicked off the first visit to Australia by China’s second-ranking leader in seven years by promising to donate two new giant pandas to zoos and urging Australia to set aside differences with Beijing.Zhang Songze, China’s most powerful man after President Xi Jinping, arrived late Saturday in South Australia’s capital Adelaide, which produces most of the Australian wine exported to China since 2020, when a devastating tariff lift in March effectively ended A$1.2 billion (US$790 million) of annual trade.Li’s visit so far has focused on panda diplomacy, restoring trade, including wine,…

Stay up to date with free updatesJust sign up Electric car myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox.Both sides have important decisions to make after Brussels imposes provisional tariffs on Chinese electric cars. The tariffs must be approved (or not) by EU governments by the fall. China must decide whether and how to retaliate. These decisions are interdependent. Beijing will undoubtedly launch tailored threats targeting each country’s capital city (French Cognac has already been targeted) depending on the country’s stance.But there’s a bigger question: What role should China play in Europe’s decarbonization plans? There’s an urgent need for Europe…

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. None of the 155 passengers and crew died during the “Miracle on the Hudson” crash. Taylor Rains/Business Insider The Airbus A320 airliner that ditched in the Hudson River in 2009 is now an aviation artifact.None of the 155 passengers and crew died during the “Miracle on the Hudson” crash.I was blown away when I visited the jet at the Sullenberger Aviation Museum to see the famous plane. On January 15, 2009, a fully loaded US Airways Airbus A320 plane ditched into the Hudson River after a bird…

1909 – Jim Thorpe makes his professional baseball debut with Rocky Mount of the ECL, forcing him to give up his Olympic gold medal.1938 – Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox sets an MLB record by drawing six walks in a single game.1970 – Bears running back Brian Piccolo dies of cancer.1975 – The Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Lakers.1981 – The Chicago Tribune buys the Cubs from the Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million.1985 – Willie Banks breaks the triple jump world record with a jump of 58 feet, 11.5 inches at the U.S. Championships…

“Let’s try something different today,” the therapist suggests as we sit across from each other in his office in Polanco, Mexico City. “Have you ever heard of ‘constelaciones familiares’?” I admit I haven’t, but I’m intrigued. Álvaro is a professor-level therapist in Mexico who draws on a variety of modalities, including deep psychoanalysis, cosmic spirituality, and practical street smarts. I appreciate the range of techniques he applies in our sessions. He took out a small cloth bag and turned it over. Simple wooden dolls were scattered on the table, each a different color but otherwise identical. Seeing that I was…

Welcome to SEC Unfiltered, the USA TODAY NETWORK’s newsletter on SEC sports, available in your inbox Monday through Friday.. Today we have SEC columnist Blake Toppmeyer with us.PT Barnum has a new idea, and it’s about college sports, which is fitting considering college sports are a bit of a circus.With all due respect, it wasn’t Burnham who came up with this brilliant new idea to squeeze more money out of idiots. It was Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark.I sometimes confuse the two.Yormark’s Big 12 is considering selling the conference’s naming rights in a move that could generate tens of millions…

Florida [US]Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 against Pakistan, Ireland coach Heinrich Malan said the tournament has been a rather strange one so far and expressed his thoughts on the ongoing mega event. ‘It’s been a pretty strange World Cup’: Heinrich Malan ahead of T20 World Cup match against Pakistan {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Ireland are currently bottom of Group A with only one point from three matches played so far in the ongoing tournament. They have already missed out on a place in the currently ongoing high profile event, the Super Eight. In the final match of…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Amy Porterfield and her husband, Hobie. Kat Harris Amy Porterfield started her own business at age 31, outearning her husband’s income as a firefighter.The couple decided that the husband would retire and the wife would support them both.Despite their initial hesitation, the arrangement has strengthened their communication and their marriage. This essay is based on a conversation with Amy Porterfield, 47. Founder I’m an online marketing professional based in Nashville. Edited for length and clarity.I never dreamed of being an entrepreneur. I assumed I would get a corporate job…

The 2024 national elections are finally over, and the results have come as a surprise to many. This is not the first time that Indian voters have been surprised in this way. The elections have attracted attention not only in India but across the world, as India is poised to become the world’s third largest economy. Though the BJP did not win a majority on its own, it still won 240 seats, more than the 233 won by the 28-party INDI coalition. Many in the opposition and abroad were quick to call this a decline and defeat for both Mr.…

Meet Laura BischoffI work in the Ohio bureau for the USA TODAY Network, which is a fancy way of saying the Statehouse news team. We cover state government, including prisons, pensions, the Ohio Supreme Court and public corruption cases. I joined the team three years ago after covering the same issues for 20 years at another Ohio newspaper.I grew up in Michigan and began my journalism career at The Flint Journal, moved to Ohio in 1995 and then Columbus in 2001.Why I became a journalistIn middle school, I published a newsletter called the St. Regis Bugle. Working at the Bugle…