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Evergrande: Chinese property giant delisted after spectacular fall

Authored by bbc.com

Chinese property giant Evergrande delisted after spectacular fall.

Chinese property giant Evergrande's shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday after more than a decade and a half of trading.

That was before its spectacular collapse under the weight of the huge debts that had powered its meteoric rise.

"Once delisted, there is no coming back," says Dan Wang, China director at political risk consultancy Eurasia Group.

The property crisis has led to "massive layoffs" by heavily-indebted developers, Jackson Chan from financial markets research platform Bondsupermart says.

Even as Evergrande continues to grab headlines, several other Chinese property firms are still facing major challenges.

More Chinese property firms will collapse," Professor Qiao says. »

Some National Guard members in D.C. are now armed

Authored by cbsnews.com

Some National Guard members in Washington, D.C., likely fewer than 50, were to be armed starting Sunday night, a military official told CBS News.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Trump's law enforcement crackdown be armed, the Pentagon said Friday.

Spokespeople for the District of Columbia National Guard and a military task force overseeing all the guard troops in Washington did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. »

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold

Authored by sciencedaily.com

Climate change and agricultural intensification have increasingly deprived honeybees of the floral diversity they need to thrive.

Increasingly, beekeepers are feeding artificial pollen substitutes to their bees due to insufficient natural pollen.

In the new study, the research team succeeded in engineering the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce a precise mixture of six key sterols that bees need. »

Pride parade cancelled after being halted by pro-Palestinian protesters

Authored by cbc.ca

Ottawa's annual Pride parade was cancelled on Sunday after it was halted by a local pro-Palestinian advocacy group that blocked the road and demanded to negotiate with organizers.

protesters chanted from Parliament Hill, referencing the "We are a village" theme that Capital Pride was using for 2025.

Capital Pride announced the parade had been cancelled just before 3 p.m. on Instagram. »

Ukraine liberates 3 villages in Donetsk Oblast, military reports on Independence Day

Authored by kyivindependent.com

Ukrainian troops have liberated three front-line villages in Donetsk Oblast from occupying Russian forces, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced on Aug. 24, Ukraine's Independence Day.

Ukrainian forces "successfully counterattacked and cleared" the villages of Zelenyi Hai, Mykhailivka, and Volodymyrivka, Syrskyi said in a social media post published by Ukraine's General Staff.

"(D)efending Ukrainian independence and the Ukrainian flag is not just empty words, but a daily risk and a daily feat," Syrskyi said. »