Questions will be asked if Sun Yang is cleared to compete at the Olympics and performs well in the Tokyo pool, given he is banned from training through official channels in China, Australia swimming chief Kieren Perkins said.
With the solar industry already seeing prices rise because of a shortage of panel raw material polysilicon, an explosion yesterday at the factory of a silicon metal producer in Xinjiang could have further
Jun 9, 2021
Here s today s feel-good story:
Nightbirde from Zanesville, Ohio, has won America s Got Talent s second Golden Buzzer of the season during the round two auditions from judge Simon Cowell.
Nightbirde, whose real name is Jane Marczewski, explained that the original song It s OK is the story of the last year of my life.
Watch the performance below!
Missing in Action Image courtesy Phillips and Poly.
“Woo-hoo!” said Jonathan Crockett, Phillips’s chairman of Asia, as he brought down the gavel on the last lot of a two-hour hybrid auction in Hong Kong and Beijing on Tuesday. The sale, held in partnership with mainland auction house Poly, served to underscore the growing demand in Asia for younger, emerging art stars.
All told, the sale series brought in $90 million (HK$701.5 million), handily exceeding the presale estimate of $46 million to $66 million. (Final prices include buyers’ premium; estimates do not.)
The evening sale accounted for $63 million (HK$492 million), while the day sale generated $27 million (HK$209 million). Every lot offered was sold (though purists might quibble with the label “white-glove” given that two lots were withdrawn before the evening sale began).