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HONG KONG Yang Bing-yi, the founder of Din Tai Fung, the Taiwanese restaurant chain whose signature soup dumplings have attracted crowds around the world and one of the rare Asian restaurants to win a Michelin star, has died at 96.The company announced his death in a statement on Saturday.It did not say when or where he died.

The founder of one of the world's biggest dumpling empires has died.Yang Bing-yi, who set up the Taiwanese restaurant chain Din Tai Fung, passed away peacefully at the age of 96, the company said in a statement Saturday.It did not mention the cause of death but said that private funeral arrangements were underway and that the family has asked for privacy.

The calm demeanour, the sharp exhale, the run up and clinical finish.It was the same old penalty routine from Harry Kane, only this time time it took him to places no England player has gone before.By netting from the spot against Italy on Thursday night, Kane fired himself into the record books, scoring his 54th international goal to surpass Wayne Rooney as England's all-time leading goalscorer.

The wave of government enforcement against cryptocurrency companies is beginning to remake the industry.Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, has opened a business in Bermuda.Gemini, a rival firm based in New York, is seeking a license in the United Arab Emirates.And Bittrex, an exchange in Seattle, has shut down its U.S. operations.

On a dusty roadside on the outskirts of Dubai, Sohrab Fani is profiting from the West's response to the war in Ukraine: his shop installs seat heaters into cars being re-exported to Russia.Twelve thousand heating pads languished in his warehouse for years, he said, until Russia's invasion and the resulting Western sanctions drove American, European and Japanese automakers out of the Russian market.

Deep divisions exist among nations over how to combat the growing peril of global warming ahead of UN negotiations, known as COP28, to be held in Dubai in December.Countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions not the production of oil, gas and coal at UN climate talks this year, the United Arab Emirates says.

The EU is currently discussing the issue of sanctions evasion in its 11th round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.As chief spokesperson for the European Commission (EC) Eric Mamer confirmed, the commission passed on new proposals to its member states on Friday.Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the European Union (EU) has so far slapped 10 rounds of sanctions on Russia.

Scientists and activists have long argued at global climate summits that the only way to slow down global warming is to eliminate its main driver, fossil fuel production.This year's United Nations-sponsored climate summit, however, will be hosted in the United Arab Emirates, one of the world's biggest fossil fuel producers, and the head of the U.A.E.'s national oil company, Sultan al-Jaber, will preside over the meeting.

WASHINGTON A U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other U.S. contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said.In a statement released late Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said U.S. Central Command forces retaliated with precision airstrikes against facilities in eastern Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

Expand Close Russian salespeople stand by a helicopter made by Russian Helicopters at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.Just outside of Abu Dhabi's biennial arms fair in a large tent, Russia offered weapons for sale Monday ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday to join a summit of Arab leaders, including the heads of wealthy Gulf States that have already provided substantial aid to Ukraine.Mr. Zelensky said he had landed in Saudi Arabia and will meet with the kingdom's leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and others.

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria plans to attend a gathering of Arab leaders on Friday for the first time since he violently suppressed an anti-government uprising that morphed into a civil war, torturing and using chemical weapons on his own people.Syria's membership in the Arab League, suspended since 2011, was restored this month ahead of the leaders' summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

PHOENIX Brittney Griner, the W.N.B.A. star who became the center of a geopolitical showdown between the United States and Russia last year, is expected to speak with reporters on Thursday for the first time since her release in December in a prisoner exchange.Ms. Griner, 32, planned to speak with reporters as her team, the Phoenix Mercury, prepares for the start of its season on May 19, and as the United States and Russia clash over the detainment of another American, the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage.

FILE - Wind turbines turn behind a solar farm in Rapshagen, Germany, Oct. 28, 2021.Germany has called for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would "ring in the end of the fossil fuel age" and help prevent dangerous global warming.(AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)Comment Gift Article BERLIN - Senior officials from dozens of nations meeting in Berlin remained divided Wednesday on how to meet international climate goals, with some pushing for a phase-out of fossil fuels and others insisting that oil and gas can continue to play a role in the future - provided their emissions are somehow contained.

It's an exhilarating time to be a Manchester City fan, though I am muting my optimism with a selection of the most miserabilist chants ever heard in a football stadium.We're not really here; Empty seats at home; and Spent all my money on drugs and City.City's rise has been so rapid that the fans are still very Mancunian, and perhaps less familiar than followers of other big teams.

They came from Iceland, Portugal, Switzerland, Detroit.Dressed in alien superstar chic rhinestone boots and disco-ready, glittery cowboy hats a huge crowd gathered on Wednesday at the Friends Arena, their cheers reaching an almost deafening pitch as a woman gradually emerged from below, lights bouncing off the sequins on her outfit.

The horses in the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times.The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., where the race will be held.Practical Move, Lord Miles and Continuar were scratched on Thursday, allowing Cyclone Mischief, Mandarin Hero and King Russell to enter the race and causing more than half the horses in the field to break from post positions that don't match their program numbers.

The UN's humanitarian chief arrived in Sudan's main seaport on Wednesday, as thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals gathered there in hopes of fleeing the conflict-torn east African country.Martin Griffiths, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator at the UN, tweeted that his visit to the city of Port Sudan is to affirm the body's commitment to the Sudanese people.

With a 93 percent jump compared to the year before, imports have also increased due to accelerating military spending by European states including Poland and Norway, said the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).And the rate of imports is expected to accelerate further, it said.

Atlantis The Royal's Jaleo by José Andrés officially open its doors to welcome its first guests.Imagined through the creative lens of the globally renowned chef and entrepreneur, Jaleo which translates to lively in Spanish, brings alive the spirit and flavours of Spain by showcasing the rich regional diversity of Spanish cuisine in a festive, stylish, and casual atmosphere.

Your article (Manchester United Q&A: could Qatari investors realistically buy the club?, 8 February) addresses questions surrounding the possible takeover of Manchester United by Qatar.It focuses on the Uefa ownership rules as a potential stumbling block, but ignores human rights (the very issue featured in the photo accompanying the article, which shows a supporter holding up a sign saying No to Qatar Human Rights Matter).