The company that makes your iPhones isn’t the only Apple that matters on global markets. Have a look what’s happening in China.  Trading volume in the apple futures that launched on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange in December has been soaring in recent months. On Tuesday alone, 4.6 million contracts changed hands – representing 46 million metric tons of apples, or about…

President Donald Trump backed two successful U.S. Senate nominees in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, which were among four states holding primaries Tuesday. The primaries began to settle swing state Pennsylvania’s chaotic congressional landscape after a court fight ended with redrawn districts just three months ago. Amid the redistricting, Republican Rick Saccone recorded his second loss in…

A chess boxing match in Berlin, 2008 Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid fighting sport (or a hybrid board game) that combines two traditional pastimes: chess, a cerebral board game, and boxing, a physical sport. The competitors fight in alternating rounds of chess and boxing. Chessboxing was invented by Dutch performance artist Iepe Rubingh.[1][2]…

The controversy over ball-tampering in in South Africa recently forced the ICC to set the ball rolling on the review of the code of conduct. Geoff AllardiceGeoff Allardice, the ICC’s general manager of cricket, is at the forefront of this effort. In a sit-down interview with ESPNcricinfo in Kolkata at the end of the ICC’s…

David Tepper’s hedge fund dumped its entire Apple stake ahead of the billionaire’s expected purchase of the Carolina Panthers (AAPL)

Alabama coach Nick Saban dismisses UCF’s claim to the national title, saying « self-proclaimed is not the same as actually earning it. » He says UCF isn’t being fair to those who went through the system and earned it.

Die EU und der Iran haben sich auf einen Arbeitsplan verständigt, um einen Erhalt des von den USA aufgekündigten Atomabkommens zu ermöglichen. Irans Außenminister Mohammed Dschawad Sarif sprach nach einem Treffen in Brüssel von einem « guten Start ». Die EU-Außenbeauftragte Federica Mogherini nannte die Gespräche « konstruktiv » und eine Reihe möglicher Schritte, um die Auswirkungen von wiedereingeführten…

Image copyright EPA Image caption The Farnese Blue diamond passed down through generations of royal families A rare blue diamond that has spent the past 300 years in Europe’s royal houses has been sold at auction in Geneva for $6.7m (£5m). The Farnese Blue was given as a wedding present to Elizabeth Farnese, daughter of…

Jose Mourinho will try to tempt Milan captain Leonardo Bonucci to Manchester United, claims Tuttosport. According to Wednesday’s edition of the Turin-based newspaper, Mou has his heart set on Bonucci as the ideal reinforcement for his back line. The centre-back turned 31 this month and had a difficult first year with the Rossoneri, at times…

Status as Belt and Road posterchild at risk as Mahathir vows to review Chinese projects