42 h. ago Veiled in Glass: MVRDV Wraps Tiffany & Co. In a Shifting Sea of Translucent Fins

Veiled in Glass: MVRDV Wraps Tiffany & Co. In a Shifting Sea of Translucent Fins  hypebeast.com

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49 h. ago China's leading jeweller Chow Tai Fook opens in Bangkok, plans more global stores

China's leading jeweller Chow Tai Fook opens in Bangkok, plans more global stores  Reuters

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3 d. ago China’s AI chip firms are going public fast. But its crown jewel is staying private

China’s AI chip firms are going public fast. But its crown jewel is staying private  CNBC

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3 d. ago MVRDV Designs Tiffany & Co.’s Beijing Flagship with a Fluid Glass Fins Façade

MVRDV Designs Tiffany & Co.’s Beijing Flagship with a Fluid Glass Fins Façade  parametric-architecture.com

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3 d. ago MVRDV drapes glass veil around Tiffany & Co flagship in Beijing

MVRDV drapes glass veil around Tiffany & Co flagship in Beijing  Dezeen

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3 d. ago Singapore’s Pritam Singh debate: MPs trade barbs over bid to remove opposition leader

Singapore’s parliamentarians on Wednesday debated Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh’s suitability as Leader of the Opposition following his court conviction for lying to a committee, with his opponents questioning his integrity and leadership, while supporters suggested there was a political agenda against him. The discussion, which is ongoing and has extended into the evening, centred on Leader of the House Indranee Rajah’s motion calling on parliament to consider that Singh’s “conviction and...

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3 d. ago Singapore’s MPs vote to remove Pritam Singh as opposition leader

Singapore’s parliamentarians on Wednesday voted Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh unsuitable as Leader of the Opposition following his court conviction for lying to a committee, with his opponents questioning his integrity and leadership, while supporters suggested there was a political agenda against him. The heated discussion in Singapore’s typically sterile parliament, which saw WP MPs repeatedly calling points of order, centred on Leader of the House Indranee Rajah’s motion calling on...

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3 d. ago Singapore’s parliament backs motion deeming Pritam Singh unfit to be opposition leader

Singapore’s parliamentarians on Wednesday voted Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh unsuitable as Leader of the Opposition following his court conviction for lying to a committee, with his opponents questioning his integrity and leadership, while supporters suggested there was a political agenda against him. The heated discussion in Singapore’s typically sterile parliament, which saw WP MPs repeatedly calling points of order, centred on Leader of the House Indranee Rajah’s motion calling on...

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4 d. ago MVRDV wraps tiffany & co. beijing flagship in rippling facade of translucent glass fins

MVRDV wraps tiffany & co. beijing flagship in rippling facade of translucent glass fins  Designboom

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4 d. ago Jewels in Motion: MVRDV’s Tiffany & Co. Façade Shimmers in Beijing

Jewels in Motion: MVRDV’s Tiffany & Co. Façade Shimmers in Beijing  Archilovers

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6 d. ago Hong Kong police hunt man who snatched HK$650,000 Rolex watch in Tsim Sha Tsui

Hong Kong police are searching for a man who snatched a Rolex watch worth HK$650,000 (US$83,370) from a luxury shop in a busy shopping district while posing as a customer. The force said on Sunday it received a report at 12.46pm from staff at Prince Jewellery & Watch on Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, saying that a mainland Chinese suspect snatched the watch during a viewing. The man had asked shop staff to let him see the timepiece about 10 minutes earlier, before grabbing the watch and fleeing...

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8 d. ago Singapore parliament to debate motion on Pritam Singh’s role as opposition chief

Singapore’s leader of the House, Indranee Rajah, has filed a parliamentary motion on the conduct of Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh and his suitability to continue as the leader of the opposition. The office of the leader of the House said on Friday that the motion will be raised at a sitting on or after Tuesday. Among other points, the motion asks for parliament to consider that Singh’s conviction and conduct render him unsuitable to continue as the leader of the opposition. The full...

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2 w. ago China Revealed A Motion Controlled Military Robot For Remote Combat

China Revealed A Motion Controlled Military Robot For Remote Combat  bgr.com

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2 w. ago Robbers steal US$35 million in cash, gold and jewellery from German bank

Robbers used a large drill to break into a German savings bank’s vault room and steal cash, gold and jewellery worth some €30 million (US$35 million), police said on Tuesday. The robbery in the western city of Gelsenkirchen saw the thieves break into more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes, they said. While the criminals remained at large, hundreds of distressed bank customers massed outside the branch on Tuesday demanding information but were kept at bay by police. According to police, the robbers...

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2 w. ago Robbers steal over US$100 million in cash, gold and jewellery from German bank

Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into on Monday during the holiday lull, police said. Some 2,700 bank customers were affected by the theft in Gelsenkirchen, police and the Sparkasse bank said. Thomas Nowaczyk, a police spokesman, said investigators believe the theft was worth between €10 million and €90 million (US$11.7 to US$105.7 million). German news agency dpa reported that the theft could be one...

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2 w. ago Thieves steal up to US$100 million in cash, gold and jewellery from German bank

Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into on Monday during the holiday lull, police said. Some 2,700 bank customers were affected by the theft in Gelsenkirchen, police and the Sparkasse bank said. Thomas Nowaczyk, a police spokesman, said investigators believe the theft was worth between €10 million and €90 million (US$11.7 to US$105.7 million). German news agency dpa reported that the theft could be one...

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2 w. ago ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ gang steals millions in cash, gold and jewellery from German bank

Robbers used a large drill to break into a German bank’s vault room during the extended Christmas break and steal cash, gold and jewellery worth €30 million (US$35 million), police and the bank said on Tuesday. The spectacular heist in the western city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, saw thieves smash open more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes and make off with the loot. While the criminals remained at large, hundreds of distressed bank customers massed outside the branch on Tuesday...

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3 w. ago Luxury jewellery designers are embracing spirituality and mindfulness

Luxury jewellery designers are embracing spirituality and mindfulness  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Taiwan’s lawmakers vote to start impeachment process against William Lai

Taiwan’s legislature passed a motion on Friday to start impeachment proceedings against the island’s leader, William Lai Ching-te. The Legislative Yuan voted 60 to 51 in favour of the motion that argued that the leader undermined the self-ruled island’s constitutional order and democracy. Lawmakers are expected to vote on impeachment on May 19, according to the legislature’s procedures. The impeachment motion came after Lai’s administration failed to enact an amendment passed by the...

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3 w. ago China mall installs glass windows on men’s toilet doors that turn transparent when users smoke

A shopping centre in southern China has installed special glass on the doors of men’s toilet cubicles that becomes transparent when people smoke inside, winning applause online. The move involving bathrooms at Shenzhen’s Shuibei International Centre and Shuibei Jinzuo Building, two jewellery shopping malls in Guangdong province, trended on social media on December 16. The glass uses a special technology that is normally opaque and cuts off the power in a few seconds after it detects smoke,...

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