That represents a big shift from a decade ago, when the main purpose was investment. California ranked as the top destination for Chinese buyers, accounting for 33 per cent, followed by Florida on 16 per cent and Texas on 8 per cent. New York accounted for 6 per cent.Property agents predicted the upwards trend will continue, with an influx of additional Chinese capital flowing into the market. 10:57 Boom, bust and borrow: Has China’s housing market tanked?

Penning the letter on September 19, the deputy commissioner said the past six weeks had been “the hardest and most worrying of my life, but also the most glorious”. He said he was honoured to work together with his 30,000 colleagues, who he added performed their duties faithfully in the face of danger. Lau said it was frustrating to see how some people from a wide cross-section of public life had done everything to undermine the government’s credibility, spreading shocking and wrongful political ideology.

Jorge Lorenzo siente una especial pasión por Lamborghini. En 2015 se compró un Huracán, en 2020 recogió en las propias instalaciones de Sant'Agata Bolognese (Italia) un Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster (una 'bestia' con 770 CV capaz de pasar de 0 a 100 en 2,9 segundos) y en 2023 se hizo con un Lamborghini Urus S. Su segundo Urus S en negroPero el mallorquín, que reconoce haberse convertido en coleccionista de coches, acaba de recibir en Lugano (Suiza) otro Lamborghini Urus S quizá porque piensa guardarlo en una residencia distinta a la que utiliza para albergar el primero.

Today, the image would have gone viral - the president of the United States, dripping wet in trunks, laughing with a pretty woman in a polka-dot bikini. But well before the internet, the 1962 photo of president John F. Kennedy at the beach in Santa Monica, California, made quite a splash. And for a Los Angeles woman named Eva Ban, its effect lasted a lifetime. Ban was the woman in the two-piece swimsuit, which was modest by today's standards.

Even after the disappearance of the plane – from which the Amazon must appear as little more than a dark green carpet – a feeling of unease remains. The Waiapi only came into contact with the Brazilian government in the 1970s. To this day, they exist much as their ancestors did before Europeans arrived in South America five centuries ago, living in harmony with the planet’s biggest rainforest. But the outside world is getting ever closer.