Hong Kong (TIP): Hearings in the trial of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law have been extended to September. The activists, aged 23 to 64, appeared in court on […]

EVANSTON, IL (TIP): Two Indian American conductors Roger Kalia and Sameer Patel are among nine recipients of 2017 Solti Foundation awards. Established in 2000 to honor the memory of Sir Georg Solti by lending significant […]

China’s central bank on Friday, Sept 24,  declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling cryptocurrencies […]