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India.com
11 hours ago
- Politics
- India.com
'This can happen with India...', China issues warning over Brahmaputra in support of 'Pakistan, threatens to block river flow into...
'This can happen with India...', China issues warning over Brahmaputra in support of 'Pakistan, threatens to block river flow into... Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan over water sharing, China has made another strong statement. Victor Zhikai Gao, Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing, hinted that China might stop the flow of water from the Brahmaputra River into India. Victor expressed displeasure over India's stand on the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan. He said that one should not treat others in a way they themselves would not like to be treated. He clearly suggested that if India stops water from reaching China's friend Pakistan, then China might also block water flowing into India. In an interview with India Today , Victor highlighted China's control over the Brahmaputra River, which is very important for India's water security. After the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India decided to suspend the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan. Reacting to this, Victor said just like rivers from India flow into Pakistan, rivers from China also flow into India. China may stop India's water to help Pakistan! Victor Gao has hinted that China could use the water of the Brahmaputra River as a tool to support its 'all-weather friend' Pakistan. He warned that if India acts against others, it should be prepared for similar responses in return, which could lead to serious challenges for the country. Gao's statement is likely to be a big worry for India as China has already stopped sharing important hydrological data about rivers like the Brahmaputra with India. It has also built major dams, giving it control over the river's flow. How China holds an upper hand in this matter Earlier this year, China announced plans to build the world's largest hydroelectric dam near India's border on the Brahmaputra River. While China claims the project won't harm countries downstream, it has raised serious geopolitical concerns in India, especially in the northeastern region. Strategically, the dam gives China an advantage. The Brahmaputra River is called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. It begins near Mount Kailash and flows through China, India, and Bangladesh before reaching the Bay of Bengal. For India, especially in its northeast, the river is crucial for irrigation and other uses.
The Hindu
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
‘Karate Kid: Legends' movie review: Jackie Chan and Ben Wang star in sweet, ‘80s-style martial arts drama
As Rod Stewart's raspy voice croons, 'If you want my body, and you think I'm sexy,' with that disco drumbeat, you know you are in for a good time in Karate Kid: Legends, the sixth movie in the franchise. Karate Kid: Legends (English) Director: Jonathan Entwistle Starring: Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Wyatt Oleff, Aramis Knight, Ralph Macchio Runtime: 94 minutes Storyline: A teenager moves from Beijing to New York, finds a friend, crosses paths with a bully and makes it all right in a karate tournament It has been a long wait from 2010's The Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Karate Kid: Legends is in the same universe as the series, Cobra Kai, which concluded this (2025) February. Li Fong (Ben Wang) is a quiet and sensitive teenager hiding out in his great uncle, Mr. Han's (Chan) Kung Fu's school, in Beijing. His mother, Dr. Fong (Ming-Na Wen), is against her son learning Kung Fu after her son, Li's elder brother, was killed by a rival. She takes up a job in New York for a new start. Li finds it difficult to make friends in his new school, in the new city and country. He is helped by Mia (Sadie Stanley), who runs a traditional Italian pizzeria with her father, Victor (Joshua Jackson). Li learns that Victor owes money to a wicked loan shark, O'Shea (Tim Rozon). O'Shea is twice as horrid as he runs the Demolition dojo and is Conor's (Aramis Knight) Karate sensei. Conor is Mia's nasty boyfriend and all round bad guy. Victor was a boxer who hung up his gloves after Mia was born. In a bid to make money to pay back O'Shea, Victor plans a comeback and after seeing Li's fighting skills, asks him to teach some of his cool 'flowing water not stone' moves. There is a comforting predictability about Karate Kid: Legends. You know the first fight when the hero will be knocked down, the antagonist will use illegal means to win, the training montage and the wisdom of the ages delivered by old timers, this time Mr Han and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio from the earlier movies and Kobra Kai). There is the big fight, the Five Boroughs Tournament, the run up to the final fight as well as the beats of the last fight where the lead character is beaten to the ground only to rise up from the ashes of defeat to the golden glow of victory. ALSO READ:'The Last of Us' Season 2 finale review: A somewhat jumbled set-up for Season 3 The fights are well choreographed without being too bloody and it is lovely seeing Jackie Chan do his stuff with his impish smile. The Big Apple looks charming with all those wide shots showing the soaring skyscrapers. Li's training at his tutor's Alan (Wyatt Oleff) rooftop garden is dreamy. The Five Boroughs Tournament final fought atop a skyscraper is cool too. William Zabka, who played the antagonist, Johnny, from the earlier movies and series, makes an appearance at the end for some more retro fun. Entirely predictable and eminently watchable, Karate Kid: Legends delivers on its promises without overstaying a minute of its welcome. Now, if only there would be theatrical re-runs of Jackie Chan's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Drunken Master or Project A, that would be bliss indeed. Karate Kid: Legends is currently running in theatres
Pink Villa
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
The Young and the Restless Spoilers for May 30 Episode: Nikki's Birthday Bash Takes Dark Turn As Dumas Sparks Chaos
Friday's The Young and the Restless will be a wild ride as Nikki Newman's birthday celebration takes an unexpected turn. And Aristotle Dumas becomes the talk of Genoa City. Victoria desires the best for her mother and is hoping party planner Pietro can deliver. Pietro is promising a lavish affair, although his more flamboyant suggestions were watered down by Claire Newman, who insisted on a sophisticated and elegant party. But elegance does not equate to predictability. The celebration is going to have a few surprises; first among them, a strange note from Aristotle Dumas that might throw the whole evening off track. Victor's suspicion increases Victor Newman, already apprehensive about Dumas' motives, becomes more suspicious than ever before. If the note does contain even the faintest suggestion of a threat or promise of more surprises, it might ring alarm bells for the Newman patriarch. Rumor has it Dumas' stint may not cease at Nikki's party. It could result in a broader move to grab public attention. Chelsea Lawson and Adam Newman had earlier talked about creating a scandal to redirect Victor's focus away from Billy Abbott. Is the Dumas message perhaps a trick fabricated by them for their own agenda? If that is so, they might have just managed to unsettle Victor at the worst time. Meanwhile, with the drama intensifying, Nikki's celebration might get completely overshadowed. Victor's agitation may also impact Kyle Abbott's attempt to win him over. Elsewhere, Lily is not one to give up her quest to encounter Dumas and will not go quietly into the night, even as more challenges befall her. Tune in as The Young and the Restless brings a string of surprise plot twists and unfolding enigmas.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
The Young and the Restless spoilers: what is Aristotle's real motive?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. One of the biggest mysteries in all of daytime TV right now is the identity of The Young and the Restless' Aristotle Dumas. Sure, there are questions swirling around who's been trying to kill Sonny (Maurice Benard) on General Hospital, and what Martin (Brandon Claybon) has been hiding on Beyond the Gates, but the real person behind Aristotle Dumas is arguably bigger than those for one simple reason in our eyes — Victor (Eric Braeden). It's been teased that the successful Aristotle is the only one who has been able to go toe-to-toe with The Great Victor Newman in business, and those are bragging rights no one really has the pleasure of having. Plus, Aristotle has managed to impact every major family in town, and yet, no one seems to know what he's up to. They don't know what he's after, who he's after and why he's inserting himself in the Genoa City corporate world. Zeroing in on this last point, what is Aristotle's real motive? That's a question we've given some real thought to. Most people don't go around provoking Victor, because whether you like him or not, he's a masterful tactician and has a knack for usually coming out on top. So doing anything to prompt Victor to do so much as raise an eyebrow is dangerous. According to Billy (Jason Thompson), Aristotle allegedly has a vested interest in acquiring Chancellor to get one up on Victor. However, this seems like a lofty goal for Aristotle just to say he beat The Newman patriarch. Not only is the company huge, but we're still having a hard time imagining the complexities it would take to steal Chancellor from The Mustache. When Victor took it from Billy, he technically bought the company from the owner, Billy's mom Jill (Jess Walton). We don't envision Victor just stripping the business from Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and handing it to Aristotle, nor do we see a plan yet for how Aristotle could launch a hostile takeover. Again, because of this, we picture Aristotle would have to jump through a lot of hoops just to tell Victor, 'I beat you.' Now if Aristotle turns out to be Tucker, then Aristotle's motivation to get Chancellor makes sense. Chancellor was the corporate baby of Tucker's mom, and he's been trying to acquire it for years to preserve a legacy for Devon (Bryton James). Plus, we imagine Tucker is still livid with Victor for working with Audra (Zuleyka Silver) to steal Glissade. Even if Aristotle is Cane, it makes sense for him to want Chancellor if he wants it to make a grand gesture to win Lily (Christel Khalil) back. After all, Aristotle has been doing some digging into Winters, but was that fact-finding mission more about Lily herself? But with The Young and the Restless writers opting to bring back blasts from the past lately, we have to think that Aristotle's gripe with Victor is both deeply personal and from yesteryear. If writers can bring back storylines involving Cameron Kirsten (Linden Ashby) and Eve Howard (Margaret Mason) via Jordan (Colleen Zenk) and Claire (Hayley Erin), we have to consider that Aristotle could be a member of the Prentiss family. In the early days of The Young and the Restless, the Prentiss family was one of the core clans of Genoa City and had a corporation that Victor once stole. Lucas Prentiss (Tom Ligon) came up with a scheme to get it back, in which Lorie Brooks (Jaime Lyn Bauer) seduced Victor and convinced him to marry her. Then, right before the wedding, she got Victor to sign over the company to her so she could get it to the Prentiss family. Lucas wound up leaving town, but could he return, still peeved by Victor's actions decades ago and hoping to go after Victor? Anything is possible. With summer around the corner, we just hope the real Aristotle surfaces. We don't want all the mystery surrounding this enigma carrying into the fall. New episodes of The Young and the Restless air weekdays on CBS. Episodes become available to stream on Paramount Plus the next day.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
The Young and the Restless spoilers: Victor loses a company to Aristotle Dumas?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Another day, another theory to unpack involving The Young and the Restless' Aristotle Dumas. Despite us speculating that the mystery business tycoon is either Cane Ashby or Tucker McCall (our best guess being the former), Aristotle's real identity is still a closely guarded secret that only Amanda Sinclair (Mishael Morgan) knows the truth about. Additionally, while it's been stated by Amanda and Billy (Jason Thompson) that Aristotle is going after Chancellor, we have no way of knowing if that's truly the case until Aristotle makes his move. Zeroing in on this point about Chancellor, it's crossed our mind that there's a possibility that Aristotle isn't going after the company, but merely putting that rumor out there to provide a nice distraction. Perhaps Aristotle wants Victor (Eric Braeden) so focused on protecting Chancellor from a hostile takeover and keeping Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) at the helm of the large corporation, that Victor lets his defenses down when it comes to his other businesses — Newman Enterprises and by extension, Newman Media. Is the crown jewel of the Newman patriarch's legacy under attack? Even if Chancellor is really what Aristotle is after, who's to say that he won't settle for Newman Enterprises or Newman Media as a consolation prize of epic proportions? Again, Victor is so focused on protecting Chancellor and so distracted by his feud with Jack (Peter Bergman) and quest to break up Kyle (Michael Mealor) and Claire (Hayley Erin), that it's hard to imagine he has been paying as close attention to the company he built from the ground up. When you add the fact that Michael (Christian LeBlanc) is no longer working for Victor, doing his dirty work while protecting him, Victor may be a bit more vulnerable to attack these days than he was previously. Now, to be fair, we'll happily acknowledge that Victor has a winning track record in business that should squash any doubt that he'll beat Aristotle. Plus, Victor has Victoria (Amelia Heinle), Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Adam (Mark Grossman) to have his back in corporate combat. However, Victor was once dealt a mighty blow thanks to the Prentiss family. Additionally, Victoria has a lot on her mind lately with Cole's (J. Eddie Peck) health and her daughter's love life, Nick is busy denying his resurgence of romantic feelings for Sharon (Sharon Case) and Adam is trying to manage being Victor's pitbull while being the 'new man' he's promised to be for Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan). Having said all that, with Victor having been a thorn in the side of many Genoa City residents recently, we think he may be owed a serving of humble pie, served courtesy of Aristotle. Whether that be Aristotle hostilely taking over Chancellor or acquiring a Newman brand, we can imagine Victor suffering a setback. But we should note, even if one of our theories proves true this go-around and Victor loses a battle with Aristotle, The Mustache will likely ultimately win the war. New episodes of The Young and the Restless air weekdays on CBS. Episodes become available to stream on Paramount Plus the next day.
