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FinanceAug 23, 2026

Evergrande Founder Sentenced to Life in Prison as China Closes the Book on a $300 Billion Collapse

Hui Ka Yan, founder of the once-giant Chinese property developer Evergrande, was sentenced to life in prison for large-scale financial fraud. The ruling caps a years-long saga that began when Evergrande collapsed under more than $300 billion in debt.

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NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a 'Wandering' Black Hole Caught in the Act of Devouring a Star

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Cornell's Krypton Gas Trick Could Make Quantum Chips Easy to Mass Produce

Tech · Aug 22 · L1-L4

English News in Levels

Evergrande Founder Sentenced to Life in Prison as China Closes the Book on a $300 Billion Collapse

NASA's Swift Satellite Catches a 'Wandering' Black Hole Caught in the Act of Devouring a Star

Cornell's Krypton Gas Trick Could Make Quantum Chips Easy to Mass Produce

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Swings to a Fourth Straight Weekend at the Top of the Box Office

Anthropic Preps a Record-Breaking IPO That Could Top $2 Trillion

US Treasury Chief Vows 'Toughest Sanctions in History' to Collapse Iran's Regime

Astronomers Find the Fastest Star Ever Seen, Racing Around Our Galaxy's Black Hole

Scientists Create a 3D Printed Rubber That Resists Both Breaking and Wearing Out

Writer Sues Taylor Sheridan and Paramount, Claiming They Stole Her Idea for Yellowstone

Bitcoin Rockets Past $79,000 in Its Biggest Weekly Rally Since Spring

Charter Plane Crash Kills All Eight Aboard Near Remote Alaska Radar Site

Astronomers Watch a Black Hole Rip Apart a Massive Star in a Record Explosion

Amazon Plans to Bring Drone Deliveries to Nearly 500 US Cities This Year

Comedy 'Spa Weekend' Starring Anna Faris, Isla Fisher and Leslie Mann Opens Wide

Marvell Gives Google Option to Buy $12.2 Billion Stake in New AI Chip Deal

Iran's President Says It Is Time to End the War With the US

Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover Evidence Linking Sinai Site to Lost City of Mesen

Tiny Light Powered Robots Can Now Hunt Down and Collect Bacteria

Matthew McConaughey's Beekeeper Thriller The Rivals of Amziah King Opens Wide

Wall Street Slides as Bond Yields Surge and Fear Gauge Spikes Sharply

Russian Missile and Drone Barrage Kills at Least 16 in Overnight Attack on Kyiv

Scientists Unveil First Scientifically Accurate Skeleton of a Dinosaur-Eating Crocodile

Scientists Use Tiny Silver Particles to Make DNA Editing Five Times More Efficient

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Moving Their Family Back to the UK