Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant Evergrande sentenced to life in prison

In China, the founder of the Evergrande Group has been sentenced to life in prison. Hui Ka Yan built one of the country's largest property developers before it collapsed in twenty twenty-one.

Evergrande had over three hundred billion dollars in debt when it went under. That is the entire economy of Singapore.

The sentencing marks a major moment in the fallout from Evergrande's collapse, which sent shockwaves through China's property sector and affected millions of homebuyers who had paid in advance for apartments that were never completed.

Hui was also fined about sixty-two million dollars and will have all his personal assets seized. Chinese courts do not often hand down life sentences in financial cases.

He was convicted of illegal use of deposits. The company is still being liquidated, and that process is expected to take years.

Now to the world of elite athletics, where the list of supplements taken by professional athletes is long and specific. We are talking protein powders, creatine, caffeine, beetroot juice.

Beetroot juice improves blood flow and oxygen delivery. It is very popular with endurance athletes, especially cyclists and distance runners.

Creatine helps with explosive power. Sprinters, weightlifters, football players use it to get that extra half-second of force.

Caffeine is on the list, too. It sharpens focus and delays fatigue. But the amounts athletes take are carefully measured, because too much can disqualify you under anti-doping rules.

Across the channel now to the United Kingdom, where students are getting GCSE results this week. Those are the exams taken at age sixteen, roughly equivalent to our sophomore year.

Fifteen. Right. And if you are unhappy with your grade, there is a formal process. You can ask your school to check the marking, or request what is called an appeal to the exam board.

The school reviews it first. They look at whether the marks were added correctly, whether the exam was scored according to the published guidelines. If there is still a question, it goes to the board.

Appeals can take weeks, and there is no guarantee your grade will go up. Sometimes it stays the same. Occasionally it goes down.

Which is why students are advised to be certain before they ask for a review. The process is thorough, but it is not quick, and universities and colleges do not wait.

The official did not specify whether the shrimp would come from Greenlandic waters or whether this was merely aspirational policy.

Red Lobster discontinued the promotion after it reportedly cost the chain eleven million dollars.

It is. Also back in May, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior was filmed wrangling snakes on Dr. Mehmet Oz's patio.

Video shows Kennedy handling a pair of black North American racer snakes at the home of the CMS administrator. Both men appeared calm.

And in what the Pentagon is calling the latest tranche of unidentified aerial phenomenon materials, video released this week shows what appears to be an object flying over the Middle East last year.

The U.S. military tracked the object, which has not been identified. The video is part of ongoing government disclosure on UAP sightings.

Also in May, Dr. Hal Puthoff, a figure involved in UAP research, told an audience the United States has recovered the remains of four separate species of alien life from spacecraft.

Dr. Puthoff claims the information came from people involved in the recoveries. The government has not confirmed his statement.

Number five this hour is a video called When the Predator is Already Watching You. It gained five hundred twenty-three thousand views in the last thirteen hours.

An endangered sea turtle made a five thousand mile journey from Wales back to Texas. The turtle was tagged, so researchers tracked the whole trip across the Atlantic.

Scotland recorded its first confirmed sighting of a wildcat swimming. The species is critically endangered and very rarely seen.

The Cubs beat the White Sox five to four on Pete Crow-Armstrong's first career walk-off. Jason Heyward drove in two. That is how you finish a ballgame.

Ohio State is ranked number four in Yahoo Sports' preseason college football poll. The Buckeyes are favored to beat Michigan and win the playoff.

Magnus Carlsen defended his chess title at the twenty twenty-six Esports World Cup. Still the best in the world.