HSBC getting out of US property; Macron fights with NATO

Today’s news round covers several topics: BANKS DIVESTING US PROPERTY Want to be an instant multimillionaire? HSBC has put its US property loan book up for sale at a discount, the FT reports today. This means that the buyer instantly becomes tens of millions of US dollars richer on paper. But there’s a catch... MACRON ANNOYS NATO French President Emmanuel Macron is back in the spotlight today for saying something apparently controversial. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a North Atlantic treaty organization and Japan is not in the North Atlantic. OOOH! The US and the UK, of course, are horrified: They argue that NATO needs to be a GLOBAL military authority. APPLE GADGET Here’s a peek at Apple’s latest cool gadget, the Vision Pro, which is a US$ 3,500 virtual reality headset. Your apps float in front of you and can click them with your eyes. You no longer have to move your actual arm and touch them with your actual finger. Here’s my question. Just how lazy does Apple think human beings are? NYT ADMISSION For 18 months, ordinary people have been pointing to the fact that many Ukraine soldiers wear shocking symbols Western politicians and press have denied it, and in several cases, have quietly deleted the evidence. But it’s true, the NYT admitted today… GLOWING BEACH And finally, China’s fluorescent beach is going viral again.