BRICS expansion is a big win for China. But can it really work as a counterweight to the West?
When leaders of the BRICS nations gathered for group photos at the end of their summit in Johannesburg last week, it offered a glimpse of the contours of the new world order Beijing is trying to shape.
2023-08-29 11:58
Google Play Judge Cancels Class-Action Status Won by Users
Google will likely be off the hook for paying damages to 21 million users who claim in an
2023-08-29 09:53
Climate change has ravaged India's rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis
Satish Kumar sits in front of his submerged rice paddy in India's Haryana state, looking despairingly at his ruined crops.
2023-08-29 09:49
Intel says new 'Sierra Forest' chip to more than double power efficiency
By Stephen Nellis Intel on Monday said a new data center chip coming out next year will handle
2023-08-29 05:53
US Commerce chief raised Micron, Intel with Chinese officials
By David Shepardson BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday that she raised concerns about a number
2023-08-28 20:55
Chinese stocks get brief uplift from first share dealing tax cut since 2008
China has made a series of moves to restore investor confidence in the world's second largest economy, including cutting a tax on stock trading for the first time since 2008.
2023-08-28 17:49
Singapore’s OCBC Restores Banking Services After Disruption
Singapore lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. said it has fully restored all services after a disruption affecting consumer
2023-08-28 13:50
US Commerce Secretary Raimondo pledges to be 'practical' in working with China
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she is visiting Beijing "with the spirit of being practical and finding concrete opportunities" to advance mutual interests at her Monday meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.
2023-08-28 10:53
China's Evergrande says losses narrowed by 50% in the first half of 2023 as shares plunge
Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted real state developer, has reported a significant narrowing in its net losses for the first half of the year, thanks to a rise in revenue because of "the short boom of the property market" earlier this year.
2023-08-28 10:48
China says its ban on Japanese seafood is about safety. Is it really?
In the busy streets of Hong Kong's Central district the lunchtime queues snake around the swanky Japanese restaurants where high-end sushi can sell at $150 a pop just for a tasting menu.
2023-08-28 09:56
Didi Sells Smart Car Arm to China’s Xpeng for $744 Million
Didi Global Inc. has agreed to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng Inc. for HK$5.84 billion
2023-08-28 09:24
Israel Government to Probe Police Use of NSO Group Spyware
Israel’s government established a commission to investigate whether police misused spyware in an inquiry that the attorney general
2023-08-28 00:24