Alibaba set on growth path after divesting bricks-and-mortar retailing assets: analysts
Alibaba Group Holding surprised investors a few years ago when the e-commerce giant’s employee headcount surged to 252,084 at the end of December 2020,...
Rosita Missoni, matriarch of Italian fashion house famous for zigzag knitwear, dead at 93
Published: 6:34am, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 10:39am, 3 Jan 2025 Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colourful zigzag-patterned knitwear...
South Korea troops confront investigators trying to arrest Yoon Suk-yeol
Published: 6:08am, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 8:39am, 3 Jan 2025 South Korean investigators seeking to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol have been blocked by a...
What happened when mainland China recruited Taiwanese for governance
Fujian province has become a test bed for mainland China’s push for economic, social and political integration with Taiwan. In this story – the...
Asia’s embrace of refurbished smartphones is a trend to dial into in 2025
After two moribund years, the global smartphone market recovered in 2024, with new shipments forecast to rebound strongly by over 6 per cent. But...
US appeal court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net neutrality rules
A US appeal court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules. Advertisement The...
‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years discovered in England
A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and...
Trump’s TikTok request poses challenge to US Supreme Court, legal analysts say
US president-elect Donald Trump’s unusual request to the US Supreme Court that it halt a looming ban on TikTok until after he takes office...
Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Vegas hotel
The person inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside US president-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel suffered a gunshot to the head...