Vietnam grabs bigger slice of China’s durian market as Thailand loses ground
Vietnam saw its exports of durians to China soar by US$500 million last year, as the country shook off earlier phytosanitary issues and leveraged...
US kills 2 in first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture
The US military said on Friday that it had carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern...
Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies at 71
The former bassist of the legendary German rock band Scorpions has died at the age of 71, his family said on Friday. “We received...
Who are the owners of the new TikTok US entity?
TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance announced on Thursday the official creation of a new US venture – TikTok USDS Joint Venture – to...
Russia and Ukraine sit for tense talks on thorny territorial issue
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in Abu Dhabi on Friday to tackle the vital issue of territory, with no sign of a compromise, as...
Chinese scientists shrink semiconductor chip into fibre as thin as human hair
Chinese scientists have created fully flexible fibre chips with circuits that are integrated and embedded within stretchable strands as thin as human hair at...
Too much egalitarianism is ruining Canada
Having studied and lived in North America in my youth and now middle age, one thing I have come to realise is that there...
Xi and Lula stress value of UN in call as US actions unsettle regional diplomacy
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call late on Thursday, during which both leaders stressed...
Trump admin pushes out US official whose unit banned Chinese vehicles
US President Donald Trump’s administration has pushed out a Commerce Department official whose office effectively barred nearly all Chinese cars from the US market...