Economy & Business
China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID
Travellers streamed into China by air, land and sea on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have ...World welcomes 2023 and leaves a stormy year behind
The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for ...Twitter suspends several journalists, Musk cites ‘doxxing’ of his jet
Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire ...Taiwan mulls WTO case after latest Chinese import bans
Taiwan may take China to the World Trade Organization after the country effectively banned the import of more Taiwanese food and drink ...Japan, Britain and Italy to build joint jet fighter
Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a ground-breaking partnership spanning Europe and Asia that is Japan’s ...Europe’s free-travel zone set to welcome Croatia but bar Romania and Bulgaria
Opposition led by Austria is set to prevent Bulgaria and Romania from winning approval on Thursday to join Europe’s control-free travel zone, ...Half of Kyiv’s region to remain without power for days – governor
About half the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital will remain without electricity for the coming days after Russian missile strikes on power ...G7 begins to press Russia on Ukraine with oil price cap
A Group of Seven (G7) price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow’s ability ...Russia says it won’t accept oil price cap and is preparing response
Russia “will not accept” a price cap on its oil and is analysing how to respond, the Kremlin said in comments reported ...Countries split on plastics treaty focus as U.N. talks close
The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split ...