A firefighter stands on boulders covered with pink fire retardant while monitoring the Gavilan Fire, which has already burned more than 250 acres in Perris, Riverside County, California, on July 15, 2023.David Swanson | Afp | Getty ImagesScientists on Thursday said the world surpassed a...
Residential rents rose last year in the gambling hub of Macau, as foreign workers returned to the special administrative region of China, but its property market remains under pressure, real estate investment management firm JLL said.Rents of luxury flats grew by 16.3 per cent...
Giant gantry cranes and off loading freighter in Haifa container port, Israel.Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesLONDON — Shares of Danish shipping giant Maersk slumped more than 14% in early trade Thursday after it flagged "high uncertainty" in its 2024 earnings outlook amid...
Wynn Resorts, the controlling shareholder of Wynn Macau, beat fourth-quarter profit estimates on stronger gaming, luxury retail and hotel bookings at its Macau and Las Vegas properties.The company posted adjusted profit of US$1.91 per share, exceeding analysts’ estimates of US$1.15, according to LSEG Data &...
ACCRA, Ghana - ECOWAS flag with member flags at the second extraordinary summit on the political situation in Burkina Faso, in Accra, Ghana, on February 3, 2022.Photo by NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty ImagesThree West African countries currently under the rule of military juntas have announced...
Kosovo Police continue to uphold security with search, patrol and control activities in the region after the clash which led by Kosovo Serb politician Milan Radoicic in Banjska northern town of the country, on Sept. 24 in Zvecan, Kosovo on October 3, 2023. The clash...
Investors in China’s US$8.3 trillion onshore stock market have trimmed their bearish bets to the lowest in more than three years amid curbs imposed by the regulator on securities lending and short selling activities.The outstanding value of shorted yuan-traded stocks fell to 51.7 billion yuan...
Ethiopia, which allowed bitcoin mining starting in 2022 even though it still bans cryptocurrency trading, has bolstered ties with China over the past decade, and several Chinese companies helped build the US$4.8 billion dam the miners plan to draw their power from.The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...
Hong Kong stocks fell for a second day from a three-week high after Alibaba Group’s earnings report card trailed market expectations. A new government report showed deflation in China’s consumer and producer prices deepened into the new year.The Hang Seng Index declined 0.3 per...
Bohai Leasing, a Shenzhen-listed arm of failed Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, is kicking off the sale of its container leasing business Seaco, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is working with an adviser to solicit bids for Seaco, for which it hopes to...