A BYD Seagull small electric car is on display during the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai)Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Chinese automakers pose a growing threat to their American counterparts — even...
Forget a penny for your thoughts; what about 13 cents for a house in Croatia?Legrad, a town in northern Croatia, has been trying to get more people to settle in the area by offering houses for pennies. It's an initiative they started in 2018.The small...
Ronnie O'Sullivan poses with the trophy after winning against Judd Trump on day 7 of the 2024 Spreadex World Grand Prix at Morningside Arena on January 21, 2024 in Leicester, England.Tai Chengzhe | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesSaudi Arabia will hold its first major...
Buses will not run Monday in Metro Vancouver after more than 180 workers represented by CUPE Local 4500 walked off the job.The job action, which began at 3 a.m. PT, comes three weeks after the workers began refusing overtime. The union represents transit supervisors, communications supervisors and...
A handheld gadget powered by artificial intelligence (AI) developed by start-up Rabbit Inc is gaining quick popularity after capturing the imagination of consumers during its launch this month as a new way of interacting with AI beyond smartphones and computers.Rabbit, started by Chinese technology...
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023.Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesExxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against U.S. and Dutch activist investors in a bid to stop them from submitting...
Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng met HSBC Group chairman Mark Tucker in Beijing and urged the bank to deepen cooperation with China and make contributions to Hong Kong’s status as an international financial centre, according to a report by official state news agency Xinhua on...
A mainland Chinese buyer snapped up an ultra-luxury house at The Peak in Hong Kong at a 35 per cent discount, reflecting the still lukewarm atmosphere in the city’s luxury property market.The mansion, 25-26 A&B Lugard Road, sold for HK$838 million (US$107 million), or HK$71,703...
China’s voluntary carbon market, suspended since 2017, officially resumed trading on Monday in Beijing’s latest move to enrich its carbon trading mechanisms in support of the national carbon-neutral goal.New project registration under the China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) scheme had been suspended because of...
Alibaba Group Holding’s online second-hand goods trading platform Xianyu will open its first “all-category” bricks-and-mortar store, as several businesses under the e-commerce giant undertake what CEO Eddie Wu Yongming described as strategic-level innovations.Xianyu Recycle Shop will launch this coming Sunday in an industrial estate renovated...