Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page."Our numbers are growing and we're reaching more and more...
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has kicked off his two-day visit to Vietnam, as the US tech giant’s efforts to diversify its supply chain comes into focus again, just weeks after the CEO concluded a tour in the company’s key market of China.On Monday, Apple...
Chinese tea shop giant Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial aims to raise HK$2.5 billion (US$330 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), set to be the city’s largest new-share sale of the year, regulatory filings showed on Monday.The Chengdu-based company is offering 147.7 million...
“The US Department of Commerce and Samsung Electronics have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding under the Chips and Science Act,” said a statement published by the Commerce Department.A general view of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor...
Iran's weekend attack on Israel marks a "new paradigm" in the Middle East conflict, which risks escalating into a wider regional war, Chatham House's Middle East director said Monday.Sanam Vakil at the London-based thinktank said it was a matter of when and not if Israel...
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has retained its position as the world’s busiest cargo airport, though the volume of goods flowing through it last year still fell short of pre-pandemic levels.It registered a 3.3 per cent year-on-year increase in cargo volume to 4.3 million tonnes,...
Tesla will lay off more than 10 per cent of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles.The world's largest automaker by market value had 140,473 employees globally...
A delegation from Saudi Arabia has begun a seven-day visit to major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen to promote and seek potential partners for its ambitious urban project, Neom.The trip will feature closed-door forums where notable figures such as Beijing’s mayor...
British Airways Airbus A319 aircraft takes off from Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 17, 2021. John Sibley | ReutersInternational travel roared back last year, pushing airports from London to Tokyo up in a global ranking of passenger traffic.Dubai International Airport ranked second-busiest in 2023, up...
Hong Kong has approved the launch of exchange-traded funds (ETF) that invest directly in bitcoin and ether, the world’s two largest cryptocurrency tokens, as the city looks to secure a leading position in the volatile virtual asset sector.Mainland Chinese fund house Bosera Asset Management’s overseas...