How a Chinese Artist in Italy Became an Online Relay Point for Protests Against Communist ‘Zero-COVID
Late this November, when tens of thousands of Chinese rose up to oppose the communist regime's ruinous...
NY: Middletown Small Businesses Gather to Provide the Community With Some Holiday Cheer
On Sunday, Dec. 11, several Middletown, New York small businesses held a free “Pictures With Santa” event...
Global Investors Fly Blind Into China’s Messy Post-COVID Transition
By Summer Zhen and Samuel Shen HONG KONG/SHANGHAI — Global investors, already caught off guard by...
Visa to Invest $1 Billion in Africa Over 5 Years to Cash In on e-Payments Boom
By Mehnaz Yasmin Visa Inc plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years in Africa to capitalize...
Energy Politics Cloud Mexican Bid to Join US Semiconductor Rush
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY - Mexico's hopes of reaping an investment windfall from a U.S. drive to boost North American semiconductor production risk foundering on companies' concerns over energy supply, overdependence on fossil fuels,...
Demand for Gold Bullion Coins Rises in Austria Amid High Inflation and Economic Uncertainty
By Francois Murphy VIENNA - The Austrian Mint, one of the world's oldest and biggest producers of gold bullion coins, is unable to keep up with demand as people rush to find a safe haven...
China Removes UK Consul Officials Over Protest Incident: UK FM Cleverly
British Foreign Minister James Cleverly said on Wednesday (December 14) that the Chinese government had removed officials responsible for an incident in October where a protester appeared to be pulled inside the grounds of the...
Alabama, Utah Become the Latest US States to Ban TikTok on State Devices
Alabama and Utah on Monday joined other U.S. states prohibiting the use of Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on state government devices and computer networks due to national security concerns. The actions follow warnings from...
Scholz and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Christen Two Submarines Ordered by Singapore
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (December 13) attended the christening of two submarines ordered by Singapore at the Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems in the northern German city...
Boeing to Keep Pushing Congress to Extend 737 MAX 10 Deadline
By David Shepardson NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Stan Deal on Tuesday said the U.S. planemaker would continue to push Congress to pass legislation for the Boeing 737 MAX 7 and...
Lula Pledges to Disarm Brazil as Controversy Over Election Continues
The president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has pledged to "disarm" the people of South America's largest and most populous nation, just over a month after the leftist candidate's much-contested victory over rival...
US Court Decision a Possible Lifeline for Critically Endangered Maui Dolphin
A small sea mammal whose only home is to be found in the harbours and off the seashore of New Zealand’s west coast, between Whanganui in the south to Maunganui in the north, may have been...