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Meet the anti-antitrust startup club

When Congress called in tech CEOs to testify a few weeks ago, it felt like a defining moment. Hundreds of startups have become unicorns, with the largest worth more than $1 trillion (or perhaps $2 tri

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Erdogan announces historic Turkish gas find in Black Sea

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey discovered its biggest ever natural gas field holding 320 billion cubic metres (11.3 trillion cubic feet) in the Black Se

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Turkey announces "transformational" Black Sea gas find

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waves as Turkey's drilling vessel Fatih departs for the Black Sea during a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey May 29, 2020. (Reuters) Turkey's President Erdogan has

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Turkey discovers natural gas in Black Sea: president

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday said that Turkey has discovered significant natural gas reserves in the Black Sea. "Our Fatih drilling ship has discovere

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Beijing film festival sells out screenings in minutes

The upcoming 10th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) launched presales of tickets to those films to be screened at the festival at noon on Wednesday, and sold out fast.Based on the requiremen

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Xi Focus: Xi's visit to flood-stricken areas embodies "people first"

Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to flood-stricken areas this week has once again demonstrated the commitment to putting people first in governance. Inspecting east

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Shenzhen's Qianhai: A place for Hong Kong entrepreneurs to innovate

06:01 It's been four decades since the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen was designated as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). From the onset, the city saw liberalized econo

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Cirque du Soleil's China show celebrates 1-year anniversary

Cirque du Soleil's X: The Land of Fantasy, a resident show in Hangzhou, the capital city of east China's Zhejiang province, celebrated its one-year anniversary after it resumed performances in

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China Focus: Highlands help villagers rise above flood woes

Zheng Jichao, 72, has witnessed flooding for more than 10 times in his life. This time, he is not as worried as he used to be. "Unlike in the past, when floodwater top

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Australia hails vaccine deal as virus surge abates

A fresh outbreak of infections in Australia’s coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday, while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID-1

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Spain cases keep rising, Finnish travel ban: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- Cases are continuing to spike around Europe. Germany has recorded 1,510 cases in 24 hours, which is its highest daily figure since May. Greece also reported its own record daily figure

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Typhoon Higos lands in south China

Typhoon Higos, the seventh typhoon this year, made landfall on the coast of Zhuhai City, south China's Guangdong Province at around 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday.China's Centr

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Economic Watch: Cross-border e-commerce propels China's foreign trade

Amid great global economic uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, China's foreign trade sector has delivered better-than-expected performances so far this year

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Turkey draws another EU rebuke for latest plans at sea

Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drill ship would extend operations in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until mid-September. /Soc

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Putin, Erdogan discuss Libya, Syria over phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Libya and Syria on Monday in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, th

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Feature: Chinese electronics firm eyes African free trade agreement to expand business

Eight months into production in Uganda, ENGO Holding Limited is making breakthroughs across Africa. David Beecham Okwere, secretary of chief executive director of the

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Living behind a levee: The plight of a pig farmer amid floods

Fu Xuesong, a 58-year-old farmer, is grateful that he managed to keep his 40 pigs alive after heavy floods hit his village this summer.Inside his empty house, there was