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Chinese, U.S. presidents reach agreements on bilateral ties, discuss Ukraine issue

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday reached a series of agreements on maintaining bilateral dialogue and coordination in various fields,

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China urges efforts to promote ceasefire and cessation of hostilities on Ukraine

China on Thursday called on the international community to create enabling conditions for Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations and do more to facilitate a political settle

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UNHCR chief condemns discrimination and racism against Ukrainian refugees

The head of the UN refugee agency United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Monday condemned the "ugly reality" that some refugees fleei

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Xi Jinping signs mobilization order for military training

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC

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Race to the cosmos continues in 2022

02:53 Earth's space wars will continue this year.Numerous missions are planned by competing countries.And, private firms are going head-to-head to take civilians to above and beyond.Che

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U.S. bears 'inescapable responsibility' for Afghanistan's situation

The hasty and irresponsible withdrawal of U.S. troops bears an inescapable responsibility for the current situation in Afghanistan and deserves the condemnation of international public opinion and th

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Carsome Group will acquire iCar Asia in a deal worth $200M

Southeast Asia’s car marketplace wars are going into high drive. Today Carsome Group, one of the region’s largest online used car marketplaces, said it plans to acquire listings platform iCar Asia in

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Electronic Arts buys mobile game studio Playdemic for $1.4 billion

Video game giant Electronic Arts is continuing to make MA moves as it looks to bulk up its presence in the mobile gaming world.Fresh off the $2.4 billion acquisition of Glu Mobile this past April, the

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Sea of clouds envelop the Gubeikou Great Wall in Beijing

The Gubeikou section of the Great Wall was shrouded in a sea of clouds in Miyun District, northeastern Beijing. It is one of the most important passes of the Great Wall

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Amazon is buying MGM Studios for $8.45B

The big media consolidation continues — day after rumors swirled around Amazon’s acquisition of MGM, the online massive retailer confirmed today that it will be acquiring the nearly 100-year-old

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China By Numbers EP01: Environmental Protection

02:15 One hundred years ago, when the Communist Party of China was founded, the nation was ravaged by wars, coerced by foreign powers, and suffered from a dilapidated e

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NATO allies twice likely to die in Afghanistan as U.S. allies: report

An Afghan girl watches a British soldier in southeastern Afghanistan, July 8, 2002. /CFP Troops from the United Kingdom and Canada are twice as likely to be killed in Afghanistan as compared t

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Is there a creed in venture capital?

How should venture capitalists and corporate innovators assess Din Djarin, the protagonist of The Mandalorian? He’s introduced as a bounty hunter, a mercenary vocation in the Star Wars mythos that has

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Putin, Guterres call for end to Gaza fighting

Israeli police patrol during clashes between Arabs, police and Jews, in the mixed town of Lod, central Israel on May 12, 2021. /AP The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Secretary-Gene

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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites, claims over 500,000 service pre-orders so far

SpaceX has launched 60 more of its Starlink internet broadband satellites — on ‘Star Wars Day,’ no less, and only five days after it launched the last batch. The company has now delivered

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SoftBank in talks to invest up to $500 million in Swiggy

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 is in advanced stages of talks to invest up to half a billion dollars into food delivery startup Swiggy, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The new investment

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Memorial Day in Israel

Click arrows to view gallery People stood still during a two-minute siren marking Israel’s Memorial Day, which commemorates soldiers who died fighting Israel