05:44 The latest part in CGTN Europe's Far Apart, Closer Together series is serving up some food for thought, as two farmers on opposite sides of the world, in time zones six hours apa
Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2019 shows the smog-shrouded city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a week of clean air, Sarajevo has been shrouded in heavy air pollution as of Wednesday early mo
Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday rolled out a sweeping rewrite of its approach to its dual role of achieving maximum employment and stable prices, putting new weight on bolstering the country's l
Xiaomi reported a revenue of $7.77 billion for the quarter that ended in June this year, up 3.1% since the same period last year and up 7.7% over the previous quarter as the Chinese smartphone maker
Asia's stock markets opened higher on Tuesday following a Wall Street rally driven by vaccine hopes, while the dollar found some support ahead of a key central bank speech.Also supporting the mood we
Editor's note: Gold is under the spotlight as one of the best-performing mainstream assets in recent times, with price rallying by more than a third this year. Given global policymakers' unprecede
Most of western Europe has been held in the grips of a major heatwave since early August, forcing governments to make drastic moves in many countries. Analysts have ca
In times of uncertainty, gold acts as a hedge against yields on government borrowing and inflation expectations. /Getty via VCG Gold is again riding high on the world's commodity markets, topp
For decades, Kou Rui's father kept the family of seven afloat through the huajiao (Sichuan pepper) trade. Like father, like son. Kou, 38, has built his own fortune fro
Children who receive sustained treatment against common parasitic infections grow up to achieve a higher standard of living, with long-lasting health and economic bene
With more than 90 major advertisers and counting announcing plans to dump Facebook, a significant question lingers: Where will brands go next for their digital marketing needs?The case for the breaku
Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on the United States' triple-A rating to negative from stable on Friday, citing eroding credit strength, including a growing deficit to finance stimulus to combat
Instead of spraying pesticides in his field, Yang Zhuolin, a 50-year-old farmer, uses pest-killing lamps to prevent his newly sown rice from being damaged. "The lamps,
This morning Instrumental, a startup that uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies, announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B led by Canaan Partners. The company had previous
Global shares skidded further from five-month peaks on Friday as a bounce back in European business activity did little to ease the jitters surrounding Sino-U.S. tensions, while gold approached a rec
TOP HEADLINES• Italy's government approved $28.93 billion of extra spending late on Wednesday, the third major cash injection since the coronavirus outbreak.• Germany could impose mandatory COVID-19