Former UEFA president Michel Platini during a press conference in Paris, France, June 10, 2015. /VCG Swiss federal prosecutors are targeting former European football head Michel Platini in a w
The overall U.S. trade deficit widened by 16.7 percent in April as the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on both imports and exports, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thu
Pop singer-songwriter Zhang Yixing's fourth album Lit, which began welcoming preorders on May 29, sold over 1.5 million copies within eight minutes on major music streaming platforms under Tencent
China's new foreign investment law is widely regarded as a milestone in leveling the playing field to attract foreign investors and expanding market access in the country's 40-plus years of reform an
Hong Kong's unemployment rate rose to the highest in more than a decade in the February-April period as the coronavirus crisis hobbled activity in an economy already in recession after the often-viol
VCG Online grocery firm Dada Nexus Ltd filed for an initial public offering, making it the latest Chinese firm to opt for a U.S. listing after a strong debut by Kingsoft Cloud Holdings.Dada, w
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, fell 3.1 percent year on year in April, data from the National Bureau of Statis
Is it feast or famine for food delivery startups during the coronavirus pandemic? The UK’s Deliveroo has confirmed it’s axing more than 350 staff — or around 15% of its global headc
India has emerged as one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the last decade, reporting growth each quarter even as handset shipments slowed or declined elsewhere globally. But the world’s se
FILE PHOTO: Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo./REUTERS. After three weeks, Ghana is lifting the coronavirus lockdown in its two biggest cities, Accra and Kumasi starting 1 AM local time on Mon
Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 3.7 percent in the period of December 2019 to February 2020 to 4.2 percent in the period of January to
FILE PHOTO: People gather at the entrance for the New York State Department of Labor offices, which closed to the public due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New Y
China's automobile production and sales have indeed changed, but in general it still conforms to the law of industrial development, and the industry's long-term stability has stayed unchanged, said t
Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo said on Tuesday it had raised $1.1 billion in a private share placement that will enable its further expansion and allow it to capture “additional opportunities” dur
Senator Bernie Sanders, a well-known progressive, said Wednesday he would carry on in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, one day after former Vice President Joe Biden widened h
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden widened his lead over veteran Senator Bernie Sanders in six-state Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday. Biden was projecte
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia got into the black (by a small amount) on its gross profit vs. fulfillment expenses, expanded financial services and still posted l