BEIJING — China’s state planner on Monday unveiled measures that seek to promote, encourage and spur private investment in some infrastructure sectors and said it will strengthen financing support for private projects. The latest announcement comes as China last week ...
WASHINGTON — The United States said it was pausing some foreign assistance programs in Cambodia and imposing visa bans on individuals it says undermined democracy after the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) declared a landslide victory in elections on Sunday. ...
MADRID — Spaniards were greeted by political gridlock on Monday after the right failed to clinch a predicted decisive victory and no clear winner emerged in the country’s general election. The results from Sunday’s vote left neither the left nor right bloc ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said on Sunday that recent heat waves across many parts of the world and flooding in countries such as South Korea showed that more urgent action was needed to tackle climate change. “Please, I renew ...
BERLIN — Prominent German LGBTQ+ rights activist Anastasia Biefang has expressed concerns about an increase in homophobic and anti-transgender violence and abuse in the country, comparing it to rhetoric used by the Nazis. Ms. Biefang, who made headlines as the ...
TAIPEI — Cities across northern Taiwan ordered cars off roads and people to stay indoors on Monday for an annual air-raid exercise as the island steps up preparations in the event of a Chinese attack amid rising military threats from ...
ADIDAS got orders worth more than 508 million euros (about $565 million) for 4 million pairs of unsold Yeezy shoes, better than the company’s “most optimistic forecast,” the Financial Times reported on Monday. Strong demand for the first batch of ...
RUSSIA’s defense ministry accused Ukraine of a “terrorist” drone attack on Moscow on Monday, after the city’s mayor said that two buildings were hit, and media reported that debris was found not far from the defense ministry’s buildings. The defense ...
The Treasury Committee is challenging the lack of diversity in the venture capital industry as only 2 per cent of funding goes toward female founded and ethnic minority businesses, according to new report. The Committee also found that 80 per ...
New research finds that women SME owners are more likely than men to suffer cashflow challenges, undermining their growth and ambitions. Only half of women business owners report that their cashflow is stable and meets their needs, compared to a ...