STRASBOURG, France/LONDON — Europe’s green energy transition is stuck between a rock and a hard place. A flood of cheap Chinese solar panel imports is driving record solar energy installations. But those same imports are crushing Europe’s few local solar ...
BEIJING — The butchers in the Xinfadi wholesale food market, Beijing’s largest, slouch on stools behind counters stacked with meat, occasionally looking up from their smartphone videos to call out to the few shoppers idly passing under the market’s Lunar ...
DOHA — Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months leading to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and backed ...
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s caretaker cabinet approved a privatization plan for loss-making Pakistan International Airlines on Tuesday, days after the country’s election panel directed it to refrain from making any final deal. The cabinet’s approval is a crucial pre-requisite to taking ...
BEIJING — China’s financial officials expressed concerns to visiting US Treasury officials about US tariffs, investment restrictions and sanctions set up to “suppress” Chinese companies, the Chinese finance ministry said on Tuesday. Both sides had “in-depth, frank, pragmatic and constructive” ...
DOHA/GAZA — US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators prepared a diplomatic push to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire plan for Gaza after the Palestinian group responded to a proposal for an extended pause in fighting and hostage ...
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to hire 50 artificial intelligence experts this year to help it halt child abuse, counter fentanyl production, and assess damage from natural disasters, as it seeks to increase use of ...
WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives delivered a blow to Republican Speaker Mike Johnson when it voted on Tuesday against impeaching Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official. In a 214-216 vote, the Republican-controlled House blocked a committee’s impeachment ...
After topping Wall Street’s earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday, Eli Lilly & Co (LLY) shot up 5% from the prior day’s close, only to see its gains evaporate mid-day. A double hit that had some investors stunned, is it ...
Money supply growth fell again in December, remaining deep in negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. December’s drop continues a steep downward trend from the unprecedented highs experienced during much of ...