Exclusive-China asks some banks to reduce or delay dollar buying to ease pressure on yuan -sources
SHANGHAI/BEIJING China's currency regulators have in recent weeks asked some commercial banks to reduce or delay their dollar
2023-08-01 18:53
Rhino poaching decreases as South Africa tackles threat
JOHANNESBURG The number of rhinos killed for their horns in South Africa decreased in the first six months
2023-08-01 18:48
German beer sales resume their downward trend after a post-COVID pickup
Official figures show that German beer sales resumed a long-term downward trend in the first six months of this year after rallying in 2022 thanks to the end of most COVID-19 restrictions
2023-08-01 18:21
BP profits are cut in half to $2.6 billion as oil and natural gas prices fall
Energy giant BP says it earned nearly $2.6 billion in the second quarter
2023-08-01 17:57
Chinese Developer Country Garden Slides as Funding Woes Worsen
One of China’s last major developers to have so far avoided defaults amid the nation’s property debt crisis
2023-08-01 17:22
Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI's hallucination problem is fixable
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods
2023-08-01 16:50
Singer CoCo Lee mourned by family and fans at emotional funeral
Family and fans bade farewell to singer and actress CoCo Lee at her funeral in Hong Kong on Monday, celebrating a decades-long career that included dozens of successful albums, movies and television shows across the globe.
2023-08-01 16:47
Two teens die in crash on way to school dance in Monaghan
There is devastation after a vehicle with five people on board crashes on the way to a school dance.
2023-08-01 16:29
Wife of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect and her attorney open up about the family's experience since Rex Heuerman's arrest
The wife of the Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann and her attorney told CNN she had "no idea" of her husband's alleged actions and that the flood of public attention has been "extremely overwhelming" for the mother and her two children.
2023-08-01 16:22
Stocks, oil resilient amid cautious optimism on economy
By Tom Wilson and Kevin Buckland LONDON/TOKYO Stocks were mostly resilient and oil hovered near recent highs on
2023-08-01 16:20
Stock market today: Global shares trade mixed after boost from Wall Street rally
Global shares are trading mixed as market optimism set off by a Wall Street rally got balanced by lingering worries about regional growth
2023-08-01 16:16
'Nowhere to hide': The question troubling Ukrainian troops amid a grinding counteroffensive
The four roads of Staromayorske appear almost ground to dust in the drone footage. It's a tiny village, but as the latest gain of Ukraine's renewed counteroffensive in the direction of Mariupol, Staromayorske's symbolism far outweighs its size.
2023-08-01 15:27