Around The World
Huawei’s third-quarter revenue rises 24.4%: Global Times
October 16 (Reuters) - Third-quarter revenue for Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the Chinese technology giant blacklisted by the U.S. government, grew 24.4% from the same period a year earlier, according to the Global Times. The state-backed newspaper also said Huawei shipped more than 185 million smartphones in the first three quarters of 2019, up 26% year-on-year. The company said in August...
Singapore to become first country to ban ads for sugary drinks
October 13 (AFP) - Singapore will become the first country in the world to ban ads for the most unhealthy sugary drinks in its latest move to combat rising diabetes rates, the health ministry said on Thursday. Products deemed "less healthy" must now display labels grading their nutritional and sugar content, with those considered to be most unhealthy banned from...
Iranian women attend football match for 1st time in 4 decades, national team wins 14-0
October 11 (Reuters) - Iran handed Cambodia a record-breaking 14-0 thrashing on an historic day in Tehran as goals flowed in World Cup qualifiers across Asia with Japan, South Korea and Australia securing comfortable wins on Thursday. Striker Karim Ansarifard scored four times and Sardar Azmoun netted a hat-trick for Iran who claimed a second straight win in Group C....
‘Sorry, this is an emergency’: Climate protesters block streets around the world
October 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster. In London, police arrested 276 activists from the Extinction Rebellion group as they blocked bridges and roads in the city center,...
Portugal’s Socialists win national elections, set to rule for four more years
October 7 (AP) - The center-left Socialist Party got the most votes in Portugal’s general election Sunday, leaving it poised to continue leading the government for another four years. With 226 seats in the 230-seat parliament awarded in the official count, the Socialists reached 106 seats, compared with 77 for the second-place Social Democratic Party. The parliament chooses a government,...
Contours of China’s engagement with the Middle East
China's engagement with the Middle East is multifarious and increasing.
The silent suffering of climate migrants
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration does not give due attention to protecting the climate-displaced
Forever 21 closing stores in bankruptcy filing shows limits to fast fashion
October 1 (Reuters) - Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy late on Sunday, joining a growing list of brick-and-mortar companies that have seen sales hit by the rise of competition from online sellers like Amazon.com Inc and the changing fashion trends dictated by millennial shoppers. Forever 21 Inc, the privately held company that helped popularize trendy and cheap clothing,...
At 70, China recounts its achievements and ponders the challenges
The White Paper says that certain fundamentals have to be corrected before China can consider itself a First World country.
China White Paper lists economic achievements and challenges
China is the world's second-largest economy but it is still a developing country, says the White Paper
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