EU maritime transport emissions must be ...

Maritime transport emissions must be drastically cut further if the European Union hopes to become carbon neutral by 2050, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) warned Wednesday.In 2019, maritime

China's industrial profits surge over 83...

China's industrial profits soared by 83.4 percent year on year during the January-May period to about 3.4 trillion yuan ($530.4 billion), thanks to stable recovery of demand, data from the Nationa

Bitcoin rallies after dropping below $30...

Bitcoin recovered from a five-month low on Tuesday in a volatile session in which it fell below $30,000, extending losses sparked a day earlier.But its outlook remained tilted to the downside, analyst

Reopening U.S. economy heats up inflatio...

U.S. consumer prices rose solidly in May, leading to the biggest annual increase in nearly 13 years as a reopening economy boosted demand for travel-related services, while a global semiconductor shor

Bitcoin down almost 50% from year's high

Bitcoin fell 13 percent on Sunday after the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency suffered another sell-off that left it down nearly 50 percent from the year's high.Bitcoin fell to $32

IAEA: Iran halves number of high purity ...

Iran has reduced the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity at an above-ground plant at Natanz to one cluster from two, a report by the UN nuclear watchdog seen by Reuters

Ishiba leads in polls to succeed Abe, bu...

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular choice among the public to be the next prime minister, media opinion polls showed, as the race kicks off to succeed Shinzo Abe after

World economy to contract at least 6% in...

The global economy will contract at least six percent this year before bouncing back with 5.2 percent growth in 2021 if the coronavirus outbreak is kept under control, the Organization for Economic Co

Most stay-at-home Chinese learn new skil...

Over 94 percent of 2,003 respondents have learned a new skill as a lengthy stay at home owing to the coronavirus outbreak granted them more free time, according to a new survey conducted by China You

China's bicycle industry reports stable ...

China's bicycle manufacturers above designated size saw their profit at 1.48 billion yuan (about 212.4 million U.S. dollars) in the first 11 months of 2019, said the Ministry of Industry and Info