China has extended a public transport shutdown to 12 cities, affecting more than 36m people as authorities race to halt the spread of a deadly virus that has alarmed governments around the world.
Residents of Wuhan have overwhelmed hospitals as authorities moved to prevent aeroplanes and trains from leaving the city of more than 10m in a bid to contain a deadly Sars-like virus that has killed...
23/01/2020
Senate Republicans bent but did not break on the first day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, as they voted along party lines to reject repeated Democratic efforts to subpoena documents and...
22/01/2020
China’s economy last year grew at the lowest rate since 1990 while the country’s birth rate fell to a record low, highlighting the domestic challenges facing Beijing despite a truce in its painful...
17/01/2020
China will boost purchases of U.S. goods and services by $200 billion over two years in exchange for the rolling back of some tariffs under an initial trade deal signed by the world’s two largest...
16/01/2020
The US and China are set to sign a hard-fought agreement to halt their trade war, ushering in a fragile truce and a testy period of reconciliation between the world’s two largest economies after...
15/01/2020
The US Treasury department has dropped the designation of China as a currency manipulator in a gesture that aims to ease tensions with Beijing ahead of this week’s signing of a deal to halt their...
14/01/2020
Western intelligence officials believe a passenger aircraft that crashed in Iran killing 176 people was mistakenly brought down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
10/01/2020
Donald Trump signalled that the US would not respond militarily to Iran’s attacks on American forces in Iraq, in a bid to de-escalate the crisis in the Middle East triggered by his order to kill Iran...
09/01/2020
Volatile commodity prices amid growing supply, poor financial performance and disfavor from some investor groups all contributed to the energy sector’s transformation from investor darling to...
27/12/2019