HERE ARE THE WORLD’S BEST UNIVERSITIES
More Asian universities than ever before have been featured amongst the world’s top 1,000 universities, but the top 10 is dominated by US
CITY OF LONDON HIT WORSE BY BREXIT
Over 400 financial firms in Britain have shifted activities, staff and a combined trillion dollar in assets to hubs in the European Union due to Brexit
INDIA SHIFTS FROM BEING A MASS COVID-19 VACCINE EXPORTER TO AN IMPORTER
After gifting and selling tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad, India suddenly finds itself short of shots as new infections surge
CHINA’S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW POST COVID
China's economy grew a record 18.3 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter last year.It's the biggest jump in gross
WORLD STOCKS REMAIN HIGH
World stocks were on course to extend a five-day run of record highs while Bitcoin took a breather after its latest surge and Russia’s markets
DENMARK TO DITCH THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE
Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether over…
COINBASE LISTING MARKS LATEST STEP IN CRYPTOCURRENCY’S MARCH TO MAINSTREAM
Coinbase Global – the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange – listed on the Nasdaq, marking a milestone in the journey
NEW ZEALAND TO LAUNCH THE WORLD’S FIRST CLIMATE CHANGE RULES
New Zealand is to become the world's first country to bring in a law forcing its financial firms to report on the effects of climate change.The country
TEXAS OIL PIPELINES FACE DRY MONTHS
Nearly half of all oil pipelines from the Permian basin, the biggest U.S. oilfield, are expected to be empty by the end of the
CHINA FORCES ANT GROUP TO RESTRUCTURE
China has forced a sweeping restructure on the Ant Group so the financial technology firm acts more like a bank.The latest move is part of a wider
ALIBABA ACCEPTS CHINA’S RECORD FINE AND VOWS TO CHANGE
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country's anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a US$ 2.8
CHINA CONSIDERS MIXING COVID-19 VACCINES
China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy
IMF AND WORLD BANK URGED TO HELP MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES’ DEBT
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank should do more to help address the growing…
INDIA’S BILLIONAIRE CLUB
The total number of Indian billionaires rose to 140 from 102 last year; their combined wealth has nearly doubled to US$ 596 billion. Click
THE WORLD’S FASTEST COMPUTER IS FIGHTING COVID-19
The newly crowned world's fastest supercomputer is being deployed in the fight against the coronavirus.
Japan's Fugaku supercomputer claimed the top spot on Monday and has already been put to work on fighting the coronavirus, simulating how droplets would spread in office spaces with partitions installed or in packed trains with the windows open.
PRINCE PHILIP PASSES AWAY
Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99.
STOCKS STAND FIRM
Global stocks held firm near record highs on Friday as receding inflation fears in the US pushed down bond yields and lifted Wall Street, though
THE CITY OF BILLIONAIRES
Beijing is now home to more billionaires than any other city in the world, according to the latest Forbes' latest annual rich list.
The Chinese capital
HISTORIC SETBACK FOR THE GLOBAL MIDDLE CLASS
An estimated 150 million have slipped down the economic ladder in 2020, the first pullback in almost three decades
UAE BEGINS MASS RECRUITMENT TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT MARKET
Dozens of Expo 2020 Dubai pavilions have begun to hire thousands of staff in anticipation of the global event's launch in
