AIIB serves China's Communist Party: Canadian former executive
China's ruling Communist Party dominates the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and uses it to further its interests, a former executive has alleged in claims that prompted Canada...
2023-06-15 13:26
Taiwan Political Upstart Threatens to Eclipse KMT as No. 2 Party
The Kuomintang, the political party that ruled China and then Taiwan for much of the 20th Century, is
2023-06-15 13:18
Bill Gates visits China as leaders try to revive foreign business interest
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says he is visiting Beijing
2023-06-15 12:59
Canada suspends work with Chinese-founded development bank while it investigates complaints
Canada’s finance minister says it is suspending activity with a Chinese-founded development bank while it investigates complaints by a Canadian who resigned from the lender, saying it is dominated by “Communist Party hacks” and his country shouldn’t be a member
2023-06-15 12:51
Dam Breach Remakes Ukraine Battlefield as Vast Reservoir Drains
Since the Kakhovka dam burst on June 6, the floods have cut off any chance Ukraine’s troops might
2023-06-15 12:29
Only Labour Can Fix the NHS, Says Boris Johnson’s Vaccine Czar
The National Health Service is “hopeless” and needs a “complete restructuring,” says the woman behind one of its
2023-06-15 12:27
Workers Resisting the Office Grind Are Suddenly Lonely at Home
Three years after the pandemic closed down offices around the world, the remote-work revolution has morphed into a
2023-06-15 12:16
Hong Kong protest song disappears from music streaming sites, social media platforms
A popular Hong Kong protest song was no longer available on several major music streaming sites as well as social media platforms
2023-06-15 11:58
Key issues straining China-Canada relations
Canada has said it is freezing its participation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, after a former executive alleged that Beijing wields "undue"...
2023-06-15 11:57
Asian markets rise as Fed holds rates, China cuts
Asian markets rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve decided against hiking interest rates and China's central bank cut borrowing costs as officials look...
2023-06-15 11:24
Canada Cuts Ties With Asian Infrastructure Bank on Claims of Chinese Interference
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government stopped Canada’s work with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank while it investigates claims
2023-06-15 11:18
Lithium boom comes to Brazil's 'misery valley'
In a cloud of gray dust, a heavy-duty excavator loads a truck with stone blocks containing lithium, the "white gold" of the clean-energy revolution, which some hope will transform...
2023-06-15 10:20