WIDER IMAGE For South Korea’s youngest ‘sea women’, warming seas mean smaller catches
Clad in a black wet suit and pink face mask, Jin So-hee’s figure cleanly parts the green-blue water until she abruptly dives below the surface, her purple fins disappearing into the deep. When she resurfaces a minute and a half later, her gloved hands grip six or seven sea cucumbers, their spiked backs glistening in […]
Analysis: Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture U.S.-led ‘clique’
China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it. Worryingly for Beijing, diplomats and analysts say, the Biden administration has got other democracies to toughen up to […]
Romania approves bill to bar China, Huawei from 5G networks
Romania’s centrist government on Thursday approved a United States-backed bill that effectively bars China and Huawei (HWT.UL) from taking part in development of its 5G network, a member of the IT&C and National Security Committee told Reuters. Europe has emerged as a battleground in the technology ‘Cold War’ playing out between China and Washington and […]
MIDEAST STOCKS Most major Gulf markets rise; Qatar dips
Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Sunday, with property shares boosting the Dubai index, although Qatar bucked the trend to trade lower. Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index (.TASI) added 0.6%, with Al Rajhi Bank (1120.SE) rising 1.4% and SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co (2020.SE) advancing 3.9%. Elsewhere, Bank Albilad (1140.SE) climbed 1%, as the lender completed a 3 billion riyal […]
Ontario enters harder lockdown, police get more powers as COVID cases soar
The Canadian province of Ontario expanded and extended a stay at home order on Friday and said police will be given new powers to stop and question people who leave home as expert advisors warned that new cases of COVID-19 will continue to soar, overwhelming hospitals.
A tale of two carmakers: GM and Toyota take different electric roads in China
Toyota (7203.T) pioneered the world’s most successful hybrid car but when it comes to pure electric vehicles it has some catching up to do, especially in China.
More electrical problems found on some Boeing 737 MAX -sources
An electrical problem that led to dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets being suspended from service has widened after engineers found similar grounding flaws elsewhere in the cockpit, industry sources said on Friday. Airlines pulled dozens of MAX jets from service a week ago after Boeing Co (BA.N) warned of a production-related electrical grounding problem in a […]
France to impose 10-day quarantine for travellers coming from Brazil
France will order a strict 10-day quarantine for all travellers coming from Brazil starting April 24, the prime minister’s office said on Saturday, in a bid to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant first found in the South American county.
The impact of COVID-19 on artificial intelligence in banking
COVID-19 has not dampened the appetite of European banks for machine learning and data science, but may in the short term have limited their artificial-intelligence investment capacity.
Hong Kong widens COVID-19 vaccine scheme to under 30s
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday that the city’s vaccine scheme would be widened to include those aged between 16 to 29 years old for the first time, as they aim to boost lackluster demand for inoculations in the Asian financial hub.
