ROME — Italy’s Catholic Church is reintroducing handshakes for the “sign of peace” during Mass as part of a wider relaxation of
WASHINGTON — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with COVID-19, and while
WASHINGTON — The world’s poorest countries now owe $62 billion in annual debt service to official bilateral creditors, an increase of 35%
BEIJING — As a physics student at the elite Peking University in Beijing, Lynn Lau was expecting big Chinese private sector companies
Global banks are turning bullish on South Korean and Taiwanese shares, expecting a revival in semiconductors to drive a rally next year,
LAGOS/BANGKOK — Days before his FTX cryptocurrency exchange collapsed, co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted “Hello, West Africa!” — his latest nod to a
ELON MUSK said on Wednesday he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in
LONDON — A member of the British royal family’s household has left her role after making “unacceptable and deeply regrettable” comments about
GENEVA — The United Nations (UN) and partners on Thursday launched an appeal for a record $51.5 billion in aid money for
BEIJING — China is softening its tone on the severity of COVID-19 and easing some coronavirus restrictions even as its daily case
