French region orders harvest standstill after fields burn in heatwave
Farmers have been ordered to stop harvesting in France’s second largest grain producing department Oise after hundreds of hectares of fields caught fire during an...
Stocks stage tentative rebound after ECB disappointment
European stocks staged a tentative recovery on Friday as solid earnings at several U.S. companies helped investors overcome the disappointment of the European Central Bank’s...
Oil on track for weekly gain as Iran tensions support
Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for a weekly increase as geopolitical tensions over Iran remained unresolved, although flagging prospects for global...
‘We can’t hide anything’ say Cambodians at alleged China base
Trying to rebut a report of a secret deal to give China access to a naval base, Cambodia’s defense ministry took reporters to see the...
Tencent Cloud enters Japan, targets five-fold international revenue growth
Tencent Holdings on Friday said it has entered the cloud service market in Japan and the company targeted up to five-fold growth in international revenue...
Myanmar citizens deported from Singapore over alleged insurgent ties remanded in custody
Six Myanmar nationals deported from Singapore over alleged links to an ethnic minority insurgent group were remanded in custody in Yangon on Friday, a court...
WhatsApp to roll out payments feature in India this year
WhatsApp will roll out its payments service in India this year following a year-long pilot, its global chief Will Cathcart has said, as the Facebook-owned...
Renault cuts revenue goal as car industry misery spreads
Renault warned revenue may decline this year, scrapping a previous goal, after first-half profit was hit by weakening car demand and an earnings collapse at...
Alibaba’s chip division releases first core processor IP
The semiconductor division of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd released its first core processor IP on Thursday, as the e-commerce giant continues its...
Italy’s Di Maio says he trusts Economy Minister Tria and PM Conte
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday he had full confidence in Economy Minister Giovanni Tria and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ahead...