US billionaire Michael Bloomberg has offered $15 million to UN efforts to tackle climate change after President Donald Trump announced he is pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord....
Apple is preparing to launch a connected speaker to serve as a smart home assistant in a challenge to Amazon Echo and Google Home, a news report said Thursday. The speaker powered by Apple's digital...
China's yuan jumped to a near seven-month high Thursday, fuelling speculation that the government was pulling strings to prop up the beleaguered currency in response to last week's credit rating...
China's factory activity contracted in May for the first time in almost a year, independent figures showed Thursday, hinting at deteriorating conditions for goods producers in the world's second...
The EU and China will attempt to deepen ties at a summit Thursday amid rising worry about the direction taken by US President Donald Trump on trade and climate change. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will...
Apple’s reportedly working on a new kind of chip — potentially for future iOS devices — that’ll be used just for processing AI, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg says the chip’s called the Apple...
Analysts want the Central Bank to aggressively intervene in the currency market to quell increased demand and panic-buying, a situation that puts pressure on the cedi. Although the Bank of Ghana...
Oil producers inside and outside the OPEC cartel have little choice but to extend their deal from late 2016 curbing output when they meet in Vienna on Thursday, analysts say. Less predictable however...
The Trump administration does not support a return to the Depression-era rule requiring a separation of retail and investment banking, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday. It would be "a...
Suffering from rampant inflation, stalled investment and mass layoffs, Nigeria is still gripped by one of the worst economic crises in its history. But for the first time in months, the West African...
Thailand has revoked the passport of the fugitive heir to the Red Bull billions, an official said Friday, after he left the kingdom and ducked an arrest warrant over a deadly 2012 hit-and-run....
Renewed fears about the oil supply glut have sent crude prices plunging 15% Renewed fears about the oil supply glut have sent crude prices plunging 15% from their peak in mid-April to $45.52 a barrel...
HSBC said on Thursday that pre-tax profit fell 19 percent to US$4.96 billion in the first three months of the year. The bank said the drop in reported profit was down to a change in the accounting of...
A Hong Kong property developer has confirmed the near completion of its almost $1.5 billion purchase of London's "Cheesegrater" tower, as it takes advantage of the pound's slump to snap up addresses...
Thai police said Wednesday they were trying to locate Red Bull heir Worayuth Yoovidhya who reportedly fled to Singapore on his private jet days before a warrant was issued for him over a fatal...
A so-called suicide game that’s allegedly targeting teens in Russia may now be finding its way around the globe, specifically in the U. K. and Brazil, according to various reports. Though it may be...
China demanded on Tuesday an immediate halt to a controversial US missile shield hours after Washington announced that the defence system was now operational in South Korea. Washington and Seoul...
Twitter is working with media firm Bloomberg to create a 24-hour rolling news channel for the messaging service. The live video stream will be made up of original programming as well as feeds from...
President Donald Trump on Monday said he is considering breaking up big Wall Street banks, by splitting their consumer business from their investment operations. "I'm looking at that right now," he...
US President Donald Trump has said he would be "honoured" to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the right circumstances. "If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would -...
