China Telecom, China Mobile and Unicom apply to New York Stock Exchange to reverse delistings ordered by Donald Trump
Hours after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, China’s three telecommunications companies filed requests with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to review their delistings, seeking to reverse the November 2020 executive ...
Democrats gain control of US Senate as new members take oath
Vice president Kamala Harris drew applause as she entered the chamber to deliver the oath of office to three new Democratic senators.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma delivers video speech to China’s rural teachers in first public appearance in three months
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, delivered a video speech to 100 rural Chinese teachers on Wednesday morning, marking his first public appearance in nearly three months after his controversial speech at a Shanghai financial forum on October 24. A...
US inauguration live: Joe Biden sworn in as president as he promises unity
All times are Eastern Time (UTC-5, HKT-13). Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, and Kamala Harris as the 49th vice-president, entering office with an appeal to unity and calm in the wake of the recent attacks on Congress. “Let’s s...
China says it wants to get relations with US ‘back on the right track’
Beijing said it wanted to work with the new US government to get bilateral relations “back on the right track”, just hours before Joe Biden’s inauguration as president.“Despite our differences, China and the United States share a wide range of mutual i...
5 top films like the Ring where screens aren’t a barrier to characters
The longer we remain in lockdown, the more time we spend in front of our screens, immersing ourselves in fictional worlds to escape the monotony of our reality. These five favourites of ours examine what happens when characters step out of – and somet...
Dixons Carphone has ‘teething problems’ supplying Ireland after Brexit deal
The group trades as Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse in Ireland and the UK
Hong Kong Philharmonic’s US$6 million funding boost helps it forget coronavirus woes
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is happy to leave behind 2020, a year that saw nearly 100 of its concerts cancelled and its musicians forced into a government quarantine camp.While performance venues in Hong Kong are still shut and overseas tours ...