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  • Russia says it will definitely respond to Ukraine's latest ATACMS strike

    Russia will definitely respond to Ukraine's latest use of U.S.-made ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russia said on Wednesday that Ukraine had struck a military airfield on the Azov Sea with six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, a move that could prompt Moscow to launch another experimental intermediate-range hypersonic missile at Ukraine.

  • Baidu-backed Chinese EV maker Jiyue to cut operations, payroll to survive brutal race

    Jiyue, a premium electric vehicle (EV) maker backed by Chinese search-engine firm Baidu, will downsize its operations while pursuing fresh capital to withstand vicious competition. Projects that do not improve the company's financial health will be scrapped, and some business units will be merged to avoid redundancy of human resources, the Shanghai-based carmaker said in a statement on Wednesday. "We will make all-out efforts to focus on our goals to improve efficiency in operation and managemen

  • Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration, US news report says

    US president-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration in Washington next month, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. The report said it was not clear whether Xi has accepted the invitation to the ceremony scheduled for January 20. In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press that was taped on Friday and aired on Sunday, Trump said he and Xi "had communication" as recently as last week. However, he stopped short of specifying when tha

  • China prepared to keep talking to US, Xi assures Washington business group

    Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing is "prepared to stay in communication" with the US, calling on proper management of trade differences when US president-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. In written remarks to the US-China Business Council on Wednesday, Xi said Beijing and Washington should choose dialogue instead of confrontation, and called for market openness from both countries in the face of Trump's tariff threats. "Openness is a key driving force for human c

  • China must innovate in semiconductor design or fall behind the global market, expert says

    China must develop new chip-design technologies that do not rely on advanced manufacturing processes, according to one of the mainland's leading authorities on semiconductors, as the domestic integrated circuit (IC) industry faces increased US technology restrictions. "It's time to commit to building our own technological ecosystem," Wei Shaojun, a professor at Tsinghua University's School of Integrated Circuits and vice-president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, said in his keyn

  • Will Chinese President Xi Jinping attend inauguration at Trump's invitation?

    China appears unlikely to accept US president-elect Donald Trump's invitation for the Chinese president Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month given diplomatic protocol and historical precedents. There is no record of any Chinese heads of state joining a US presidential transition ceremony. Since becoming China's paramount leader, Xi has never attended such events personally in foreign countries, instead sending a special representative or envoy. Meanwhile, it would generally take roun

  • China's Wolf Warrior Lu Shaye heads home from France in shadow of controversy

    China's ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, whose remarks about Ukraine and other former Soviet states caused uproar across Europe last year, is wrapping up his tenure in Paris. Lu, 60, one of the country's most prominent Wolf Warrior diplomats who is famed for his abrasive style, is expected to return to Beijing next month, according to French media. At a farewell reception at Beijing's embassy in Paris on Monday, Lu said he would continue to support the Chinese community in France "no matter where

  • HSBC, IFC sign US$1 billion facility to support trade financing in emerging markets

    HSBC and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a US$1-billion partnership to help banks in emerging markets increase their lending to support trade. The risk-sharing facility between one of Hong Kong's currency-issuing banks and the private sector financing arm of the World Bank will cover trade-related assets held by banks in 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The facility has been set up under IFC's global trade liquidity programme (GTLP), which was e

  • With China in sights, US plans curb on countries' advanced semiconductor access: sources

    The US government plans to issue a new rule before the end of this month aimed at curbing Chinese companies' sourcing of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips from unrestricted third-party countries, according to sources. The new export control measure will focus on controlling the global shipments of powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) that have become instrumental in the training of AI models, closing loopholes in existing rules, according to two people familiar with the matter, wh

  • When is the Gladiators celebrity special on TV?

    Which famous faces will go up against the Gladiators? Here is everything we know about the celebrity spin-off.

  • Dollar steady, Swiss franc falls on large rate cut

    LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was broadly steady on Thursday while the euro traded a touch higher before the European Central Bank's monetary policy decision later in the day, where a quarter-point rate cut is widely expected. The Swiss franc fell after its central bank lowered interest rates by more than expected - 50 basis points - while the Australian dollar surged after domestic employment data beat forecasts. The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of six others, was little changed at 106.58, a day after a U.S. inflation reading cemented bets for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week.

  • Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say

    Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip, including seven children and a woman, hours after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

  • New President of the European Film Academy Juliette Binoche: 'Don't go see just any film!'

    Euronews Culture sits down with award-winning actress Juliette Binoche, in her first year as President of the European Film Academy, to talk about cinema and the importance of choosing your filmgoing experience.

  • South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end', defying impeachment threat

    SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived martial law order that threw the U.S. ally into turmoil. In a lengthy televised address, he alleged that North Korea had hacked South Korea's election commission, casting doubt on his party's landslide election defeat in April. Yoon, whose country has Asia's fourth-largest economy, hopes political allies will rally to support him but this appeared less likely after his address.

  • Year in review: A look at events in May 2024

    A look at news events in May 2024:

  • Malibu fires latest news: Franklin wildfire burns 4,000 acres as officials warn it will take ‘number of days’ to contain

    Roughly 20,000 face evacuations in Malibu, including some celebrities, as fire continues to rage near Los Angeles

  • Selena Gomez announces engagement to Benny Blanco as Taylor Swift jokes: 'I'll be the flower girl'

    The Only Murders in the Building actress showed off her sparking diamond engagement ring in a series of pictures on Instagram

  • 'Lots of things start to add up': Paloma Faith opens up about 'helpful' adult ADHD diagnosis

    EXCLUSIVE The singer-songwriter says she spent her ‘whole life struggling with certain things’ which now have taken on new meaning

  • FTSE 100 LIVE: Stocks cautiously higher as markets expect ECB interest rate cut

    A deep dive into what's moving markets across the global economy.

  • South Korea's Yoon defends martial law as an act of governance and vows to 'fight to the end'

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing Thursday to “fight to the end” in response to attempts to impeach him and intensifying investigations into last week’s dramatic move.