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Shanghai Fashion Week: UK brands battle for China’s growing market

UK fashion designers are chasing business in Shanghai – one of Asia’s biggest fashion weeks.

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Australia plans tougher social media laws for companies which fail to thwart violent content quickly

Social media executives could spend up to three years in prison and their firms be fined 10 percent of their turnover if they fail to quickly remove violent material from their platforms, according to a new law proposed by the Australian government.

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Critics of China’s Belt and Road initiative are ‘prejudiced’, the country’s top diplomat says

China has never forced debt upon participants of its new Silk Road project as “prejudiced” critics have suggested, the country’s top diplomat said on Saturday in a strongly worded defense of a key policy platform of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Meet the man glamming up supercars for the stars

Yianni Charalambous transforms cars for the rich and famous people searching for that extra shine.

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Why is Turkey fighting the markets?

Financial markets in Turkey have been volatile as elections loom – and the president blames the West.

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Big university gender pay gap revealed

Most British universities pay their average male employee more than their average female employee.

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Lyft shares close 9% higher in market debut

The ride-hailing company’s shares made strong gains in the much-anticipated flotation.

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Key data could end or defend recession fears as stocks notch best quarter in a decade

Stocks head into the second quarter, propelled by the best quarter in nearly a decade as the long tepid IPO market starts to simmer again.

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US oil output slips in January, hits monthly record in December, new data show

Fresh data from the Energy Department show the nation’s output was much higher than originally reported at the end of last year.

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Apple cancels AirPower, the wireless charging pad it announced over a year ago

AirPower was first revealed in 2017, but after a year of delays, Apple confirmed it did not plan to release it.