Elsa Desmond of Ireland may not make it to the podium at the Beijing Games, but she’s already made Olympic history as the country’s first women’s luge Olympian.
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Fontana wins 10th short track medal, China wins men’s race
Arianna Fontana burnished her legacy as short track’s most decorated skater with her second Olympic medal in Beijing and 10th of her career. The 31-year-old Italian took the lead from world champion …
Economic Watch: Turkish food exports to China soar amid expo success
ISTANBUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese consumers’ growing favor in Turkish food products has translated into an 86 percent increase in exports for most of 2021 following expos organized by China despite …
China says US Section 201 extension will distort international trade
He has also instructed the US Trade Representative to investigate the potential for imports from Canada and Mexico to be exempt as long as they do not undermine the effectiveness of the tariffs.
China May Launch Chip Consortium to Challenge Intel, AMD
Both Intel and AMD also have extensive business ties in China. The US government, however, may have a closer eye on these arrangements than in the past. Tech companies may also be more reticent to…
The News Corp breach illustrates how badly China wants to hack the U.S.
China-linked hackers penetrated both the New … plans to roll out similar rules to more than 200,000 companies that do business with the Pentagon. The new rules are “the latest and most …
‘Fight Club’ ending restored in China after cries of censorship
But a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business that the latest version of the film was … is affiliated with state-owned Guangdong Radio and Television. Neither the China Film Administration …
Covid-19 news: Chinese study predicts impact of ending zero covid
Researchers in China have estimated that lifting coronavirus restrictions in zero covid countries would cause around 2 million deaths in the next year, reports Reuters. Zero covid countries that aim …
Afghanistan – Beijing, Islamabad call for release of Afghan assets
Many World leaders are visiting Beijing to witness Friday’s opening … froze over 9 billion dollars of Afghanistan’s central bank assets. Earlier, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres …
Russia may start mass export of grain to China next season
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