Coronavirus: Shanghai rises to become world's most connected city bbc.com London has been dethroned from top spot as the coronavirus pandemic reverses "a century of progress"....

UN appeals for $35 billion to help world’s ‘most vulnerable and fragile’ in 2021 news.un.org A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near- 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from CO...

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal bbc.com Trading Bitcoin and other crypto-currenices is a criminal activity, China's central bank says....

Apple’s Strategy Bends the World nytimes.com How Apple’s business tactics, partly driven by fear, affect the rest of us....

Self-driving robotaxis are taking off in China edition.cnn.com The world has been inching toward fully autonomous cars for years. In China, one company just got even closer to making it a reality....

H&M says profit up by $1.2 billion as world opens up again economictimes.indiatimes.com "As more and more people are vaccinated and restrictions are eased, the world is gradually opening up and customers can once again visit our stores," said Helen...