As per the Global Unicorn Index 2026 by Hurun Research Institute, China counted 381 unicorn enterprises as of the beginning of 2026, marking an increase of 38 from the prior year. The research positions the United States as the leader with 50.3% of the world’s unicorns.
- 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference kicks off in Beijing
- Pakistani official calls for learning from China’s disaster management
- Engagement, honesty and respect
- The Chongqing experience
- How did the ancient Jingjue Kingdom disappear?
- How a red-crowned crane became an unlikely ambassador for friendship and cooperation between China and the United States
- Connecting through code and culture
- Italy is evacuating people living near the Mont Blanc Glacier, amid fast melting
- Thousands pray for rain in Indonesia as forests go up in smoke
- Unilever reveals global tea suppliers to stop modern slavery
More than a grid
Years ago, when survey crews first appeared along the Yuqu River in Zogang County, Xizang Autonomous Region, local residents sensed something was coming.
- As AI races ahead, China bets on a people-centered digital future
- China unveils five-year plan to improve services, quality of life for people with disabilities
- New CPEC project aims to bolster fertiliser security in Pakistan
- The 18th Straits Forum highlights the unbreakable bonds between people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits
- The Chongqing experience
- 2026 Summer Davos forum in Dalian shifts the global conversation to large-scale, real-world tech impact
- Full text of Li Qiang’s address at opening plenary of the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions
- A league built from passion
- Soccer dream
- Xinjiang charts its course for the 15th Five-Year Plan
Gamifying garbage
Every evening after work, she carries her kitchen trash down to the communal bins outside her apartment building.
- 2026 Summer Davos forum in Dalian shifts the global conversation to large-scale, real-world tech impact
- Xinjiang’s legal framework driving economic prosperity: a model for regional development
- Walking south Xinjiang: history, development and daily stability
- How a red-crowned crane became an unlikely ambassador for friendship and cooperation between China and the United States
Making openness tangible
Inside one of the international pavilions at the Ninth China-Eurasia Expo, glass display cases sparkled with jewelry.
Singapore to develop first virtual power plant to link and coordinate energy...
- Cameroon’s Power Crisis Exposes the Financial Fault Lines of the Electricity Sector
- Iranian tanker no longer has Turkey destination
- Druzhba pipeline incident affected Rosneft plans on debt reduction in 2Q
- Novatek’s LNG tanker sets new record for passage via Northern Sea Route
- Russia outpaces Saudi Arabia by average daily oil production in April 2019
- Clearing Druzhba pipeline will take 8 months, Belarusian operator says
- Russia ready to resume gas transit via Ukraine after court disputes are resolved
- Tatneft receiving claims from European partners because of Druzhba pipeline contamination
- Russian oil transit to Poland suspended because of chlorinated organics above standard
- Greece urged EU Council to condemn Turkish actions off Cyprus
A medal for dedication
Over the past decades, the 75-year-old, solidly rooted in soil, has grown from an ordinary farmer into a national role model.
BEAC Raises CEMAC Growth Forecast to 3.2%, Warns of External Risks
Jul 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM- Bernstein Liebhard LLP announces investigation of Wirecard AG
- Wirecard drops on FT report suggesting dubious accounting practice
- Sabine Lautenschläger resigns from ECB Board
- Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO
- Polish ambassador urges Poles to ‘seriously consider’ leaving UK
- Austria stops EU free trade agreement Mercosur
- Pound rebounds towards six-week high vs dollar
- DB Cargo to expand business in China
- Unregulated firm Financial.org closes, investors say accounts frozen
- Sterling edges higher as investors eye Brexit talks
UBS: Restrictions on fossil fuel investment to reach net zero
Investment bank UBS concludes that to reach net zero, the world may start to impose restrictions on new fossil fuel investment. Not complete restrictions and not overnight, but enough to reduce cumulative fossil capex by about $10 trillion from now to 2050, or about 2/3 of what we would expect to invest at the current run rate.
- U.S. seeks ban on flavored e-cigarettes after several deaths, hundreds with lung illness
- Apple reveals triple-camera iPhone, undercuts Disney streaming TV price
- Bavarian pub forces powerful Google to retreat
- German institute discovers health risk in tattoo needles
- Largest zero emission airplane takes off in California
- Pilots save passengers with precision landing: “They did everything right”
- Russia says radiation levels rose by 4-16 times in city after accident
- Apple offers credit card: Should you apply?
- Salesforce expands footprint into China with Alibaba partnership
- Defence forces on scene after chemical incident at New Zealand’s Blis Technologies site
New technology convention pushes for more innovation in Europe
A new convention in Berlin wants to bring together experts from different fields to create new ideas from different perspectives to discuss how to shape the future of the internet.
- 2026 Summer Davos forum in Dalian shifts the global conversation to large-scale, real-world tech impact
- Putting down roots in China
- China may have created an electric vehicle bubble that could soon burst
- Nissan to cut 12,500 jobs as it struggles after Ghosn’s arrest
- DTEK connects Kyiv and Lviv with network of five high-speed EV charging stations
- Schaeffler to sell plant in Hamm to management
- Audi Recalls E-Tron in U.S. on Battery Fire Risk
- Fiat Chrysler withdraws merger offer for Renault
- Schaeffler honors its suppliers for their outstanding performance
- Ferrari accelerates its move into hybrid cars
Engagement, honesty and respect
The region is now the main engine of global growth, but it is also a great energy importer, certainly of fuels other than coal.
