Between now and the year 2036, 7,240 commercial aircraft worth $1.1 trillion will be bought by Chinese airliners according to a forecast by aircraft marker Boeing.     A firm reflection on the belief of Boeing in the prospects of the Chinese airline industry is made by the most recent...

Echoing China’s resistance to more punitive measures to pressure Pyongyang into abandoning its atomic and missile programs, after its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, Russian President Vladimir Putin again rejected U.S. calls for new sanctions against North Korea.   The Russian leader...

In Pakistan across the Himalayas, Beijing has pledged to spend $57 billion on infrastructure projects as part of its “Belt and Road” initiative and Zhang Yang, a businessman from Chongqing in southwest China, is one of a growing number of Chinese pioneers sensing an opportunity in this new region....

A clean, fast taxi service for the waterways of major cities is what French yachtsman Alain Thebault wants to turn a boat design into that he used to break a world speed sailing record in 2009.   Thebault expects to raise between 50 to 100 million euros by the end of September as the...

Robot manufacturers in January were warned about nearly 50 vulnerabilities in their home, business and industrial robots, by researchers now say that only a few of the problems have been addressed.   The vulnerabilities would allow hackers to make robots lurch and move violently, putting...

A recent study by researchers at DePaul University has concluded that U.S. bus companies and the Amtrak passenger rail system that bet more consumers would embrace alternatives to driving for trips shorter than 400 miles, are being squeezed by cheap gasoline.   No Amtrak passenger rail...

While there is rising awareness among consumers about the excessive consumption of sugar in various products, people have been talking about the sugar content in soft drinks.   Singapore is one city state that has been drawing a campaign to fight diabetes and in order to limit the sugar...

There is a race between carmakers and technology companies to develop "robotaxis" which can be called up via smartphone and paid for by the minute and this race is set to get intensified a few notches more as Fiat Chrysler is slated to join an alliance led by BMW engaged for the development of...

The Philippines’ good tidings were being heralded by the tumbling of the peso to a fresh 11-year low.   He wasn't worried about either the deficit or the currency's drop — or even his expectation that the peso may fall further, said Nestor Espenilla, governor of the country's central...

It has been years that Facebook and many of its apps have been blocked in China.   Now by authorizing the release of a new app there that does not carry the Facebook name, the social network is trying a different way into China.   According to a person with knowledge of the...

A call to stop "blaming and shaming" one another over a continental eggs contamination scare was given by Europe's food safety commissioner to countries.   After traces of a moderately toxic pesticide – called fipronil – were found in batches of eggs, tensions between agricultural ministers...