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Chinese industrial robot maker Shenzhen Inovance Technology submitted an initial public offering (IPO) application in Hong Kong on Tuesday, joining a wave of mainland tech firms seeking capital from international investors. Founded in 2003, Inovance is seen as a cornerstone of China’s industrial automation sector. The company’s shares, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2010, closed at 61.36 yuan on Tuesday, giving it a market capitalisation of nearly 175.3 billion yuan (US$25.6...

China is stepping up efforts to secure critical sea lanes and protect its overseas assets, as crises at maritime chokepoints – including the Strait of Hormuz – expose growing vulnerabilities in global trade. In response, Beijing has tasked leading industrial enterprises and academic institutions with spearheading research to safeguard strategic trade corridors and overseas port holdings, amid escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the US-Israeli war in Iran and legal disputes over Panama...

Writing in Foreign Affairs, Tsinghua University’s Da Wei argued that China wants Europe to function as an independent pole in a changing global order, but that Europe lacks “a more independent soul”. He is half right. Europe has the assets for independence. What it lacks is the strategy. Europe and the United States face the same rival but carry different exposures. Since 2018, the US has cut its direct imports from China. Europe’s have grown harder to unwind. What appears to be decoupling is...

Trials of the Ajax vehicles, produced in Merthyr Tydfil, will proceed "cautiously", says minister.

Croatia and Bosnia on Tuesday signed a deal to build a major gas pipeline backed by investors close to US President Donald Trump, aiming to cut Sarajevo's reliance on Russian gas.

Officials say prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West

The biggest shake up of renting rules in England for 30 years affects millions of people.

A social studies teacher at Kaukauna High School has been caught openly lamenting that the latest deranged assassin didn't manage to take out President Donald Trump. The post Wisconsin High School Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Whining That Shooter Failed to Assassinate President Trump appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The statement “We must complete the European continent so that it does not fall under Russian, Turkish or Chinese influence” uttered by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who took office not by direct popular vote, but with … The post The Future of Türkiye-Europe Relations After the Geopolitical Storm appeared first on Global Research.

After his match-winning century for Durham, BBC Sport assesses whether Emilio Gay has the skills to be England's next Test opener.

After his match-winning century for Durham, BBC Sport assesses whether Emilio Gay has the skills to be England's next Test opener.

After his match-winning century for Durham, BBC Sport assesses whether Emilio Gay has the skills to be England's next Test opener.