Alibaba merges Ele.me, Fliggy into e-commerce unit in strategic shift · TechNode
Alibaba Group has merged its food delivery platform Ele.me and travel unit Fliggy into its China e-commerce division as part of a shift from a traditional e-commerce model to a…
Pricing law overhaul to ensure fair competition
A visitor (right) experiences a massage treatment conducted by an intelligent robot at a health maintenance store in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on June 18. CAO JIANXIONG/FOR CHINA DAILY China is…
Hull and Sunderland the cheapest cities for student renters
Hull, Sunderland and Carlisle are the most affordable student cities across Great Britain, analysis from Rightmove shows. In Hull and Sunderland you can typically rent for £804 per month, will…
Guatemala is prepared to receive hundreds of deported minors from US: President Arevalo
Guatemala is ready and willing to receive some 150 unaccompanied minors per week of all ages from the United States, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday, a day after a…
China tightens tax reporting rules for internet platforms · TechNode
China has rolled out new tax reporting rules for internet platforms in a move to boost transparency and enforcement. The regulations, which took effect June 23, require platforms to submit…
China advances development bank to help 10 Eurasian countries curb US dollar risks
A strong push on Monday to create a development bank serving 10 Eurasian countries, including China, would help insulate the group from increasingly risky US dollar-dominated trade while accelerating key…
Starbucks denies reports it plans to fully exit China · TechNode
Starbucks has responded to rumours of a potential stake sale in its China operations after reports resurfaced that the American coffee giant is looking for buyers for its business in…
Boy, 11, shot dead in Texas after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell prank
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston, Texas after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said. The boy had been…
ByteDance fires LLM team head over conflict of interest · TechNode
ByteDance has dismissed Qiao Mu, former head of its Doubao large language model (LLM) team, following an internal ethics probe. In a notice circulated internally on Monday, the TikTok owner…
EU chief’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming over Bulgaria
A plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it readied to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, Brussels said on Monday, alleging Russia was…