build-operate data center company, has officially announced the commencement of construction on the Desert Dragon Data Centers, boasting a total capacity of 187 megawatts (MW). This ambitious project is the result of a joint venture between ICS (...)
Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday by what authorities say was the strongest typhoon to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades, with flights, trains and highways suspended during a national holiday.
Typhoon (...)
A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for the Chinese government.
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, was arrested in August 2020 after admitting to an undercover FBI agent that he sold US secrets to China.
Ma, a (...)
A row has erupted on Chinese social media over the use of air conditioners in classrooms as the country endures an unseasonal heatwave.
Parents in some of China's hottest cities have called on schools to install air conditioners as temperatures (...)
RIYADH — King Saud University in Riyadh has been ranked 90th in the Shanghai Ranking of Universities for 2024, which is one of the most important global rankings and is based on precise criteria, including research and educational outputs, and the (...)
Malaysia says it has intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a collision with another ship before fleeing the scene and turning off its tracking system.
The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of (...)
China's economy stumbled in the second quarter, official data shows, just as the country's top leaders gathered for a key meeting to address its sluggish growth.
It grew 4.7% in the three months to June, falling short of expectations after a (...)
The European Union has raised tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, as Brussels takes action to protect the bloc's motor industry.
The new tariffs on individual manufacturers range from 17.4% to 37.6%, which is on top of a 10% duty that was already (...)
Belarus and China kicked off 11-day joint military training exercises Monday, Belarus' defense ministry said – with activities taking place just miles from the border of Poland, a NATO and European Union member.
The joint anti-terrorist training (...)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing Monday, days after a controversial visit to Moscow and another to Kyiv that the far-right European leader described as a "peace mission."
Orban, who has been widely (...)
SHANGHAI — Fahd Al-Rabadi, head of the National Data Management Office at the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), affirmed the commitment of Saudi Arabia, represented by SDAIA, to ensuring the development of ethical and (...)
Takeoffs and landings at South Korea's Incheon International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, according to Reuters news agency.
One balloon landed (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced granting the official Approved Destination Status (ADS) to China effective from July 1, 2024. This follows the Kingdom's participation in the second China roadshow and ITB China in Shanghai.
This move underscores (...)
DUBAI — Riyadh Air, the new airline owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), has taken an important step forward in its future entry into the main Chinese market by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Eastern (...)
لِأول وهلة، قد تَنْدهِش من عبارة "أفضل جامعة في المملكة العربية السعودية" عند زيارة موقع جامعة الفيصل الإلكتروني، هذه العبارة قد تكون صادمة عند بعض المتخصصين والمهتمين في التعليم العالي، وخاصة أن هناك الكثير من الجامعات المرموقة مصنفة عالميا بدرجات (...)
RIYADH — As many as 60 Saudi scholarship students were graduated from a number of elite universities of the United States of America. The Saudi Club at Harvard University organized a ceremony to honor the graduates from Harvard University, the (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president's second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and (...)
With the Chinese economy facing massive challenges, there have been concerns over its growth potential, at least in the immediate future.
Yet a key exception is emerging in the form of domestic tourism.
Last week's five-day public holiday to mark (...)
Mount Everest isn't the only peak in the world experiencing overcrowding.
Earlier this week, groups of travelers climbing Yandang Mountain in eastern China were stuck partway up a cliff, clinging to a rope along a fixed climbing route, for more than (...)
China's newest, largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, took a big step to joining the world's largest naval fleet on Wednesday as it set out from Shanghai for its first sea trials.
The naval assessment is expected to take place in (...)
In a slick video marking National Security Education Day, China's top spy agency has a stern message for Chinese people: foreign spies are everywhere.
As ominous music plays, a broad-faced, beady-eyed man disguises himself as a street fashion (...)
NEOM — NEOM has launched the China leg of its global 'Discover NEOM' tour in Beijing and Shanghai, aimed at presenting investment and collaboration opportunities within its futuristic development projects.
The events, held in partnership with the (...)
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran's reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend.
Brent crude — a key benchmark for oil prices internationally — was lower but still trading close to $90 a barrel on Monday morning.
Prices had already (...)
Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, damaging buildings and causing the deaths of four people.
Taiwan's national fire agency said four people died in Hualien County. Hualien (...)
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is set to launch its first electric vehicle (EV) and begin taking orders on Thursday.
Its chief executive Lei Jun said this week that the Speed Ultra 7 (SU7) would be priced below 500,000 yuan ($69,186; £54,836).
The (...)