BEIJING: China’s sharp economic rebound from last year’s pandemic slowdown lost steam in the second quarter, official data showed yesterday, with consumers lacking the confidence to splurge.

GENEVA, Switzerland: The World Trade Organization kicked off a ministerial meeting Thursday aimed at breathing life into drawn-out negotiations towards banning subsidies that favor overfishing, but numerous.icking points remain. 

MUMBAI: Food delivery giant Zomato yesterday launched its much-anticipated IPO to raise 93.75 billion rupees ($1.3 billion), India’s biggest this year and the first of a series of public listings by tech unicorns. 

BRUSSELS: The EU went into battle yesterday to secure a path to its bold pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050, triggering an epic political clash over electric cars and fuel prices that could last for years. 

KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecommunications innovator operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2021. 

ARIO DE ROSALES, México: A convoy of vigilantes snakes along a road in western Mexico, vowing to defend their avocado orchards from gangs sowing terror in a country reeling from a new wave of bloodshed. 

BRUSSELS: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday urged EU member states to reject austerity and take further stimulus measures to boost the European economy. 

BRUSSELS: The European Commission will unveil tomorrow a vast package of draft green legislation designed to govern a faster transition to a low carbon economy. 

VENICE: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday urged the European Union to reconsider its plans for a “discriminatory” digital tax, saying the new global reform deal should make it redundant.