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Sindhu bows out of China Open after thrilling battle

Chinese star Chen Yufei saves four match points to force the contest into a decider

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Pusarla V. Sindhu of India hits a return to Chen Yufei of China during their women's singles round 16 match at the China Open badminton tournament in Changzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province on July 23, 2026.

UAE-China MOU builds legal support for global firms

New partnership offers legal, corporate and advisory support for firms expanding

UAE and China legal firms join forces to simplify cross-border expansion

Philippines lodges protest over China's racist AI video

Manila has called for the immediate removal of a China Daily video, editorial cartoons

Some screenshots of scenes from China Daily's AI-generated video depicting Filipinos as monkeys

900,000 flee in China as typhoon hits Taiwan, Japan

Typhoon Bavi batters East Asia, triggering mass evacuations and power cuts

A person looks on as large waves crash against the coast as Typhoon Bavi passes off northeastern Taiwan, in Keelung on July 11, 2026.

China's Xi mourns 'heavy losses' in shoe factory blaze

Dozens of fire and rescue personnel race to extinguish the fire

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters at the scene of a footwear factory fire in Jiangtou village, Chendai township of Jinjiang city, southeastern China's Fujian province, Thursday, July 9, 2026.

Death toll from China storms rises to 15

Hundreds injured as videos of villagers trying to catch snakes in flooded town goes viral

A flooded riverside walkway and shops are seen near a wharf on the Yongjiang river in Nanning, in China’s southern Guangxi region on July 6, 2026.

China and Russia to hold joint naval drills off Qingdao

Exercises begin Monday under ‘Joint Sea-2026’ in the Yellow Sea

Exercise comes as both countries stress strategic partnership and cooperation.

Is BRICS changing the world - or just the conversation?

The bloc has elevated the Global South, but international system remains largely intact

BRICS has been successful in shifting the conversation around power, representation, and economic governance.

Pizza Hut sold for $2.7 billion

Pizza Hut sold to equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China

Under the deal, Yum China Holdings will acquire Pizza Hut's mainland China operations for $1.2 billion, while private equity firm LongRange Capital will purchase the remainder of the business for $1.5 billion.

China takes data centres underwater and off-grid

China’s undersea hub taps 95% green power to tackle data centres’ cooling crisis

An underwater data centre being developed by Chinese maritime technology company Highlander is seen under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, in China’s eastern Jingsu province on September 11, 2025.

Why Africa may hold the keys to 21st-century economy

Once viewed through the lens of aid, Africa is now seen as a partner in growth

Africa is a continent rich in minerals powering the green economy, alive with the energy of the world’s youngest population, and open to trade routes and partnerships that serve mutual futures.

Hegseth signals major shift in US Indo-Pacific strategy

Washington pushes ‘true partnership’ as Indo-Pacific allies urged to share defence load

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a plenary session of the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 30, 2026.

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