• Sober times for China's wine sellers

    Having once enjoyed vibrant growth, China's wine industry is being held back by trade barriers, changing tastes and a flagging economy.

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    iPhone sales take a dip in China despite consecutive market growth

    Apple recorded a double-digit decline in its Chinese market share growth in Q1 2024. This came despite Chinese smartphone sales growing by 1.5% year-over-year in the quarter, with vivo at the top.

  • This Is the Best Time to Take Your DHEA Supplement

    DHEA is a supplement available at nutrition stores and online. There may be considerable benefits to supplementing your diet with DHEA at night.

  • It's Time to Start Taking Your Spring Allergies Seriously

    It’s not your imagination—spring allergy season really is getting worse every year. (Thanks, climate change.) Pollen seasons now start 20 days earlier and last 10 days longer than they did in 1990, according to research, and pollen counts are up as well. If you’ve been thinking of each spring’s season as something to just white-knuckle your way through, it may be time to take a different approach.

  • Reactions flood in to Tory Minister's Question Time howler

    "I don’t think I’ll ever uncringe from this" Reactions to Chris Philp's Question Time howler have flooded in on social media.

  • iPhone sales plummet in China as Huawei makes a comeback

    Huawei saw massive growth of nearly 70pc of its smartphone sales in China at the start of 2024, while Apple sales fell by 19pc in the same period. : iPhone sales plummet in China as Huawei makes a comeback

  • Apple takes down WhatsApp, Threads from China app store

    Encrypted apps Telegram and Signal are also unavailable in the China app store, according to a censorship tracker.

  • Dutch take extreme weather in their stride at holiday time

    Soaring temperatures, thunderstorms and floods are leading 38% of Dutch people to rethink their summer holiday plans, according to new research by the Dutch tourist board NBTC. The board asked 7,000 people in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Britain, France, the US and China about their holiday plans and in total, 46% said extreme weather would influence their choice of destination. But the Dutch, alongside the Germans, were the least likely to take extreme weather conditions into account....

  • Nasa warns China may try to take over the Moon

    China is planning a permanently-manned base on the Moon (Picture: Getty) Nasa has warned that China may attempt to take over parts of the Moon within just a few years. The space agency’s administrator Bill Nelson said he fears the country’s civilian programmes launched in the name of science could actually be secret military operations. Speaking before a House Appropriations Committee to argue why Nasa needed a $25.4 billion budget for 2025, Mr Nelson said: ‘China has made extraordinary...

  • Camera Sales Grew For First Time in 13 Years, But Not for Canon

    Camera sales have been on the up for several years now but that was mostly in contrast to how poorly the industry fared during the height of the pandemic. But this time, a research firm in Japan reports that the industry will grow for the first time in over a decade. [Read More]

  • Minister backs bid to make X take down church video

    Without a silver bullet to stop the proliferation of dangerous content online, the government and law enforcement agencies will continue to fire at as many targets as possible, the communications minister says. Whether graphic content should remain on social media has become the subject of heated debate in the aftermath of a stabbing at a […]

  • Russian deputy defence minister detained for allegedly taking bribes

    Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov oversaw military infrastructure projects.