China

Markets

Shanghai opens week with more volatility

More rollercoaster trading in Shanghai to start the week, which plunged on opening and then clawed back most of the losses. The Chinese stockmarket

31/08/2015

Sport

World Athletics Championships: final day round-up

Jamaica won the 4×400 metres relay gold medal in the last women’s track race of the world championships in Beijing, China. Jamaica overtook the

30/08/2015

Sport

Bolt celebrates triple triumph at world championships

Usain Bolt secured a sweep of sprint golds at the World championships for the third time as Jamaica won the 4×100 metres relay. Aided by a

29/08/2015

Sport

Bartoletta wins second world long jump gold as Schippers sprints to 200m title

Dafne Schippers continued her remarkable ascent in the world of sprinting. The Dutchwomen produced a stunning late burst to win the 200 metres gold

28/08/2015

China

Usain Bolt felled by cameraman on segway

28/08/2015

Sport

Bolt dominates 200m to complete the world championship sprint double

Usain Bolt once again highlighted his status as the greatest sprinter of all time by winning the 200 metres gold at the World Championships in

27/08/2015

China

China detains 12 over Tianjin blasts

Twelve people have been “formally detained” in China after the massive explosions in Tianjin earlier this month. Among them are the chairman

27/08/2015

China

China makes arrests after Tianjin blasts

Chinese police have arrested 12 people suspected of involvement in this month’s massive explosions at the city of Tianjin. Among them are the

27/08/2015

Sport

Bolt and Gatlin ready for 200 metre final at Beijing

Julius Yego has added another medal for Kenya at the IAAF Championships in Beijing. The Kenyan threw an incredible 92.72 metres to take the gold

26/08/2015

Business Line

The Great Fall of China and what it means for the rest of the world

The Great Fall of China Hundreds of billions wiped off the world’s financial markets at the beginning of the week, as a Chinese rout sent shares

26/08/2015

Sport

IAAF Championships Beijing: Two Kenyan runners test positive for doping

26/08/2015

Markets

Chinese investors remain fearful as market volatility continues

Chinese shares are struggling to recover as investors remain fearful that the latest interest rate cut will not be enough to stabilise its slowing

26/08/2015

Business Series

Global markets hit turbulence amid mounting fears of China slowdown

In this edition of Business Middle East, we analyse the turbulence engulfing global markets. Signs of an economic slowdown in China are stacking up

25/08/2015

Sport

Fraser-Pryce retains 100m world title

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce retained her 100 metres title at the World Athletic’s championships in Beijing. The 28-year-old narrowly held off a

24/08/2015

Economy

Oil prices keep on falling

Crude oil prices fell below 45 dollars (38.8 euros) a barrel on Monday, their lowest level in over six years. Analysts say the price reflects a

24/08/2015

Markets

China's 'Black Monday' a symptom of wider malaise in the world's second largest economy

In China markets did not just stumble overnight on Monday, they tumbled. The Shanghai Composite Index finished trading eight-and-a-half-percent

24/08/2015

Sport

Bolt takes gold at IAAF World Championships in Beijing

Usain Bolt has confirmed he is the fastest man on earth by taking the gold in the 100 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing on Sunday

23/08/2015

Sport

Mo Farah takes gold at IAAF World Championships in Beijing

Britain’s Mo Farah has retained his 10,000 metres world title at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing. The 32-year-old crossed the finish line in

22/08/2015

China

Chinese authorities try to calm fears of Tianjin residents following blasts

Four new fires have broken out at the site where two huge blasts last week killed at least 116 people in the Chinese port city of Tianjin

21/08/2015

Sport

Rudisha ready to battle it out at world championships

20/08/2015

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China commemorates Tianjin dead with flowers

19/08/2015

China

Tianjin homeowners stage anti-government protest over chemical blasts

Exactly a week after the deadly chemical plant explosion in China, homeowners whose estate was destroyed staged a protest in Tianjin, outside a

19/08/2015

China

China: Tributes paid to Tianjin chemical blast victims amid pollution fears

Ships at Tianjin docks sounded their horns, as ceremonies were held in the northeastern Chinese port for the victims of last week’s explosions at a

18/08/2015

China

Sebastian Coe wins race to head athletics' governing body

18/08/2015

Business Series

The currency war intensifies after China devalues the yuan

One week after the People’s Bank of China devalued the yuan Business Middle East focuses on reactions to the central bank’s latest action which was

18/08/2015

China

Tianjin firefighters pay tribute to their lost colleagues

Emergency crews who were first on the scene in last week's chemical warehouse blasts in the Chinese port of Tianjin, bore the brunt of fatalities. in the disaster. On Tuesday lost colleagues were reme

18/08/2015