Author: CGTN

A new report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warns that military escalation in the Middle East could inflict $97 billion to $299 billion in economic losses across the Asia-Pacific region and push 8.8 million people into poverty.Read More

The “Strategic Intelligence: Renewable Energy (2026)” report projects a significant expansion in global renewable energy capacity, anticipated to more than double from 4,107GW in 2025 to 8,430GW by 2031. The rapid growth is largely driven by solar photovoltaic (PV) becoming the largest source of renewable electricity globally, with notable dominance in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China. This development underscores a major shift in the global power mix, highlighting considerable…Read More

Without fanfare, Brussels will stop funding for projects that use the Chinese-made devices as part of a ‘do more, say less’ strategy.Read More

Swebal’s new factory is to have the capacity to produce more than 4,000 metric tons of TNT annually. Russia is estimated to make 50,000 tons per year.Read More

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion in Q1 2026, Crunchbase data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second consecutive quarter of growth. The main driver was AI, which for the first time claimed more than 50% of the continent’s total funding for the quarter.Read More

Over 1.4GW/3.4GWh of grid-scale BESS came online in Europe, likely its best month ever, accounting for almost a fifth of global figures and more than what it deployed in the whole of 2023.Read More

Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the Hungarian elections suggests that political endorsements from Donald Trump or JD Vance do not necessarily boost European far-right campaigns, as the MAGA message increasin…Read More

Intertek Group Plc shares surged after the product testing firm said it’s exploring a breakup aimed at boosting its value.Read More

Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died in July 2023 while celebrating the last day of the summer termRead More

EXCLUSIVE: Lip Sync Productions, the British film and TV investor behind titles including The Brutalist and Viggo Mortensen’s Falling, has been named and shamed by the UK’s tax authorities. HM Revenue…Read More