TikTok’s founder Zhang Yiming has become China’s richest man with a fortune of almost $50bn (£38bn). Dubbed the “short video king”, the 41-year-old topped the Hurun China Rich List for the first time with $49.3bn (£37.9bn). Mr Yiming stepped down as chief executive of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, in 2021. He is the 18th individual
China is starting onn an ambitious plan to make its Tiangong space station better. They aim to increase the station’s operational capabilities. Tiangong, China’s orbital outpost, has been fully operational since November 2022, following the addition of the Mengtian science module. The space station, which features a three-module T-shape design, is currently functioning in low
British oil and gasoline company BP (British Petroleum) signage is being pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on July 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images British oil major BP on Tuesday reported its weakest quarterly earnings in nearly four years, weighed down by a slump in crude prices and lower refining margins. The energy firm posted underlying replacement
More than 1,000 Ford employees will go on strike on Wednesday, the Unite union has said. Administrative workers in Dunton, Stratford, Dagenham, Daventry and Halewood will walk out for 24 hours over a long-running dispute about pay and contract changes. The carmaker has offered many office workers a one-off payment for 2024, rather than giving
The Israeli military said it conducted the “precise strikes” in retaliation for Tehran’s ballistic missile barrage on 1 October – the second direct attack on Israel in six months. #israel #iran #middleeast SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: