
Alibaba surges in Wall Street debut
A buying frenzy sent Alibaba shares sharply higher Friday as the Chinese online giant made its historic Wall Street trading debut.
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A buying frenzy sent Alibaba shares sharply higher Friday as the Chinese online giant made its historic Wall Street trading debut.
Jun 25, 2026

Chinese online giant Alibaba on Monday boosted the price range for what was already expected to be the biggest stock offering on record, to as much as $25.03 billion.
Jun 25, 2026

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said his ambitious pledge to create one million jobs in the US had been scuppered by the trade row between Beijing and Washington, Chinese state news reported Thursday.
Jun 25, 2026

Alibaba has become by far the dominant e-commerce company in China, a country with the world's greatest number of Internet users, in only 15 years.
Jun 25, 2026

Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika has replaced his powerful intelligence chief, the presidency announced Sunday, confirming his domination over the armed forces after a security shake-up.
Jun 25, 2026

Syria's Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages and warplanes again pounded the city as Russia condemned what it called "unacceptable" Western rhetoric after allegations of war crimes.
Jun 25, 2026

Members of Al-Qaeda's north African branch killed a dozen Mauritanian soldiers on Monday as they patrolled in the northern part of the country, a security official told AFP.
Jun 25, 2026

Al-Qaeda has staged the majority of violent attacks in Iraq since the end of June, when US troops withdrew from the country's cities, a top US officer said on Thursday.
Jun 25, 2026

Al-Qaeda on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack last week on an Iraqi military centre that killed 12 people, according to a statement posted on a jihadist website.
Jun 25, 2026

Al-Qaeda's north African wing is the prime suspect in the kidnapping of five French and two African workers from a uranium mining town in Niger, officials said Friday.
Jun 25, 2026

A tarmac tiff between US and Chinese officials over media access highlighted the gap between views on human rights and press freedom, US President Barack Obama said Sunday after the incident soured the start of a global summit.
Jun 25, 2026

A barrage of airstrikes on rebel-held areas in Syria have killed scores of people, just hours after the government in Damascus approved a US-Russian plan to halt fighting in the country's suppurating civil war.
Jun 25, 2026

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said Tuesday that it would sell off several subsidiaries at its defence division to focus on its core businesses of space activities, military planes and missiles.
Jun 25, 2026

Airbus has sharply criticised Madrid for choosing defence systems specialist Indra to coordinate Spain's participation in a Franco-German project to develop a new-generation fighter jet, in which the aviation giant is deeply involved.
Jun 25, 2026

The defence unit of European aircraft giant Airbus announced Monday it had struck a strategic partnership with French IT service company Atos to develop security systems against computer attacks.
Jun 25, 2026

Imagine in the near future a defensive system that uses airborne laser beams traveling at the speed of light to 'zap' enemy missiles early in their boost stage.
Jun 25, 2026