Of the countrys Statistics Bureau made a stark warning about the number of Vacant Properties in the country. He said chinas massive population of 1. 4 billion people was not enough to fill the number of empty apartments across the country. Our Asia Business reporter Monica Miller explains. Debt restructuring plans fell apart over the weekend which has led to a massive sell off this morning. We are seeing here in asia, about 24 . This was an unexpected development. The embattled developer said that later on sunday it was unable to issue new debt due to the Ongoing Investigation into one of its domestic subsidiaries. Now this company has been plagued with trying to figure of how to pay off its debt with onshore as well as Offshore Companies and investors. You know, it slumped since 2021 when evergrande defaulted initially on its debt obligations. That was following a clampdown from the government on new borrowing. Multiple homes have been purchased by speculators in this market. That hap
among the worst hit: ididn t i didn t really have much of a choice so i am. iam. thejohn lewis partnership has warned of further store closures after it made a loss of more than 500 million pounds good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child s skin would be. william also revealed he hasn t spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controversy. have you spoken to your brother since the interview? no, i haven t spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know, is the royalfamily a racist family, sir? no, we are very much not a racist family. our royal correpsondent sarah campbelljoins me no
assembly to get the majority there of the 193 members back in 2014 when there was a vote at that russia annexed crimea the united states and others were able to get 100 votes in the general assembly on their side. certainly if that gives you any gauge of how this might play out, we are seeing a similar pattern where a resolution was vetoed in the security council and went to the general assembly to send a much bigger message from the rest of the world. if much bigger message from the rest of the world. rest of the world. if we ust returned back i rest of the world. if we ust returned back to i rest of the world. if we ust returned back to what h rest of the world. if we just returned back to what we i rest of the world. if we just i returned back to what we are talking about before, we went to the us ambassador. we are talking about china and a couple of other countries india, the uae all abstaining. there was a couple of hours before the vote where look like american a couple of o
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happens next and fear about the sort of country that russia is becoming now that it is shutting itself off from the rest of the world.- rest of the world. caroline davis reporting rest of the world. caroline davis reporting there - rest of the world. caroline j davis reporting there from moscow. as the fighting continue so too does the wave of people trying to flee to safety. the un says that more than i safety. the un says that more thani million people have now left ukraine since the invasion began. almost all of them are women and children. men aged between 18 and 60 are not allowed to leave the country because they could be called up to fight. most of the women and children have gone to neighbouring poland, slovakia, hungary and moldova. our correspondent is in the moldovan character capital and she sent this report from there. out of the bunkers and basements of ukraine has risen a village. moldova s main exhibition hall now a waiting room for ukrainian refugees. the trade he