centre in ukraine at least 16 people are killed. let s now turn our attention to sri lanka, where rising oil prices are making an already bad situation worse in a country which has been tackling an unprecedented economic crisis. 0fficials there have announced a two week halt to all fuel sales, except for essential services. joining me now is nick marsh, from our asia business hub of singapore. 0h you can t get hold of any fuel unless you are providing an essential service?- an essential service? that s ri . ht, an essential service? that s right. these an essential service? that s right, these essential- an essential service? that s i right, these essential services are things like medical services, food transportation, some public transport like trains, but sri lanka has got to the point where the government is trying to impose a de facto lockdown, people encouraged to work home, only a small percentage really,
revenue tied to cryptocurrency trading tumbled 78% to $51 million from 233 million in the quarter before. and robinhood said that barring any change in the market environment, the headwinds that drag down the last quarter would persist until the end of the year. with little reason for cheer, those comments only drove the stock lower. it looks like tensions between the us and china are flaring again, after washington revoked the us licence of one of china s biggest telecoms companies citing national security concerns. the white house has ordered china telecom to stop providing services in america within 60 days. joining me now is suranjana tewari from our asia business hub of singapore. how big a deal is this for china telecom, how much business do they do in the us?
bermuda, flora duffy winning the women s triathlon. south korea s economy expanded at the fastest annual pace in a decade in the second quarter, boosted by a pick up in private consumption. however a resurgence of covid 19 infections has cast some doubt over the outlook for growth for the rest of the year. joining me now is katie silverfrom our asia business hub of singapore. just talk us through these latest figures we had from korea. ,, latest figures we had from korea. . , ., latest figures we had from korea. . ,., , latest figures we had from korea. ,, , ., latest figures we had from korea, ,, , ., ., korea. sure, so they more or less had korea. sure, so they more or less had expectations - korea. sure, so they more or less had expectations and - korea. sure, so they more or l less had expectations and what we have heard for the april to june quarter is a growth of almost 6%, a bigjump june quarter is a growth of almost 6%, a big jump from the previous quarter where we saw a 2% g
decision in his career. sales of halogen lightbulbs are to be banned in the uk from september, with fluorescent lights to follow, under government climate change plans. the move will cut $1.2 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year and deliver consumers savings, officials say. the uk began phasing out the sale of higher energy halogen lightbulbs in 2018 under eu wide rules. the us senate has voted to approve a sweeping package of legislation which would boost the country s ability to compete with china s technology. the legislation approves a 190 billion budget to strengthen america s technology and research, and would include a further $50 billion to increase us production and research into semiconductors and telecoms equipment. joining me now is mariko oi from our asia business hub of singapore.