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After months of anticipation, the opening day of Shenzhen’s exchange link with Hong Kong has finally arrived. The program will give foreign investors direct access to more than 800 stocks in China’s southern financial hub, while adding more than 100 smaller Hong Kong equities to the potential buy lists of …

    Salty dark caramel sauce from Food Gift Love by Maggie Battista. It’s a sweet idea, but handmade gifts for hosts don’t always elicit wide-eyed delight. One might get a polite thank you for the Popsicle stick trivet or hand-sewn tea cosy, but the recipient’s thinking ‘meh.’ The one …

  Japanese clothing and accessories brand Muji is rumoured to be coming to Vancouver within the next year. HANDOUT / VANCOUVER SUN With Vancouver’s retail sector continuing to outperform other Canadian markets, one industry observer says the city can expect an explosion of new brands, both international and domestic, in the coming year, …

    The deal agreed by Opec members last week will come to symbolise the passing of one of the world’s most powerful cartels. After 50 years in control of the oil price, Opec has submitted to the economic power of a much-changed global market. The deal represents the recognition …

  Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen triumphed over his right-wing rival Sunday in the vote for Austria’s presidency, a victory welcomed by moderate politicians across Europe as a blow against the populist forces looking to weaken the European Union Presidential candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, a former leading member of …

  Key says he would vote for his deputy prime minister, Bill English, if he put his name forward for leader, after shock announcement that he is quitting. John Key, the New Zealand prime minister and leader of the National party, has resigned in a decision that has taken the …

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform the constitution. In a late-night news conference, he said he took responsibility for the outcome, and said the No camp must now make clear proposals. With most ballots counted, the …

  Shutterstock/ GaudiLab From driverless cars to robotic workers, the future is going to be here before you know it.Many emerging technologies you hear about today will reach a tipping point by 2025, according to a report from The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software …

      Breakfast Burritos A hearty breakfast is the way to start the day, right? Maybe not so much any longer, because breakfast foods seem to be leaking into lunch and even dinner times these days. Perhaps you sleep late or work through the traditional breakfast time, but not …

    Thousands of protesters gathered in Seoul for the sixth-straight week Saturday to demand the ouster of scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye ahead of an impeachment vote in parliament. The latest in a series of massive anti-Park demonstrations in the South Korean capital came just hours after opposition parties filed an …