China uses a quantum satellite to transmit potentially unhackable info for the first time ever

China has demonstrated a world first by sending data over long distances using satellites which is potentially unhackable, laying the basis for next generation encryption based on so-called “quantum cryptography. Last August, China launched a quantum satellite...

Euro zone’s third largest economy is causing headaches for investors — and it might get a lot worse

However, recent Italian data has positively surprised analysts: Unemployment has fallen 0.7 percent in the first half of the year, youth unemployment fell to about 35 percent, a services sector index reached its highest level in a decade and three troubled banks have...

Markets jittery over North Korea ahead of UK trade and factory data – business live

3.39am EDT03:39 Gold rises and Korean won falls South Koreans watch a television displaying news broadcasts reporting on North Korea at a station in Seoul today. Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA The growing tensions between North Korea and the United States are...

Glencore raises earnings guidance, sees electric vehicles boosting demand

Mining and commodities trading group Glencore raised its earnings guidance on Thursday and said it expected the increased take-up of electric vehicles and demand for storage to boost demand for its products. The company increased its full-year forecast for a profit...