The Kremlin has given its response to U.S. security proposals that were hand-delivered to Moscow, saying it believes Russian views had not been taken into account.
Meituan will now let users pay for offline services from hotels to movie theatre tickets with China's digital currency, known as the digital yuan or e-CNY.
Germany has provoked outrage in some quarters after it offered to supply 5,000 military helmets to Ukraine to help defend against a possible Russian invasion.
From the re-opening of bars and restaurants to the dropping of legal requirements for masks, many of Europe's biggest economies are now relaxing Covid rules.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the artificial intelligence lab that competes with Alphabet's DeepMind and Meta AI, says it has raised $250 million from investors.
Apple took advantage of the gap in the high-end market left by Huawei and found success with the with the iPhone 13 which had strong camera and 5G features.