U.S. tariffs on China are working, U.S. Secretary of Commerce says

Tariffs are forcing China to pay attention to U.S. concerns, according to a copy of a speech to be given by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on Thursday.

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U.S.-China made no progress in deputy-level trade talks: South China Morning Post

The United States and China made no progress in deputy-level trade talks held on Monday and Tuesday in Washington, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) said, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the meetings.

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U.S. weighing China currency pact as part of partial trade deal: Bloomberg

The United States is weighing a currency pact with China as part of a partial deal that could see a planned tariff hike next week being suspended, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/35vnu7g on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks.

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Shares in China's Hikvision and Dahua dive after U.S. blacklisting

Shares of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd, which were among companies blacklisted by Washington, fell sharply in early trading on Thursday.

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U.S. to issue licenses for supply of non-sensitive goods to Huawei: NYT

The United States will soon issue licenses for some of its firms to supply non-sensitive goods to banned Chinese telecoms firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the New York Times said on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Livestreamed killings test social media measures to block extremist content

Social media companies scrambled on Wednesday to scrub footage of a shooting outside a German synagogue from their platforms, in the first major test of their systems since a massacre in the New Zealand city of Christchurch prompted a global outcry.

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As Biden calls for impeachment, Trump adds legal muscle, lashes out at whistleblower

U.S. President Donald Trump added muscle to the legal team defending against an impeachment investigation led by congressional Democrats on Wednesday, after 2020 re-election rival Joe Biden called for the first time for his impeachment.

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Ecuador's streets rumble with indigenous wrath

Some walked to Quito from the countryside. Others hitched rides in the back of trucks, squeezed between sacks of produce. Many have spent days sleeping outside and eating from communal pots.

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If pain was an object, what would it look like?

US photographer Justin J Wee has chronic back pain and uses images to depict living with pain.

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Germany shooting: Angela Merkel attends vigil for synagogue attack victims

The German chancellor expressed "solidarity for all Jews on the holy day of Yom Kippur".

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White House denies report China's Liu He plans to leave Washington on Thursday: CNBC

The White House has denied a report from the South China Morning Post that said that Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is planning to leave Washington on Thursday after just one day of minister-level meetings, a CNBC reporter said on Twitter.

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Nobel Prize for Literature to name two winners after scandal-hit year

Two winners will be announced on Thursday after the prestigious prize had a year off in 2018.

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US did not approve Turkey's Syria offensive, says Mike Pompeo

The US secretary of state defends President Trump as Turkey launches an offensive in northern Syria.

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NBC correspondent's child interrupts her live

Pentagon correspondent Courtney Kube was talking about Turkish airstrikes when her son appeared.

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Republican Gowdy, who pushed Obama on Benghazi, joins Trump impeachment defense

Former U.S. Representative Trey Gowdy stepped into a familiar role on Wednesday when President Donald Trump tapped him to join his outside legal team to help battle a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry: conservative battering ram.

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'Why I stopped a speech by Trump's border chief'

US Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was shouted off stage in Washington DC. Was it right?

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Egon Krenz: Fall of Berlin Wall 'was worst night of my life'

East Germany's last communist leader, Egon Krenz, says the fall of the Berlin Wall was the "worst night of his life".

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Former Congressman Gowdy joins Trump legal team to fight impeachment move

Former U.S. Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina has joined President Donald Trump's legal team as the Republican executive battles an impeachment inquiry by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, Trump's legal team said Wednesday.

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Spies hacked Moroccan activists amid crackdown on protests: researchers

Moroccan human rights activists have been targeted by hackers armed with sophisticated computing spying software amid a government crackdown on protests in recent years, according to research by Amnesty International.

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Pompeo says China's treatment of Muslims 'enormous human right violation': PBS interview

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview on Wednesday that China's treatment of Muslims, including the Uighurs, in western China was an "enormous human rights violation" and Washington will continue to raise the issue.

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