BEIJING / CHICAGO (Reuters) – With nearly seven months to go, an ambitious target of $ 36.5 billion for Chinese imports of US agricultural products this year may not be out of reach, but it looks like a very big stretch. FILE PHOTO: Soybeans are harvested from a field at …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 16-21 for alleged crimes under the city’s new national security law, the first of those arrests outside of street protests since the legislation entered effective a month ago. Reporters take photos and videos of a police vehicle driving …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated the Vatican’s computer networks, including the representative of the Hong Kong-based Roman Catholic Church, a US company that tracks state-backed cyberattacks said on Wednesday. . He said the attacks started in May. The Vatican and Beijing are expected to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rose on Wednesday, but a resurgence of COVID-19 cases kept investors cautious as they awaited news of the latest US Federal Reserve policy meeting. FILE PHOTO: People pass the offices of the London Stock Exchange Group in the city of London, Great Britain, on December …
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NEW YORK / HONG KONG (Reuters) – Some investors in TikTok parent company ByteDance, seeking to take over the popular social media app, value it at around $ 50 billion, significantly more than its peers, like Snap. Inc (SNAP.N), according to people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok …
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