SHANGHAI (Reuters) – General Motors (GM.N) renews its Chinese line-up with a greater emphasis on electric cars and smart-drive technology to put a slump in sales after more than two decades of growth in a country that contributes nearly a fifth of its profits. PHILO PHOTO: A new GM Cadillac …
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Text size Kevin Frayer / Getty Images The European chip sector was under pressure on Tuesday when the cold wind of fracturing relations between US and China blew its way. The sector has benefited from the fruits of a global tech rally driven by the need for gadgets and computers …
Read More »WHO blasts ‘vaccination nationalism’ in the latest slate against opposition
GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …
Read More »Opposition in Belarus sets up council; Lukashenko decides to ‘try to gain power’
MINSK (Reuters) – The rising political opposition in Belarus on Tuesday set up a council in the country, dismissing a move by President Alexander Lukashenko in an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that postponed mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s main opposition figures are in prison as …
Read More »Opposition in Belarus sets up council; Lukashenko decides to ‘try to gain power’
MINSK (Reuters) – The rising political opposition in Belarus on Tuesday set up a council in the country, dismissing a move by President Alexander Lukashenko in an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that postponed mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s main opposition figures are in prison as …
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