The United Arab Emirates is not alone in its concerns about the “hostile confrontation” between the United States and China, the Gulf country’s foreign minister of state told CNBC on Wednesday. “Every time we see a confrontation between Washington and Beijing, the markets really shake,” Anwar Gargash told CNBC’s Hadley …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has determined that major Chinese companies, including telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision (002415.SZ), are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new US financial sanctions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. FILE …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered how the subsurface ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have supported microbial life in the past. FILE PHOTO: A view of Jupiter’s moon Europa created from images taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in …
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FILE PHOTO: Lobsters seen in a box after being brought in by a lobster fisherman in Stonington, Maine, USA. USA, July 5, 2017. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum aimed at protecting American lobster fishermen who have found export markets …
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