SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content that it considered critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, six people with direct knowledge of the case told Reuters. Logos of Bytedance, the China-based company that shows the short video app …
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LONDON / MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tankers carrying Iranian fuel cargo, covered by a U.S. seizure warning, are sailing to the United States after talks between U.S. authorities and shipowners, a U.S. government source and a shipping source said on Thursday. Iran had planned to transport gasoline to Venezuela, a …
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U.S. government debt prices climbed higher Friday after falling on the backs of stronger weekly data Thursday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was lower at about 0.7012% in early trading, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dropped to about 1.4135%. Bond yields fall as their …
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LONDON / TOKYO (Reuters) – Global equities dipped on Friday after loud Chinese economic data and concerns about a slowdown in U.S. fiscal stimulus discouraged some investors from taking risks. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, UK, 29 December …
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The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was aiming to transport Iranian fuel to Venezuela, officials said on Thursday as it launched its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies. Last month, federal prosecutors in Washington filed a civil defiance complaint alleging that …
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