By Alexandra Alper, Humera Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday fired China’s top chipmaker, SMIC. And oil giant CNOC. Added to the alleged blacklist of Chinese military companies, with President-elect Joe Biden likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before taking office. The Department of Defense appointed a …
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LONDON (AP) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine, and a historic step towards ending the drought that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide. . For emergency use of the vaccine, developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and …
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BEIJING (AP) – China’s third landing on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that includes a robot rover heading to Mars, developing a reusable aircraft and plans to return humans to the lunar surface. The first attempt to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s, …
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A volunteer is vaccinated on September 24, 2020, at a research center in Florida, USA, at a research center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Marco Bello | Reuters LONDON – US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner Bioentech say they have applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for conditional …
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A U.S. Adjusts the Chinese flag near the flag. Ng Han Guan | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE – Investors need to allocate more of their portfolios to China, as “geopolitical diversification” is becoming a more critical consideration in the coming years, according to an investment strategist. Paul Colwell, head …
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