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EU Antitrust Charges Apple for Breaching Tech Rules, Another Probe Coming
On Monday, June 24, European Union antitrust regulators alleged that Apple breached the bloc's rules concerning technology. The accusation could result in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker, which also faces another investigation into...
Which US Senate Races to Keep an Eye On in 2024
The U.S. general election upcoming on Nov. 5 is set to present the Democratic Party with a tough fight. They will try preserving the narrow 51-49 majority in the U.S. Senate, as they are defending...
US and China Hold First Informal Nuclear Talks in 5 Years
The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with a focus on managing tensions over Taiwan. According to two American delegates, Beijing's representatives told...
Focus of German Foreign Trade Shifting From China to US, Experts Suggest
Experts believe German foreign trade is shifting focus from China to the United States as economic and political factors all increasingly favor the U.S.-German relationship. Belying this trend is the recent trip to the People’s...
China Warns of Possible ‘Trade War’ With EU as Germany’s Vice-Chancellor Heads to Beijing
Escalating frictions with the European Union over electric vehicle imports could trigger a trade war, Beijing said on June 21. Robert Habeck, Germany's economy minister, arrived in the Chinese capital with the proposed tariffs high...
California Wildfire Scorches 12,000 Acres, Forcing Evacuations
As of Sunday, June 16, a wildfire that broke out northwest of Los Angeles necessitated the evacuation of over 1,000 people from a popular outdoor recreation area and burned over 12,000 acres, authorities said. Some...
US, Canada, Japan, Philippines Conduct Military Exercises in South China Sea
The U.S. Pacific Fleet said on its website on July 17 that the United States, Canada, Japan, and the Philippines conducted a two-day joint maritime exercise in Manila's exclusive economic zone in the South China...
Vladimir Putin to Visit Vietnam, Sparking US Protest
Vietnamese and Russian state media said on Monday, June 17 that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Vietnam later in the week. Last weekend Hanoi skipped the Peace Summit in Switzerland, which discussed solutions to...
US Expands Sanctions on Chinese Firms Supplying Russia’s War Effort
The U.S. government announced new and vastly broadened sanctions against the Russian Federation on June 12 (Wednesday), particularly targeting Chinese companies that aid Moscow’s military industry for the war in Ukraine. Though the Sino-Russian “partnership”...
Healthcare Spending Neared $5 Trillion in 2023, Rising 7.5 Percent, Federal Data Shows
Increased spending in Medicaid and private health insurance has spurred a 7.5-percent rise in the total amount of the U.S. economy that was spent on healthcare in 2023, according to data released by the U.S....
US Sanctions 3 More Chinese Firms Over Uyghur Slave Labor
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has added three more mainland Chinese firms to an entity list that bars imports from firms allegedly involved with Uyghur slave labor in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. ...
Russia, Belarus Begin Second Stage of Joint Tactical Nuclear Weapon Drills
On June 11 (Tuesday), the Russian government announced the second stage of drills to practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons alongside the Belarusian military. The Kremlin had previously described the exercises as a response...