OHRID, North Macedonia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Montenegro and North Macedonia on Friday and warned Balkan leaders of possible risks from Chinese investment in technology and big infrastructure projects. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference with Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, after a meeting in
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. payments processor PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group. FILE PHOTO: Shadow of a 3D-printed Facebook Libra cryptocurrency logo is seen near cryptocurrency representation in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators said on Friday they were reviewing whether Tesla Inc should have recalled 2,000 of its electric cars in May instead of issuing a software upgrade to fix a potential defect that could have resulted in battery fires. FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model S steering wheel is on display at the
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Diahann Carroll, a versatile singer and stage actress who quietly blazed a trail for black women on American television in the late 1960s by playing a widowed nurse and single mother in “Julia”, died on Friday at age 84, her manager said. FILE PHOTO: Actress Diahann Carroll, one of the stars
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s latest proposal for an agreement on the terms of its divorce from the European Union has been widely rebuffed in Brussels because it does not meet the objectives of the so-called Irish border backstop. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Below
Huawei is a Chinese business which has grown to become the world’s largest telecommunications equipment vendor. This equipment is critical to how the internet functions. It occupies every step of the network chain between our laptops and phones through to the data centres hosting the content we want to access. Although it sells consumer devices
Over the coming weeks, the world’s attention will turn increasingly to the US, where the next presidential election is due to take place. Read on for all you need to know on all the key dates, who’s who, and how it works. When is it? The next US presidential election takes place on 3 November.
Novichok has become the focus of international scrutiny once again after a prominent critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin was found to have been poisoned with the nerve agent. A statement from Berlin’s Charite Hospital, which is treating Alexei Navalny, said he remains in a serious condition in intensive care and his breathing is being