Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter. The new...
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What happens next in the EU investigation into Chinese EVs?
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators will impose provisional duties on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) imported into the European Union from Friday, without backdating, they said, risking retaliation from Beijing. The Europe...
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DR Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
By Yassin Kombi BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles against M23 rebels and theft, their lawyer and an army s...
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Foxconn gets licence to invest $551 million more in Vietnam, media reports
HANOI (Reuters) - Foxconn Singapore has been awarded a licence to invest $551 million in two projects to produce smart entertainment products and smart-system equipment in Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh, state media reported. Foxconn, th...
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Trump allies intensify Harris attacks as Biden replacement talk builds
By Nathan Layne, Tim Reid, Alexandra Ulmer and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign and some of his allies have launched a pre-emptive political strike on Vice President Kamala Harris, moving swiftly to try to discredit her...
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US Supreme Court's Barrett asserts conservative power, but favors narrower approach
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a March public appearance alongside liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that one way to promote compromise on the U.S. Supreme Court is by issuing narrower rulings ra...
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EU imposes duties on China-built EVs, leaving four months for talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will impose tariffs of up to 37.6% from Friday on imports of electric vehicles made in China, EU officials said on Thursday, ratcheting up trade tension with Beijing. There is however a four-month window duri...
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France to deploy more police to prevent trouble after Sunday election
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - Some 30,000 police will be deployed across France late on Sunday following the high-stakes runoff of a parliamentary election to ensure there is no trouble, a minister said, as two candidates said they had bee...
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Chemical leak at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur airport affects 20 staff
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A chemical leak at an aircraft engineering facility at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur international airport on Thursday has affected 20 people, though there were no disruptions to airport operations, the Selangor state fire depart...
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UK construction growth cools ahead of election, PMI shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Growth in British construction activity slowed in June as house-building declined, according to a survey on Thursday that showed a slowdown in new orders as some firms took a wait-and-see approach to Britain's July 4 election. Th...
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