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[ad_1] BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with top U.S. executives in Beijing Wednesday, as his government tries to reassure foreign businesses about a market that remains crucial for their bottom lines despite persistent tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. Xi met the group of American businesspeople and academics at the Great Hall…
[ad_1] Federal prosecutors on Tuesday sued to seize two New York City apartments worth $14 million that were allegedly bought with proceeds from a corrupt scheme involving Mongolia’s huge copper mine, a former prime minister of that nation, and his Harvard Business School graduate son. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn details…
[ad_1] In recent years, the rise of irregular migration has offered the Gulf Cartel another lucrative opportunity: It is kidnapping migrants for ransom and weaponizing sexual violence as yet another form of extortion. “They undressed me in front of my husband and started beating me because I told them I didn’t have any money,” she…
[ad_1] BANGKOK — Thailand’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday, a landmark step that moves one of Asia’s most liberal countries closer to becoming its third territory to legalize same-sex unions. The bill had the support of all of Thailand’s major parties and was more than a decade in the making. It…
[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Timeline: How the attack at a Moscow concert hall unfolded 01:57 Now Playing NBC News obtains an exclusive look at airborne security for the Paris Olympics 01:24 UP NEXT Traditional Paris cafe waiters’ race resumes after a 13-year gap…
[ad_1] PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle Tuesday, killing five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said. The attack happened in Shangla, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief Bakhat Zahir said. He added that the five killed were…
[ad_1] BEIJING — China filed a World Trade Organization complaint against the United States on Tuesday over what it says are discriminatory requirements for electric vehicle subsidies. The Chinese Commerce Ministry did not say what prompted the move. But under a new U.S. rule that took effect Jan. 1, electric car buyers are not eligible for…
[ad_1] TEL AVIV — As tensions rise between the two countries, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, on Tuesday, a day after the United States abstained in a United Nations Security Council vote calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. After the historic abstention by one of its closest…
[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. After the Baltimore bridge disaster, inspiration from the words of Francis Scott Key 00:44 Biden and Harris campaign together in North Carolina 01:44 View from the air of the collapsed bridge and the cargo ship 02:11 Known associate of…
[ad_1] President Joe Biden responded to pro-Palestinian protesters who interrupted his health care speech on Tuesday, saying that “they have a point.” Two protesters were escorted out of the Raleigh, North Carolina, venue after they cut off the president mid-remarks, shouting, “What about the health care in Gaza?” “Everybody deserves health care,” Biden said, as…