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Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) speaks during the China Development Forum on March 24, 2024, in a discussion about carbon neutrality with Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Dean Bai Chong-en. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images The companies did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comment. Earlier reports […]

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 . . .

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is heading to Washington on Sunday, at a time of increasingly strained relations with its main military backer and ally, as Israel continues to defy U.S. calls to reduce the suffering in Gaza.

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.7 per cent on Monday as Russia’s weekend attacks on Ukrainian ports underscored risks to exportable grain supplies from the Black Sea region, analysts said. Short-covering added momentum. Commodity funds hold large net short positions in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat, corn and soybean futures, leaving […]

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.7 per cent on Monday as Russia’s weekend attacks on Ukrainian ports underscored risks to exportable grain supplies from the Black Sea region, analysts said. Short-covering added momentum. Commodity funds hold large net short positions in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat, corn and soybean futures, leaving […]

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.7 per cent on Monday as Russia’s weekend attacks on Ukrainian ports underscored risks to exportable grain supplies from the Black Sea region, analysts said. Short-covering added momentum. Commodity funds hold large net short positions in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat, corn and soybean futures, leaving […]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in 2019. Mark Kauzlarich | Reuters BEIJING — China’s top diplomat slammed the U.S. for worsening bilateral tensions, while reiterating Beijing’s support for peaceful resolutions to the Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine conflicts. “There is some progress in the China-U.S. bilateral relationship, but we have to point out that U.S. continues to […]

Nick Schifrin: More than any single issue, Taiwan has long been at the center of tension between the United States and Beijing. Last month, Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te, known as William Lai, as president. It is an unprecedented third straight presidential victory for the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP. Beijing calls Lai a separatist whose […]

As Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken sat down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel this week, American and Arab officials were expressing cautious optimism over the latest proposal from Hamas for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. But just hours after speaking to Mr. Blinken, Mr. Netanyahu appeared more intent on delivering a […]

U.S. fighter jets struck Houthi rebel sites in Yemen for a sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations. The Iranian-backed Houthi militants say their attacks on global shipping in the Red Sea corridor […]


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