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China Opens up US$27 Trillion Payments Market to Foreign firms
Stocks are falling sharply and bond prices are climbing after the Trump administration moved to place tariffs on some goods imported from China and restrict Chinese investment. Lighthizer says Canada and Mexico are on that list. "China does not want to fight a trade war with anyone". China's Ministry of Commerce on Thursday said the country must take all necessary measures to resolutely protec... [Full Article...]
China vows to fight U.S. sanctions over alleged technology theft
An importer based in eastern China's Shandong province said: "With those tariffs, we wouldn't import USA pork". According to the Farm Credit Administration, total US agricultural exports stood just under $140 billion in 2015, with Mainland China being the number one destination accounting for $22.5 billion worth of goods. [Full Article...]
EU withdraws Russian envoy By
Although Prague was among the first to condemn the poisoning and express solidarity with Britain over the incident, the prime minister's statement that the country would most likely expel a number of diplomats came as a surprise, since earlier both the prime minister and foreign minister had stressed the need for coordinated European Union action in this respect. [Full Article...]
Industry Sounds Off on Trump's Actions Against China
China and the United States clashed on Friday at the United Nations, where the U.S. delegation rejected a resolution brought by Beijing that it said sought to glorify Xi Jinping's "win-win" agenda and subordinated human rights to development or trade . [Full Article...]
China says ready to defend its interests in United States trade spat
USA companies "are beholden to shareholders, not to the United States", he said. "They will directly harm the interests of USA consumers, companies, and financial markets", the embassy said. It said its tentative measurers were in response to the tariffs announced March 8 on steel and aluminum imports. China, in response, is proposing to impose tariffs of 15-25 per cent on 128 products fro... [Full Article...]
Ukraine: Nadiya Savchenko Held Over Alleged Coup Plot
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine gave its consent to the prosecution, detention and arrest of Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko. Savchenko called the accusations against her "politically motivated" and launched a hunger strike against her detention. [Full Article...]
Trezeguet: Pogba can fight back from Man Utd difficulties
The club's two highest-paid players have struggled so far this season, with Pogba losing his place in the starting line-up after falling out with Jose Mourinho . He has a complicated situation at Manchester United . "But he did not lose his football and what he knows how to do", said Deschamps. I deal with him the same way that I deal with other players. [Full Article...]
Another quick game for No. 2 Toledo softball
But, today, they reminded us that although they are state champions, they're still only high school kids that like to have some fun. The Lady Bulldogs' Taylor Willis regained control and sat down the next three Lady Eagles that came to the plate to exit the jam. [Full Article...]
Russia's London Embassy 'Seriously Affected' By Expulsions Amid Spy Row
NATO's secretary-general says the alliance stands united with Britain amid diplomatic tensions with Russian Federation over an ex-spy's poisoning in an English city. Moscow denies responsibility for the attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on 4 March. Mr Peskov added that he did not know on what basis the European Union had voiced solidarity with Britain as Russian Federati... [Full Article...]
Politics Dapchi Girl: "We Were Flown Home By Boko Haram In Planes"
Five girls are said to have died in the initial stages of the kidnapping. Other students and teachers were able to escape the attack and flee into the surrounding brush, according to a statement from Yobe State government spokesman Abdullahi Bego. [Full Article...]
Tens of thousands of public sector workers strike across France
Seven unions representing staff in the public sector led strikes and protests, and a third of railway workers walked out to join the demonstrations against 40-year-old Macron's bid to shake up the French state. Railway workers are already planning rolling strikes in April and May. About 13 percent of teachers walked off the job, the education ministry said, closing many primary schools. [Full Article...]
Ireland to conduct a security assessment of Russian diplomats
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, on a visit to Kiev, signalled that Paris was considering expelling Russian diplomats in solidarity with Britain. In a televised address, Putin thanked Russians for giving him the "highest level of support in the history of our country" in Sunday's elections and urged the nation to come together amid the "difficult internal and external challenges we fa... [Full Article...]
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program to Begin Phase II Permitting
On January 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a Department of Justice policy instituted in 2013 that directed federal prosecutors not to enforce federal marijuana laws against individuals and businesses that are in compliance with state medical or adult-use marijuana laws. [Full Article...]
Jeremy Corbyn sacks Owen Smith for calling for a second Brexit referendum
Owen Smith has been sacked from the Labour frontbench after breaking ranks with Jeremy Corbyn by calling for a referendum on Theresa May's Brexit deal. He said Mr Lloyd was "committed to ensuring that peace in Northern Ireland is maintained", as well as helping to steer the devolution deal "back on track". [Full Article...]
Buckets of rocks are Pennsylvania schools' last defense against shooters
Helsel's zany plan to provide every classroom in the district about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia with a five-gallon bucket of stones has the support of students in the area. The plan was implemented late previous year, prior to last month's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida , which rekindled the debate in the U.S. [Full Article...]
Parkland students stand defiant on this week's cover of Time magazine
He said any student without a clear backpack would be provided one at no cost after spring break, which takes place next week. Hogg is one of several Stoneman Douglas students who have emerged as national spokespersons for the what has become a massive student-led movement to push for stronger gun control laws following the multiple school shootings in recent years. [Full Article...]
Russia, Putin and the Next Six Years
It is not clear if Trump did not read the note as he's been known for having briefing materials read to him and for disregarding advice from his staff. "In particular they underlined the importance of coordinated efforts to limit an arms race". That's not the approach Trump has taken with adversaries like North Korea or Iran, or, for that matter, even with some allies. [Full Article...]
Wilshere ruled out of England's game with Holland
His team selection certainly had people talking. Gareth Southgate named an experimental side for England's trip to Holland to face the Netherlands on Friday. Equally, it becomes easier to understand why Wilshere is built up that way given the other options. England manager Gareth Southgate during a press conference. [Full Article...]
California Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Black Man in His Own Backyard
Crump previously represented the family of Michael Brown , a black man whose 2014 shooting death by police in Ferguson, Missouri, near St. Louis, sparked nationwide protests. "The investigation must be completed". But Clark was only holding a cellphone. California police officers shot dead an unarmed man in his grandparents' back garden, after apparently mistaking his iPhone for a gun . [Full Article...]
Scandal-weary Peruvians welcome incoming president Vizcarra
In a sign of the lingering political hostilities, Kuczynski had threatened to upend Vizcarra's planned swearing-in ceremony on Friday after opposition lawmakers proposed a resolution to accept his resignation while also declaring they were impeaching him for being a "traitor". [Full Article...]