Russia, China seal economic pacts amid Western criticism
By Andrew Hayley BEIJING (Reuters) -Russia’s prime minister signed a set of agreements with China on Wednesday during a trip…
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US says Russia’s Wagner Group seeking to transit military equipment through Mali
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Monday said Russia’s Wagner Group is trying to obscure its efforts to…
Panasonic puts high priority on China despite supply chain risks
TOKYO (Reuters) – China remains a high-priority market for Panasonic even as geopolitics have highlighted the need for robust supply…
Exclusive-Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China – sources
By Filipp Lebedev, Lucy Papachristou and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested…
Chinese snap up lottery tickets amid economic gloom
BEIJING (Reuters) – April sales of Chinese lottery tickets jumped to their highest in a decade, data showed on Wednesday,…
Australia refers PwC tax document leak scandal to police
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian Treasury has referred a confidential document leak scandal involving professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers…
China’s Lenovo quarterly revenue hit by PC demand slump
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -Lenovo’s fourth quarter revenue fell 24% and it cut 8% to 9% of its…
UN rights chief asks Sudan’s generals to stop ‘senseless violence’
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday described the situation in Sudan as…
World balance sheet may need AI-style productivity leap: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -Hype or hope, this year’s boom in artificial intelligence along with other productivity-enhancing tech developments…
China was reducing Micron chip purchases years before ban
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – In the years before China declared U.S. firm Micron Technology’s products a national security…