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TAIPEI, May 15 (Reuters) – Taiwan thanked the U.S. on Friday for expressing its support and commitment to peace and stability and for reaffirming its Taiwan policy has not changed, ahead of the second day of President Donald Trump’s state visit to China. The U.S. is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international backer and is bound by law to provide it with the means to defend itself. China has demanded such […]

May 14 (Reuters) – A Texas jury on Wednesday found Exxon Mobil not liable on claims it defrauded investors through disclosures tied to its Canadian oil sands and Rocky Mountain gas operations. • The 2016 lawsuit alleged Exxon concealed that its Canadian bitumen operations were losing money, failed to properly incorporate carbon-cost assumptions into reserve valuations, and delayed recognizing impairment charges tied to Rocky Mountain dry gas assets. • Investors […]

May 15 (Reuters) – Montreal strippers are planning a strike for the weekend of the Canadian Grand Prix, hoping that withdrawing their labour on the busiest night of the year for the city’s strip clubs will help them move towards their goal of full employment rights. The Sex Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) have called the strike for May 23, the eve of the fifth race in the Formula One calendar, […]

May 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Bloomberg TV in an interview on Friday that U.S. export controls on semiconductor chips were not a major topic of discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing. The comments suggest a breakthrough on selling Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips to China remains far away, despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s last-minute invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Beijing trip this week. “This was […]

SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics’ South Korean labour union said on Friday the tech company had proposed resuming talks without conditions, days after government-mediated negotiations over pay and bonus schemes collapsed. The union said it was willing to hold talks after June 7, while maintaining plans for a strike from May 21 that could disrupt production at the world’s biggest memory chipmaker. Samsung Electronics shared a statement confirming […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The antipoverty nonprofit Global Citizen is no stranger to big stages. The advocacy group rallied more than 60,000 festivalgoers at its Central Park concert last year around issues of rainforest protection and energy access. But Global Citizen is preparing for its most ambitious production yet: the first-ever FIFA World Cup halftime show on July 19, curated with help from Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin. Super Bowl-style performances […]

BEIJING (AP) — As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more. Trump started his last day in Beijing by insisting in a social media post that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had “congratulated me on so many tremendous successes” and had been referring […]

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) – The dollar firmed on Friday and was set for its largest weekly gain in more than two months, as rising energy prices and prolonged disruptions to shipping stoked inflationary pressures, boosting bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike this year. Markets were also keeping a close eye on the second day of a high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his […]

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