FREE-TRADE agreements have seemed out of fashion as President Donald Trump has set about scotching some of America’s. But on July 5th Cecilia Malmström, the EU trade commissioner, and Fumio Kishida, the Japanese foreign minister, announced they had achieved consensus on a Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (JEEPA). In front of the cameras, they swapped Japanese […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump has called on his foreign allies to take action against North Korea’s missile threat. Speaking in Warsaw in Poland Thursday, where Trump is meeting with his NATO partners, the U.S. president said that North Korea is behaving in a “very, very dangerous manner” and that something needs to be done about it. […]
Read moreTroubled commodity trader Noble saw its shares surge in Thursday afternoon trade, but it wasn’t clear what drove the sudden rush into the beaten down stock. The stock rose as much as 38.30 percent to a high of 65 Singapore cents ($0.47)in late afternoon trade, before retracing slightly to end up 36.17 percent, or 17 […]
Read moreIsrael’s high-tech industry is brimming with products that have made the jump from military application to civilian markets, both software and hardware, from cybersecurity to drones and from navigation to imaging. And the bigger the military reputation, the more impact the technology is likely to have. One of the most iconic names currently in the […]
Read moreTwitter Inc and Snap Inc are seeking online rights to video highlights from Twenty-first Century Fox Inc for next year’s soccer World Cup, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The companies have offered tens of millions of dollars for rights to video highlights for the Russia-hosted tournament that air in the United States, Bloomberg reported, citing two […]
Read moreU.K. Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter, suggesting he would like a degree of freedom. “I think actually that Donald Trump’s approach to politics has been something that has gripped the imagination of people around the world. He’s engaged people in politics in a way that we haven’t […]
Read moreVirgin Australia has launched a play for the lucrative Chinese tourist market, with flights to Hong Kong beginning from Thursday. Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that Hong Kong was the perfect gateway to China. “You’re geographically situated in a position where, within a five-hour flight time, you can access […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump will praise individual freedom and sovereignty on Thursday in what seem to be comments directed squarely at the Europe Union. Excerpts of the speech in Warsaw, Poland, were released by the White House on Thursday morning and show that President Trump will condemn government bureaucracy. “On both sides of the Atlantic, […]
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This weekend marks a number of hotly anticipated first encounters between world leaders, but chief among them will be that of Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair’s first face-to-face meeting, due to take place on the summit’s sidelines on Friday morning, will be closely watched at a time when ties between the two […]
Read moreDefense ties have long underpinned Indian-Israeli relations, but a string of deals signed this week reflected wider cooperation that could benefit Indian companies seeking advanced technologies and could pave the way for Israeli firms to access millions of consumers. On Wednesday, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said India signed several agreements with Israel on […]
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