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New Japan trade agreement raises tariffs as automakers brace for impact – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s new trade deal with Japan includes a 15% tariff on exports to the U.S., up from earlier rates. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady breaks down how this could impact major automakers. Be the first to…
A resident of San Jose, California on Monday pleaded guilty to one count of theft of trade secrets, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. At a federal court in Los Angeles, Chenguang Gong, age 59, admitted to transferring more than 3,600 files from his employer to personal storage devices while he worked there in…
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Shenzhen Bay Bridge, which connects the city to Hong Kong (Nohead Lam/Dreamstime) The government of Hong Kong has picked a joint venture of Aecom and AtkinsRéalis to build the Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Rail Link. The JV will design and build a 7.3km section on the railway, linking Hong Kong’s Hung…
Travel across the border dropping in both directions this summer. A release from National Statistical Office of Canada showed that the amount of Canadian residents traveling back over the border has dropped drastically in the past year – by about a third. That is something that is being noticed in Western New York as well….
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has joined its US peers Microsoft and IBM in downsizing artificial intelligence research activities in mainland China amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. The company has decided to close its seven-year-old AI Shanghai Lablet due to “China-US strategic realignment”, according to Wang Minjie, the facility’s chief applied scientist, in an announcement posted on…
Lecturers at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have voted to go on strike in a dispute over planned job losses. The university is seeking to make the equivalent of 75 full-time academic roles redundant. It had a deficit of £14.4m in 2023-24 and its governing body has agreed an £8.4m deficit for…
Russian military planes were detected flying near the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, marking the latest in a string of sightings in recent months. The planes were not considered a threat, as Russian activity in that airspace happens regularly, according to the military command. U.S. officials have not specified…
An engineer pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing military trade secrets from a Southern California defense contractor. Newsweek contacted the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment by email outside office hours. Why It Matters The plea comes amid heightened mistrust of China among U.S. officials, fueled by the East Asian rival’s state-linked hacking operations,…
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -When a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into her school and erupted in a fireball on Monday, Maherin Chowdhury rushed to save some of the hundreds of students and teachers facing mortal danger, placing their safety before her own. The 46-year-old English teacher went back again and again into…