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China Blames Washington for Trade Talks Breakdown

Joyce Huang contributed to this report. China says Washington bears the “sole and entire responsibility” for the breakdown in trade talks earlier this month and that Beijing won’t back down on matters of principle. In a defiant rebuttal of who is to blame, China released a white paper Sunday, arguing that it is the United …

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Mexico’s President Hints Migration Controls Could Be Tightened

VOA News Center associate producer Jesusemen Oni contributed reporting from Washington.  Mexico’s president suggested Saturday that his country could clamp down on migration, and he said he thought the United States was ready to discuss its threatened use of tariffs as a means to combat illegal migration from Central America. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at a Mexico …

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Momentum Toward Trade Deal Hits Trump Turbulence

The Trump administration had taken steps in recent weeks to work with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to address concerns about the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement — and then came the threat of a new tariff. President Donald Trump said this past week that he would put a 5% tariff on Mexican imports unless America’s …

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Energy Secretary: US Aims to Make Fossil Fuels Cleaner 

The Trump administration is committed to making fossil fuels cleaner rather than imposing “draconian” regulations on coal and oil, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday at an energy conference in Salt Lake City. Perry previously said the administration wants to spend $500 million next year on fossil fuel research and development as demand plummets …

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IMF Denies Pressuring Venezuela to Release Economic Data

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had not pressured Venezuela to release economic indicators after years of silence, while two sources said the country’s surprise data release this week was due to pressure from China. The central bank on Tuesday unexpectedly released data confirming Venezuela is suffering hyperinflation and massive economic contraction. The …

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Wall Street Slump Continues on U.S.-China Trade Uncertainty

U.S. stocks lost ground again on Thursday, as conflicting comments on trade talks from President Donald Trump and Beijing  reinforced investor nervousness that a lengthy battle could be in the offing and harm global growth. Trump said talks with China were going well but those comments were countered by a senior Chinese diplomat who said …

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Fox Host, Chinese State TV Anchor Face Off Over Trade War

A Chinese state TV anchor and a host from Fox Business, whose sparring over the U.S.-China trade war has been avidly followed on Chinese social media, brought their duel to the American cable network for what turned out to be a respectful encounter. The showdown between Liu Xin of China’s state-run English channel CGTN and …

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Гривня впала майже на 30 копійок стосовно долара – НБУ

Гривня впала на 28 копійок стосовно долара, свідчать дані на сайті Національного банку України. На 30 травня вартість долара була встановлена на рівні 26 гривень 68 копійок. Євро подорожчав із 29 гривень 55 копійок до 29 гривень 76 копійок. Українська валюта двічі цього місяця повторювала річний максимум щодо долара США – 26 гривень 11 копійок. …

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Pro-China Policies Unlikely in Australia, India After Recent Elections

In recent weeks, Australia and India have re-elected incumbent prime ministers. These Asia-Pacific countries, who have a difficult relationship with China, are unlikely to make the kind of policy changes that Beijing has been seeking for a long time, analysts said. Australia this month re-elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison stunning pollsters who had anticipated his …

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Drought Forces Water Bans in Sydney

Water restrictions are to be imposed in Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, for the first time in almost a decade because of falling reservoir levels and a long-standing drought. Residents who breach the regulations could be fined US$150. The flow of rainwater into some of Sydney’s reservoirs is at its lowest since World War II. From …

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Україна покращила позиції в рейтингу конкурентоспроможності

Україна піднялася на п’ять позицій порівняно з минулим роком у рейтингу конкурентоспроможності – до 54-го місця з 59-го. Про це йдеться в щорічній доповіді World Competitiveness ranking 2019 швейцарської бізнес-школи IMD. Всього до списку увійшли 63 країни. Україна розмістилася між Словаччиною і Перу. Сингапур вперше з 2010 року очолив рейтинг найбільш конкурентоспроможних економік. Друге місце …

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How One Pollution-Weary Asian Island Adopted Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles have struggled to gain mass appeal in much of the world despite the fanfare surrounding Tesla Motors, the world’s best-selling brand of plug-in cars last year. Drivers worry about prices, comfort and what happens when a battery expires in the middle of a trip. But in Taiwan, scooter vendor Gogoro doubles its sales …

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Поточного обсягу міжнародних резервів України достатньо для виконання боргових зобов’язань – НБУ

Поточний обсяг міжнародних резервів України становить 19,3 мільярди доларів – цього достатньо для виконання боргових зобов’язань. Про це заявив глава Національного банку України Яків Смолій на зустрічі з місією Міжнародного валютного фонду, повідомили у прес-службі НБУ. За словами Смолія, співпраця з МВФ важлива для фінансової стабільності України, бо до кінця поточного року Київ має сплатити …

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US Treasury Says 9 Trade Partners Deserve Scrutiny Over Currency Practices

The Trump administration said on Tuesday that no major trading partner met its currency manipulation criteria but nine countries, including China, required close attention as Washington presses tariffs and negotiations to address trade deficits. The Treasury Department, in a semi-annual report to Congress, said it reviewed the policies of an expanded set of 21 major …

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MacKenzie Bezos Pledges to Give Away Half Her Fortune

MacKenzie Bezos, who just months ago divorced the world’s richest man, has pledged to give away half her fortune to charity.  The former wife of Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos is one of the 19 new signatories to the Giving Pledge who have promised to donate more than 50% of their wealth, the organization …

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Sneezing a Lot? Handheld Allergen Detector Can Help

Whether you live in a city of somewhere more rural, there are always things in the air, invisible to the naked eye that could make you sneeze or cause major illness. Detecting these microscopic materials such as pollen, mold and pollutants could be time consuming and costly. A lab at the University of California, Los …

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ЄЦБ ввів в обіг нові банкноти номіналом 100 та 200 євро

Європейський центральний банк з 28 травня ввів в обіг нові банкноти номіналом 100 та 200 євро. Як повідомили у ЄЦБ, оновлені банкноти матимуть удосконалену систему захисту від фальшивомонетників. Купюри залишилися того ж кольору, що й раніше, але дещо змінився дизайн та їх розмір. Тепер ширина банкнот цього номіналу буде аналогічна купюрам у 50 євро. На …

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Desperate Zimbabweans Risk Death in Disused, Unlicensed Mines

Zimbabwe’s disused mines continue to be a death trap for poor and desperate illegal miners in search of the precious minerals to earn a living. Columbus Mavhunga travelled to Matopo a gold rich area about 500 kilometers south of Harare, where mining continues despite some having been trapped earlier this month. …

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Fiat Chrysler Proposes Merger With Renault

Fiat Chrysler proposed a merger Monday with Renault, a union that would create the world’s third biggest automaker. The merger, if it happens, would vault the new company, with annual sales of 8.7 million vehicles, into a position ahead of General Motors and behind only Volkswagen and Toyota, both of which sell about 10.6 million. …

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AI Phones, PCs Edging Into Global Consumer Technology

Artificial intelligence-driven phones that turn photos into 3D images and PCs with interactive speakers will come a step closer to reality this week during Asia’s biggest consumer technology show.   Organizers of the Computex Taipei show with 1,685 exhibitors — including a who’s who of global high tech companies — call artificial intelligence one of …

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Гривня зміцнилася на 15 копійок – НБУ

Гривня зміцнилася на 15 копійок стосовно долара, повідомив Національний банк України. На 28 травня офіційна вартість долара встановлена на рівні 26 гривень 32 копійок. Українська валюта двічі цього місяця повторювала річний максимум щодо долара США – 26 гривень 11 копійок. Такі офіційні курси НБУ встановлював на 21 травня 2018 року, 14 та 22 травня 2019 …

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Ghana Just Scratching Surface of Illegal Gold Mining

Only the chirping of birds and insects break the silence at a gold mining site in the Eastern Region of Ghana, right at the foot of the Atewa forest reserve. Caterpillar excavators stand still, as the two Ghanaian companies operating them wait for a new mining permit  a process that has been in the works …