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Brexit campaigners seek to harden May's EU plan next week
Several Brexit supporters in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will seek to harden the government's plan on leaving the European Union by changing her customs legislation in parliament next week.
Beijing urges U.S. firms in China to lobby Washington over trade war
China on Thursday said foreign firms operating in China would suffer in a trade war, urging U.S. companies to lobby their government to protect their interests, and said no talks to end the impasse were currently under way.
U.S. says disrupts Iran finance operation in UAE to squeeze Tehran
The United States and the United Arab Emirates have broken up a network funneling illicit funds to Iran as Washington steps up a drive to restrict Iranian trade and access to hard currency in the region, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
Trump keeps up spending demands at NATO but turns on charm
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed home a new demand that allies more than double defense spending, but his European counterparts sought to avoid more tension at a NATO summit, saying the president was friendlier than expected.
As Trump amps up trade war, China plays nice with foreign investors
Long accused of protectionist tactics that make it a difficult place for foreign firms to operate, China is trying to reverse that narrative amid an escalating trade war with the United States, green-lighting huge investments and portraying itself as...
Trade and tea with queen for Trump on visit to Britain in "turmoil"
President Donald Trump flies into Britain on Thursday for talks with the leader of the United States' closest ally in Europe and tea with Queen Elizabeth, against a backdrop of protests and what he described as the country's turmoil over Br...
China says has not been in touch with U.S. about restarting trade talks
China's commerce ministry said on Thursday that China has not been in touch with the United States about restarting trade negotiations and said complaints about forced technology transfers and IP theft are unacceptable.
UK housing market remains in the doldrums - RICS
British house prices remained flat in June and the market was likely to stay sluggish in the coming months despite more properties being put up for sale, a surveyors group said on Thursday.
Sky shares rally after Comcast and Fox go head-to-head in bid battle
Shares in Sky jumped higher on Thursday after Comcast submitted a $34 billion bid for the group just hours after Rupert Murdoch raised his offer, escalating a trans-Atlantic bidding war for the European pan-TV group.
Brent oil gains $1 to claw back some losses as Libyan exports to resume
Brent crude rose more than $1 on Thursday, recouping some ground after its biggest one-day drop in two years during the previous session after Libya said it would resume oil exports and U.S.-China trade tensions raised demand concerns.
Be a force for good, navy SEAL commander tells Thai cave boys
The head of a Thai navy SEAL diving team that helped lead 12 boys and their soccer coach through a flooded cave complex to safety urged the boys on Thursday to "be a force for good" as the dramatic operation wound to a close.
Japan's ANA cancels more flights for engine inspection
Japanese airline ANA Holdings canceled 330 domestic flights from July 23 through July 31, and warned of further cancellations in August as it continues to inspect engines built by Rolls-Royce .
Goodbye inverted yield curve? Fed looks for alternative signals to guide policy
Federal Reserve officials are scouring new niches of the financial markets to find signals accurate enough to warn the central bank when it is time to stop hiking interest rates before they risk tipping the economy into a recession.
Cambodian security forces overstep neutrality rules in election campaign, rights group says
Cambodia's security forces are "actively campaigning" for the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of a general election on July 29, in violation of a law requiring political neutrality, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
U.S. firms doing business in China mostly oppose tariffs, survey shows
Most U.S. businesses operating in China oppose the use of tariffs in retaliation for the challenges they face, from an uneven playing field to poor protection of intellectual property rights, a survey showed on Thursday.
All migrant kids under five to be back with parents by Thursday: U.S. official
All migrant children under age 5 who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early Thursday morning if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statement on Wednesday.
Chipmaker Broadcom inks $19 billion deal to buy software company CA
Broadcom Inc announced a $18.9 billion deal to buy U.S. business software company CA Inc on Wednesday, venturing far beyond its realm of semiconductors and testing investors' confidence in its Chief Executive Hock Tan's dealmaking credentia...
With Thai soccer team freed, Hollywood gears up for the movie
The dramatic rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex this week transfixed news viewers around the world for more than two weeks, and the story is already headed for a retelling by Hollywood.
Pacific leaders sign on to Australian internet cabling scheme, shutting out China
Pacific nations Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have signed on to a joint undersea internet cable project, funded mostly by Australia, that forestalls plans by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to lay the links itself.
Chipmaker Broadcom plans $19 billion deal to buy software company CA
Broadcom Inc plans to acquire U.S. business software company CA Inc in a $19 billion deal aimed at diversifying Broadcom beyond semiconductors, but Wall Street analysts were immediately skeptical.