The Australian parliament’s lower house passed a bill to force tech firms such as Alphabet Inc’s Google , Facebook and Apple to give police access to encrypted data on Thursday, pushing it closer to becoming a precedent-setting law.
Oil prices fell along with weak stock markets on Thursday, but trading was tepid ahead of a meeting by producer group OPEC that is expected to result in a supply cut aimed at draining a glut that has pulled down crude prices by 30 percent since October.
China’s embassy in Canada criticized Canada and the United States on Thursday for wrongfully arresting a senior executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei [HWT.UL] and demanded her immediate release.
Uber Technologies Inc’s is plotting the return of its self-driving cars, but the company known for its hard-charging style is taking a much more conservative approach as it tries to recover from a fatal accident that upended its autonomous vehicle program.
The summit between President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Argentina was “friendly and candid” and would help to avoid further trade tensions, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday, but offered no new details on the talks.
Oil prices dipped on Thursday in tepid trading ahead of a meeting by producer group OPEC that is expected to result in a supply cut aimed at draining a glut that has pulled down crude prices by 30 percent since October.
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra on Wednesday vowed to keep an “open mind” about the future of an Ohio plant that will lose vehicle production, but warned the Detroit automaker has excess capacity and did not suggest the company was reconsidering the plan.
China’s embassy in Canada said that it resolutely opposes the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, global chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications network equipment Huawei and has made solemn representations to Canada and the United States.
Uber Technologies Inc is close to putting its self-driving cars back on the road in a downsized test that Arizona had suspended after a car hit and killed a woman crossing a street in Phoenix, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
China’s top government diplomat said on Thursday that a summit between President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Argentina last week had been “friendly and candid” and would help to avoid trade tensions spreading further.
General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Wednesday the automaker is about to launch production of the Mexican-built Chevrolet Blazer and said it would be “very costly” to move production to a U.S. plant.
U.S. stock futures tumbled on Thursday and Asian markets followed after Canadian authorities arrested a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, fanning fears of further tensions between China and the United States.
U.S. stock futures tumbled on Thursday and Asian markets looked set to follow after Canadian authorities arrested a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, fanning fears of further tensions between China and the United States.
Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver, where she is facing extradition to the United States, Canada’s Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver, where she is facing extradition to the United States on suspicion she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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