Live Updates | China bristles at NATO eastward ‘expansion’ as alliance wraps up summit
China has renewed its concern about NATO’s eastward “expansion” as the alliance wraps up its summit in Lithuania.
Day: July 12, 2023
EU fines US firm Illumina $475 million for jumping gun on buyout of cancer-screening company Grail
The European Union has slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying out cancer-screening company Grail without the approval of the 27-nation bloc’s antitrust watchdog.
Czech writer and former dissident Milan Kundera dies in Paris aged 94
His novel The Unbearable Lightness Of Being won him critical acclaim and earned him a wide readership among Westerners.
EU fines U.S. firm Illumina $475 million for jumping gun on buying cancer-screening company Grail
The European Union on Wednesday slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying out cancer-screening company Grail without the approval of the 27-nation bloc’s antitrust watchdog, the latest setback for the deal.
India’s IT minister says the Foxconn-Vedanta venture ended due to “internalissues” and “doesn’t affect” the chip program; Foxconn plans to seek new partners (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
India’s IT minister says the Foxconn-Vedanta venture ended due to “internalissues” and “doesn’t affect” the chip program; Foxconn plans to seek new partners — Minister says both companies…
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Here’s the latest for Wednesday July 12th: Ukraine is big issue as NATO summit ends; North Korea tests ballistic missile; Cleveland mass shooting suspect arrested; Vermont floods begin to recede.
Leaders gather as final day of NATO Summit begins
Leaders gather as final day of NATO Summit begins
EU considers bill to turn farmland into forests
Europe is seeing extreme weather this summer. To combat the effects of climate change, the European Parliament is voting on the so-called Nature Restoration Law. It aims to turn up to 20 percent of land and sea back into wilderness by 2030. That includ…
Iran’s Raisi in Kenya: Trade talks at the top of the agenda
Iran’s president arrives in Kenya to discuss trade and economic ties with African economies amid US sanctions.