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The Global Times, a tabloid run by the official People's Daily, said "China will not rush to compete with U.S. numbers," in a commentary.

"As part of our commitment to advancing regional security in the Indo-Pacific, the United States is excited to announce nearly $300 million in new funding to reinforce security cooperation throughout the entire region," U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday.

"As two members of the U.N. Security Council and the world's largest two economies, we should of course maintain talks at all times," Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said.

19 states and Washington D.C. announced they would sue to halt the proposed rollback in what will likely lead to a heated legal showdown, possibly making it to the Supreme Court and could potentially become a polarizing issue in November's elections.

The U.S. government told a federal court judge volunteers and non-profit groups, rather than government officials, should take the lead in locating more than 400 immigrant parents.

In its $2 billion complaint, Zest Labs and its parent said Walmart's "Eden" technology to preserve fruit and vegetable freshness "looks, sounds, and functions" like its own Zest Fresh technology.

While the tariffs would not be imposed until after a period of public comment, raising the proposed level to 25 percent could escalate the trade dispute .

The tax and bank fraud trial in a Virginia federal court will be the first test of Mueller's ability to win a conviction of a former Trump aide.

The blueprints are set to go online on Wednesday, following a June settlement between the U.S. government and Texas-based Defense Distributed that allows the company to legally publish the designs.

Moonves is one of the global media industry's highest-paid executives and could receive a severance package of more than $180 million based on his contract and the terms of his departure.

Despite a focus on financial crimes, the trial could yield politically damaging headlines about a man who ran Trump's campaign for three months and attended a June 2016 meeting with Russians.

China has been looking for allies in its fight with the United States, initiated by the Trump administration, which says the Asian country's high-tech industries have stolen intellectual property from American firms.

The election will see 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state.

However, a disruption in federal government operations could backfire on Trump if voters blame Republicans for the interruption in services.

Iran plans to offer price and tax incentives to private investors to take over idle state projects and help boost the economy, state media reported on Saturday, as the country faces likely U.S. sanctions and the exit of many foreign companies.

Qualcomm abandoned on Thursday what would have been the world's biggest ever semiconductor sector takeover after a deadline the companies set passed without the deal winning China's approval.

Germany, home to big carmakers such as Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG, would be hard hit by car tariffs, and the automotive industry has warned such measures could hike vehicle costs by $83 billion and result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The project has dragged on since 2016, during which, Qualcomm fended off a $117 billion takeover bid from Broadcom Inc, fought in court with Apple Inc, and faced billions of dollars in fines from antitrust regulators around the world over its licensing practices.

Speaking before an EU delegation travels to Washington for talks on Wednesday on a long-term trade deal, Guenther Oettinger said the EU wanted the United States to first drop its new tariffs on aluminum and steel imports.

Beijing has demanded that foreign firms, and airlines in particular, not refer to Taiwan as a non-Chinese territory on their websites, a move described by the White House in May as "Orwellian nonsense."

Talks to reshape the 1994 trade accord have been underway since last August. But they stalled in the run-up to the July 1 presidential election in Mexico, which produced a landslide victory for veteran leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Google's dominance in online advertising has been challenged this year by the antitrust battle over its Android mobile software, which led to a $5 billion fine for the quarter, and other regulatory actions, including new European privacy rules.

Changsheng Biotechnology Co was found to have faked production documents related to a rabies vaccine that is given to babies as young as three months.

The meetings, which have not been previously reported, reveal a wider circle of high-powered connections that Butina sought with American political leaders and special interest groups.

U.S. Secretary of State dismissed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a nuclear deal with the United States and five other countries, as "merely polished front men for the ayatollahs' international con artistry."

Four days after Trump stunned the world by siding with Putin in Helsinki over his intelligence agencies, the president asked national security adviser John Bolton to issue the invitation to the Russian leader.

Trump said he was concerned about the potential impact on the U.S. economy and American corporate competitiveness from rising rates and a stronger dollar.

Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain's MI6 foreign spy service, and his daughter Yulia, were found unconscious on a public bench in the British city of Salisbury on March 4.

"The president is going to meet with his team and we'll let you know when we have an announcement on that," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a news briefing.