China Eastern Airlines to buy 100 C919 planes, aircraft's largest ever order (www.reuters.com)
China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be the largest ever order for the jet made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC)....
Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach, Senate staffer says (www.reuters.com)
Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday....
Tesla trial over Autopilot fatality kicks off in California (www.reuters.com)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Opening statements are set to begin on Thursday in the first U.S. trial over allegations that Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, and its results could help shape similar cases across the country....
Taiwan says China knows armed threats backfire on influencing elections (www.reuters.com)
China's leadership knows that sabre rattling around Taiwan to force an outcome to its liking in elections does not work and Beijing is not likely to try such actions ahead of January's presidential vote, the Taiwanese foreign minister said Thursday.
Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162 (www.reuters.com)
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Britain gives go-ahead for biggest new North Sea oilfield in years (www.reuters.com)
US investors want clarity on Biden's vague curbs on China tech (www.reuters.com)
Consulting firm McKinsey to pay $230 million in latest US opioid settlements (www.reuters.com)
North Korea to expel U.S. soldier Travis King over illegal border crossing (www.reuters.com)
SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) - North Korea has decided to expel American soldier Travis King who it said has admitted to illegal intrusion into the country and was “disillusioned about unequal U.S. society,” state media KCNA said on Wednesday....
US restricts imports from three more Chinese companies tied to forced labor | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation (www.reuters.com)
Taliban weighs using US mass surveillance plan, met with China's Huawei (www.reuters.com)
China urges countries to boycott Hong Kong media freedom event - document (www.reuters.com)
China is pressing countries to boycott a British-organised event at the United Nations in Geneva on media freedom in Hong Kong with the son of a jailed media tycoon, a letter showed and four diplomats confirmed on Tuesday....
US restricts imports from three more Chinese companies tied to forced labor (www.reuters.com)
The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies on Tuesday as part of an effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of Uyghur minorities from the U.S. supply chain....
Biden says UAW should fight for 40% pay raise in Michigan strike visit (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan, supporting their call for a 40% pay raise and saying they deserve a “lot more” than they are getting....
Russian Black Sea commander shown on video call after Ukraine said it killed him (www.reuters.com)
JPMorgan pays $75 million to settle lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein ties (www.reuters.com)
US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
And the pendulum swings.
US sues Amazon.com for breaking antitrust law and harming consumers (www.reuters.com)
US sues Amazon.com for breaking antitrust law and harming consumers (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest U.S. government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech’s dominance of the internet....
Turkey will back Sweden's NATO bid if U.S. keeps promise on F-16 sale - Erdogan (www.reuters.com)
Turkey’s parliament will keep its promise to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid if U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration paves the way for F-16 jet sales to Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, according to Turkish media....
Polish experts confirm missile that hit grain facility was Ukrainian (www.reuters.com)
US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
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US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel plans to begin an effort to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules rescinded under then-President Donald Trump, sources briefed on the matter said Monday....