Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By David KIRTON SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s Xiaomi <1810.HK>, Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL], Oppo and Vivo are joining forces to create a platform for developers outside China to upload apps … Read More

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was pushing hard for the World Trade Organization to reach agreement on cutting fishing subsidies in coming … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump expressed confidence in China’s strength and resilience in confronting its coronavirus outbreak during a conversation with President Xi Jinping on Thursday, a White … Read More

By Kenneth Li (Reuters) – ViacomCBS Inc is preparing to launch a subscription streaming video service that will combine the free and paid services of CBS, programming from brands including … Read More

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said late on Thursday it will not reconsider an October ruling that largely upheld the repeal of landmark net neutrality rules, … Read More

By Marianna Parraga MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denounced U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela, criticizing U.S. “provocations” and attempts to create what he called … Read More

By Ted Hesson and Roselle Chen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration has restricted New Yorkers’ access to several programs that allow faster security checks when they enter the … Read More

By Lisa Girion and Michael Erman (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson was ordered on Thursday by a New Jersey state jury to pay punitive damages of $750 million to four … Read More

By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first defense witness in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial acknowledged on Thursday sending messages to the former producer in which he disparaged the … Read More

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge indicted six people accused of hacking the phones of prosecutors in the country’s biggest corruption case on Thursday, but held off … Read More