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Free speech and digital rights groups argue TikTok law would infringe on the First Amendment

Jun. 27, 2024 12:08 PM EDT

A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, is an unconstitutional measure that restricts speech and makes it impossible for users to associate on the app. The legal brief, submitted...

Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers

Jun. 27, 2024 07:05 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs...

Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers

Jun. 27, 2024 03:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs...

US ambassador calls China's tech support for Russia during Ukraine invasion a 'major mistake'

Jun. 26, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — China’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine through the provision of technology for missiles and other weaponry is a “major mistake,” U.S. Ambassador to Beijing Nicholas Burns said Wednesday. In a speech in the Chinese financial hub of...

Solomon Islands prime minister says his visits to Australia and China focus on creating jobs

Jun. 26, 2024 02:39 AM EDT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new prime minister of the Solomon Islands said Wednesday that his visits to Australia and China are focussed on creating jobs in the developing South Pacific island nation. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele met his counterpart Anthony Albanese in the...

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

Jun. 25, 2024 21:21 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month's Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists told a House subcommittee on Tuesday night. The testimony by Michael Phelps and Allison...

China's premier slams trade tensions as EV exports are hit by tariffs

Jun. 25, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Open markets and green technologies are vital for stabilizing global growth, China's premier said Tuesday, while criticizing trade tensions as he opened a conference in northeastern China. Premier Li Qiang told political and business leaders attending the...

South Korean investigators search in factory ruins after fire killed 23, mostly Chinese migrants

Jun. 25, 2024 03:25 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Forensic and other experts combed through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find the cause of a devastating fire that killed 23 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers, in one of the country's deadliest blazes in years. ...

South Korean rescuers search burned factory after a blaze killed 22, mostly Chinese migrants

Jun. 25, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find any more fire victims Tuesday, a day after a devastating blaze likely triggered by exploding lithium batteries killed 22 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers....

Canada to start 30-day consultation to impose surtax on Chinese electric vehicles

Jun. 24, 2024 16:54 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's government is investigating whether to impose a surtax on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles. A 30-day consultation on the issue will begin on July 2 to counter what Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday is a clear effort by Chinese...