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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including the tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu, to its list of Chinese military companies, preventing them from getting U.S. defense contracts. The list, updated and published Monday by the Pentagon, now sanctions well-known, non-state-owned Chinese companies that are …
June 8 (Reuters) – The United States denied entry over the weekend to soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected to be the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup match. A FIFA spokesperson said on Monday that Artan will not be able to train and officiate at the World Cup – …
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his duties late Monday, after the court’s oversight referred Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings. In a scandal that has dragged on for more than two years, the British lawyer is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with a female …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Laviolette will be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday. The 61-year-old Laviolette is expected to get a three-year contract to take over his seventh NHL team. The Kings have made the playoffs in five …
Federal immigration authorities barred a Somali soccer referee who was slated to officiate the FIFA World Cup from entering the U.S. over the weekend, Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Monday, citing “vetting concerns.” A FIFA spokesperson confirmed one of its officials, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, “will be unable to train and officiate at …
U.S. Steel plans to invest up to $2.5 billion into upgrades to its Mon Valley Works, which it forecasts will generate $1.7 billion for the state, according to a Monday report from the steelmaking giant. The economic impact is expected to include the combined dollars spent on things such as wages and construction costs associated …
ChatGPT maker OpenAI filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded company, the third in a powerhouse trio of artificial intelligence companies racing to Wall Street debuts. The San Francisco-based company said Monday it has filed confidential paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “We expect it to …
Former New York Knicks star and ex-New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley was a crucial part of the Knicks’ last championship team more than 50 years ago, and with President Trump attending the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since 1999 on Monday night, Bradley said “he’s second fiddle” when it comes to the …
SEOUL, June 9 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China’s Xi Jinping had a summit on Monday in Pyongyang and agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries in various sectors, North Korea’s state media KCNA said on Tuesday. The two leaders agreed to develop bilateral relations into a new chapter, KCNA …
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, June 8 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, the court’s governing body said on Monday following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him. A diplomatic source briefed on the …