[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets fell on Monday as a U.S. crackdown on China’s Huawei Technologies led chipmaker stocks in Europe and on Wall Street to slide on fears of a widening
Palestinians to shun U.S.-led economic conference, prelude to Trump peace plan
[ad_1] RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians will stay away from a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain next month that the Trump administration has cast as an overture to its own plan for peace between them
Zambia seeks ‘divorce’ from Vedanta over alleged mining breaches
[ad_1] LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia plans to strip Vedanta-controlled Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) of its mining licence and bring a new investor into the operation, in a move likely to stoke international miners’ concerns about
Wall Street lower as tech stocks sell-off on Huawei fallout worries
[ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Monday, as Washington’s crackdown on China’s Huawei Technologies stoked fears about a hit to the broader technology sector and ratcheted up trade tensions between the world’s two largest
Corrected: Huawei CFO house arrest contrasts with Canadians detained in China
[ad_1] (In paragraph 16, corrects to consulate general from embassy) Huawei’s Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/Files By Tyler Choi TORONTO (Reuters) –
Tech stocks drag Wall Street lower at open
[ad_1] Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – The Nasdaq Composite index fell more than 1% at the open
U.S., China bicker over ‘extravagant expectations’ on trade deal
[ad_1] BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Monday of harboring “extravagant expectations” for a trade deal, underlining the gulf between the two sides as U.S. action against China’s technology giant Huawei began
U.S. to encourage investment in Palestinian areas as first part of peace plan
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will unveil the first part of President Donald Trump’s long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan when it holds an international conference in Bahrain in late June to encourage investment in
European shares hobbled as worries about Huawei fallout mount
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks slipped on Monday as concerns about an escalating fallout from a U.S. crackdown on China’s Huawei Technologies offset a slightly more positive tone on trade. FILE PHOTO: The London
Greenpeace activists block BP London HQ demanding end to oil exploration

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance to BP’s London headquarters on Monday, demanding one of the world’s biggest energy companies ends all new oil and gas exploration or goes out of business.