China has for decades banned leading American internet firms from its market on national security grounds, but America has never reciprocated. News that the Biden administration may force a TikTok divestiture could mark the beginning of a new approach …

The Biden administration is raising alarm that Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to call for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, warning that support for such a move would play to the favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin.…
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No 10 said the move to ban TikTok on Government devices was ‘prudent’ (Yui Mok/PA) — © Yui Mok
Downing Street said the decision to ban TikTok from Government phones was a “prudent and proportionate step” after China criticised the app abolition.……

China has revealed its latest digital news anchor, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered “woman” that delivers news 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
China’s state-owned news outlet People Daily unveiled its new AI-created presenter named “Ren Xiaoron…

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International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 were detected in China said they found suggest…

German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger delivers a speech during a session at the plenary hall of the German lower house of the Parliament or the Bundestag in Berlin, on Dec.…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks about his parent policy at a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo on March 17.YOSHIKAZU TSUNO
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will on Monday announce a new plan for an open and free Indo-…

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 17 …
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New Zealand said on Friday it would ban TikTok on devices with access to the country’s parliamentary network due to cybersecurity concerns, becoming the latest nation to limit the use of the video-sharing app on government-related devices.…
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Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: JPMorgan upgrades Chubb to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said the insurance company is defensive. "Our long-term fundamental outlook for CB has been positive, but we have been reluctant to …

It’s now been three years since Ontario declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic. Back on March 17, 2020, it was thought that restrictions to “flatten the curve” would last for just a few weeks, an extended March Break.…
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Ukrainian soldiers of the Paratroopers' of 80th brigade fire a mortar shell at a frontline position near Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 16.VIOLETA SANTOS MOURA/Reuters
Ukrainian forces were co…

SpaceX, Netflix NFLX-Q and Boeing BA-N are among the companies joining the “biggest-ever” U.S. business mission to Vietnam next week to discuss investment and sales opportunities in the booming Southeast Asian nation, the organizer said.…
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Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, th e US seems to be intent on strengthening ties with India, an increasingly key democratic ally of the West.
The US Senate has taken a few significant steps, particularly over long-pending issues, in the past few days, sen…

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, has cast himself as a global statesman, helping Saudi Arabia and Iran broker a deal to restore diplomatic ties while extolling the virtues of “Chinese solutions and wisdom” in solving the world’s biggest security challen…

Assessing the challenges faced by America's military as it contends with China, Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday, an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid sharpening E…

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing last year, in a photo from Russian state news media.
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, will travel to Russia to meet with President Vladimir V.…
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North Korea said Friday it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile to “strike fear into the enemies” as South Korea and Japan agreed at a summit to work closely on regional security with the United States and staged military exercises around the re…

HELSINKI — China added its initially civilian Gaofen Earth observation series Friday with the launch of the classified optical geostationary Gaofen-13 (02) satellite.
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the hill-surrounded Xichang Satellite Launch C…

Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will visit President Joe Biden at the White House Friday to reaffirm the partnership amid the 25th anniversary of the Belfast accords. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has vowed to broaden support for the violence-wracked Sahel beyond the realm of security, pitching the United States as a better partner than Russia, which has been expanding its footprint in the region.…
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