By Shu Zhang and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China has increased U.S. crude purchases with some buyers snapping up cargoes at the widest discounts ever as sellers seek to offload excess supplies in Asia, six trade sources said on Wednesday. China started processing in March applications from its companies to waive import tariffs on […]
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers renewed efforts this week to push President Donald Trump’s administration to make public information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which U.S. intelligence officials blame on Saudi Arabia’s most senior leadership. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and columnist for the Washington Post, was killed […]
By Yingzhi Yang and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – The founder of China’s ByteDance, owner of the wildly successful TikTok app, has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage. On Thursday Zhang Yiming made a key move to achieve that. Creating new […]
