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Stocks struggled to hold their ground on Monday, following the S&P 500′s third straight weekly gain, as demand concerns for the semiconductor industry weighed on tech names.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average clung to a gain of 25 points, or 0.1%. Stocks initially rose in…

China on Monday urged Japan to stay true to its commitment to building a world without nuclear weapons, as it expressed doubt about Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's pledge to do so on the 77th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Beijing claimed that despite its pledge, the only country in the world to have suffered…

* Anhui, a major agricultural province in China, is reinforcing its new role as a scientific and technological innovation hub.* Over the past decade, the R&D investment intensity of Anhui has increased to 2.28 percent from 1.64 percent.* The number of high-tech enterprises in Anhui had grown to 11,368 in 2021 from 1,742 in 2012, realizing an…

Commonwealth Games 2022 Live: Continuing India's good show in Commonwealth Games, shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen bagged gold in Singles events, while Chirag Shetty - Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy took home gold in the men's double's match. After an explosive tenth day which saw medals raining for India across sports like athletics, cricket,…

JACKSON, Ky. — Teresa Watkins worked to salvage a few mud-caked belongings from her home on a Breathitt County branch of the Kentucky River after July 28 floods slammed her neighborhood for the second time in 17 months.The 54-year-old, who has lived off Quicksand Road since she was a teenager, said the flooding in recent years – “more and more,…

A warning label is seen on the front of a gas meter at a house in Manchester, Britain, September 18, 2021. REUTERS/Phil NobleRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterLONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Britain's statistics agency will rule at the end of this month on whether an energy bill rebate offered to households by the government…

This week offers one of Africa’s most significant votes this year as Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday to decide a new president.The contest is between the current deputy president William Ruto, 55, and Raila Odinga, a 77-year-old veteran of such campaigns now on his fifth attempt at the top job. Relations with China, which has invested heavily…

DIGITAL HEALTH: French residents will be able to store their physical Carte Vitale card on their smartphone Residents across France will soon be able to download and store a digital version of their Carte Vitale health insurance card on their Apple or Android smartphone using the ApCV app currently being piloted in 10 French departments. News…

KYIV, UKRAINE With the tip of a hunting knife, a senior Ukrainian security official removed 18 screws and lifted off the lid of a small black metal box. Inside were four sliding panels packed with scores of computer chips. This was the electronic brain of an unexploded Russian 9M727 cruise missile — one of the devastating weapons…

Russia has likely tried to deploy “deeply controversial, indiscriminate” anti-personnel mines as Moscow ramps up its assaults on Ukraine, according to the U.K.’s defense ministry.   The use of PFM-1 and PFM-1S mines in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and elsewhere may cause mass casualties, a Monday intelligence update from the…