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When US President Donald Trump visits China, one subject high on the agenda will be the sweeping trade investigation of Chinese policies that he ordered in August.The White House said it would probe practices that encourage the theft of intellectual property from US

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Whether gathering dust in your loft or currently spinning on your turntable, it’s a fair bet that at least some of your vinyl records came from a small factory in the Czech Republic.The facility in question is the

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The UK’s advertising watchdog has intervened after an adult advert was shown within a video game app popular with children.The pop-up ad featured a “temporary tattoo” that looked like a deep bite mark, placed on a woman’s shoulder.The imagery

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 election. The three firms faced hard questions at a Senate panel on crime and terrorism

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It’s decision time. On Thursday, Bank of England policymakers will reveal their move on interest rates.How the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) vote will affect households and businesses across the UK.That’s because the Bank of England

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The former British Leyland worker and trade unionist Derek Robinson has died, aged 90. Mr Robinson, one of the most famous trade unionists of the 1970s, was dubbed Red Robbo by the media. As shop steward at British Leyland in Longbridge, Birmingham, he was involved in

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Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa’s largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis.Russian state-owned company Rosatom will build one in the south, the other in the centre, sources at the Nigeria Atomic Energy

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Burberry’s chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey, is leaving the FTSE 100 fashion firm after 17 years.It gave no explanation for the departure but said he will leave next year.Mr Bailey, 46, was chief executive of Burberry from 2014 until July, when he

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Kevin Spacey has been dropped as the recipient of a special Emmy award he was due to receive next month.The International TV Academy said in a statement that it was withdrawing the International Emmy Founders Award “in light of recent events”. It comes

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