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Dutch ministers trying to stop tech firm ASML moving abroad over foreign labour fears | Netherlands
The Dutch government is scrambling to ensure that the country’s largest company, the semiconductor equipment maker ASML, does not move operations or expand abroad after the tech firm voiced concerns over the country’s hardening stance on migrants. On Wednesday, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that the Dutch government had launched a cross-ministry effort, dubbed …
Russia slips into ‘selective default’ on some foreign debt
The financial ratings agency S&P Global has deemed Russia to be in “selective default” on some of its foreign debt after it tried to pay its latest obligations in rubles. Because of U.S. government sanctions, the agency said, investors lack the ability to convert the rubles into dollars. S&P had already warned that any payment …
Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years to cool housing market
Home buying in a hot housing market: How one family did it Mandy and Jordan Picchiottino looked for 9 months to find a home in the Atlanta suburbs. Here’s how they outcompeted others to land their dream home. Andrea Kramar, USA TODAY OTTAWA, Ontario – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced Thursday it will ban …
Scott Morrison inks G7 deals with Japan and Germany to develop lower-emissions technology | Australian foreign policy
Scott Morrison has inked deals with Japan and Germany to develop technology to help reach “a net zero emissions future” – but continues to resist international pressure to formally commit Australia to a firm 2050 deadline. With the climate crisis taking centre stage on the final day of the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, the …
U.S. officials up pressure on firms, foreign adversaries over cyberattacks
U.S. officials on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on companies and foreign adversaries to fight cybercriminals, and said President Joe Biden is considering all options, including a military response, to counter the growing threat. The Biden administration is looking at “all of the options,” to defend the country against ransomware criminals, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo …
G7: Foreign ministers to discuss rising threats at London summit – BBC News
G7: Foreign ministers to discuss rising threats at London summit BBC News Secretary of State Blinken in London for G7 foreign ministers meeting CBS News U.S. and Britain tell China and Russia: the West is not over yet Yahoo News G7 nations to agree on global plan to help 40m girls into education The Guardian UK’s Raab: Biden Administration …
White heat – Britain’s foreign and defence policy shake-up focuses on technology | Britain
Mar 20th 2021 THE SLOGAN “Global Britain” first gained currency in the months after the country’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016. Theresa May deployed the phrase five times when she addressed the Conservative Party conference for the first time as prime minister. Days later it was the title of Boris Johnson’s first …
End of Qatar blockade is ‘a win for the region’: Saudi foreign minister
The end of the Gulf dispute is a win for the region, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister told CNBC after announcing that relations between Qatar and four Arab countries have been fully restored. Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt on Tuesday signed an agreement that aims to strengthen unity and cohesion. The deal came …
‘Fantasy world’: Pompeo knocks Biden administration picks as out of touch on foreign policy
Pompeo said on Tuesday that he had not spoken with Blinken since Biden announced his selection. Pompeo also acknowledged the General Services Administration’s Monday declaration of Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential election. “Today we began the process to see what GSA’s decision was and we’ll do everything that’s required by law,” …
Foreign policy expert: China is ‘outstripping us’ in technologies of the future
“The role of technology — both in the economy and in education in our private lives — has been accelerated by what’s happening under the pandemic,” Tom Hanson said during the virtual Rosenmeier Forum on Thursday, Nov. 19. “In general terms the pandemic is, I believe, an accelerator for what’s happening in the world today.” …
