The UK has become a world leader in the study of graphene, investing 61 million pounds (.8 million) in the National Graphene Center and a further 60 million pounds in the Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre, which is set to open next year.
The US blamed national security concerns for the new tariffs. It initially gave the EU a temporary exemption while it tried to persuade Europe’s steel producers to cut production. The US says restrictions on imports are needed because of global overcapacity, something it largely blames on China. The EU is the world’s second-largest steel producer, after China, and employs around 320,000 people. China has already been hit with US tariffs and has responded with tariffs of its own against US imports.
The US government has announced tightened enforcement of duties against subsidies earlier this year.
The US Justice Department is pursuing a criminal probe into whether Johnson & Johnson lied about potential cancer risks of its talcum powder and has convened a grand jury in Washington, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
The US has threatened to impose tariffs on 0 billion worth of imports from China following a Section 301 investigation into China's intellectual property policies and practices. China has vowed to fight back and has proposed tariffs on billion worth of imports from the US, including cars, soybeans and airplanes.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed to agree on a regular renewal of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), while agreeing to adopt "a technical roll-over" of the mandate on Friday, due to differences over the BRI, mention of which had been in previous Afghanistan resolutions.
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The US House adopted a resolution on Tuesday officially recognizing the "Armenian genocide", an unprecedented move that angered Turkey on its national day amid already heightened tensions with Washington.
The US and China agreed to a trade truce at the G20 meeting on Dec 1, and have put any more tariffs on hold. Also, President Trump and President Xi Jinping had a productive phone call last weekend.
The US and the DPRK will join efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, according to the document.
The US military said Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi's transfer to Saudi Arabia reduced the detainee population to 40 from 41. He was the first prisoner to leave the US detention center in Cuba since Jan 19, 2017 - the day before Trump was inaugurated.