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EU parliament roiled by graft probe linked to China’s Huawei
A new graft scandal rocked the European Parliament after police carried out raids Thursday in Belgium and Portugal, detaining multiple suspects in a probe into suspicions of corruption under the guise of lobbying for the benefit of Chinese tech giant Huawei.The new investigation comes more than two years after the “Qatargate” scandal, in which a …
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Stock markets tumble as Trump targets booze
Global stock markets slid on Thursday, especially on Wall Street, as US President Donald Trump launched a new volley in his trade war, while gold hit a new record high.Worries about a potential US government shutdown by the weekend also worried investors, while Russian President Vladimir Putin’s limited backing of a possible ceasefire in Ukraine …