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As the country faces slowing economic growth and a trade war with the U.S., China has taken pains to reassure entrepreneurs by telling them they can start businesses, create jobs and benefit society. (Image credit: Gao Jie)

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin for talks in Russia – as the US president called on Moscow to “get moving” with ending the war in Ukraine.

Pentagon cuts $4bn in contracts with Deloitte, Accenture and Booz Allen  Financial Times Pentagon to end $5.1 billion in contracts with Accenture, Deloitte, others  Reuters The Pentagon just killed $5.1 billion in IT and consulting contracts with firms like Accenture and Deloitte,

They’ll seek to craft a final bill with enough spending cuts to satisfy those on the right while not jeopardizing the reelection prospects of more vulnerable lawmakers whose constituents rely on key safety net programs such as Medicaid and nutritional

Siemens Executive and His Family Died in Hudson Helicopter Crash  The New York Times A helicopter crash left a Siemens executive, his family and their pilot dead. Here’s what we know  CNN New York helicopter crash was ‘entirely predictable’, say campaigners  The Guardian

Trump pushes Congress to make daylight savings permanent  Politico

Russian American ballerina Ksenia Karelina has message for Trump after release from Russia  Fox News

His annual physical on Friday could potentially give the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. But if history is

It was the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown.

Stocks have been swinging not just day to day but hour to hour as investors struggle to make out where President Donald Trump’s trade war is heading and whether it will cause a global recession.