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A U.S. House of Representatives committee has launched an investigation into investments by four U.S. venture capital firms into Chinese artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent letters on Tuesday to GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Walden International and Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Inc, asking for information on their investments in China and setting an Aug. 1 deadline for the firms to respond.

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TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea launched two ballistic missiles eastward early on Wednesday, Japan's and South Korea's militaries said, just hours after a U.S. ballistic missile submarine arrived in a South Korean port for the first time in four decades.

(Reuters) - North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile early on Wednesday, the Japanese prime minister's office said, and South Korea's Yonhap...

President Joe Biden's administration did not sanction or support secret meetings that former top U.S. national security officials held with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other Russians on potential talks to end the Ukraine war, the White House and State Department said on Thursday.

By Steve Scherer and Costas Pitas (Reuters) -Stellantis-LG Energy Solution (LGES) will resume construction of an electric-vehicle battery plant in Canada

The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judges ruling restricting some agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content,...

The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judges ruling restricting some agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content,...

The United States "firmly" opposes export controls announced by China on gallium and germanium, metals needed to produce semiconductors and other electronics, a U.S. Commerce Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding that Washington will consult its partners and allies to address the issue.