Tibetan Man Sets Himself On Fire Outside UN Headquarters In New York

Ford Denies Talks With Geely About Bringing Chinese Car Tech To U.S. On Friday, a report crossed the wire that Ford and Geely had been in discussions about collaborating more closely, including whether their developing European partnership could expand into the U.S. market, according to the Wall Street Journal.  Ford denied the claims, which stated that one idea involved Ford using Geely’s vehicle technology domestically. The talks had reportedly cooled, with both sides shifting attention back to Europe, where they are considering sharing production capacity and technical resources. Geely is motivated to enter...

Oil Tumbles As Tehran Pushes Draft Peace Framework While Sidestepping Uranium Question Summary Iran only having 'indirect' US contacts while asserting that enriched uranium is 'off the table' for negotiations: state TV says Tehran has a draft of the initial unofficial framework for MOU with US. IRGC keeping up the rhetoric: warns that Iran would "turn the area from Chabahar to Mahshahr into a graveyard for aggressors" if the ceasefire collapses. CENTCOM: "Clearly the Iranians are trying to hedge their bets here and put more pressure on the US." Iranian president: "The main battleground...

Canada's Counter-Tariffs Take Effect As Trump Targets Bombardier And Midterm Battlegrounds Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday - raising duties of 15%, 25%, and 50% on hundreds of American products after last month's collapse of bilateral talks. Ottawa says the package matches the United States "dollar for dollar, rate for rate." Finance Canada values the covered U.S. imports at $27.6 billion; some U.S. accounts put the figure nearer $20 billion. Either way, it is a small share of total two-way trade - and a...