US President Donald Trump pushed back against suggestions that Friday's pausing of "reciprocal" tariffs was letting countries "off the hook" for their levies on US imports. Writing on social media Trump said: "There was no tariff exception announced on Friday."

The move, announced in a filing late Friday, is a big reprieve for Apple and other tech companies.

The UK government took effective control Saturday of Britain’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch from its Chinese owners, after lawmakers approved an emergency rescue.

The U.K. Parliament authorized the government to seize control of the Chinese-owned British Steel plant in Scunthorpe to prevent its closure and the loss of up to 2,700 jobs.

Steel production is a “strategic industry” for the United Kingdom and should be nationalised to avoid reliance on “the whimsy of foreign governments”, DUP MP Sammy Wilson has said.

By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than one hundred Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not appear to have a direct link to China's government,

Russia has debunked claims by Ukraine that Moscow enlisted an unconfirmed number of Chinese nationals to fight alongside its soldiers on the battlefield. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko,

More than a hundred Chinese citizens fighting on the side of Russia against Ukraine are mercenaries and, according to US intelligence, have no direct connection to the Chinese government. Source: Reuters with reference to two US officials familiar with the US intelligence findings and a former Western intelligence official Details: The latter said that about 200 Chinese mercenaries are fighting for Russia and have no connection to the Chinese government.