BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The United States' practice of installing location trackers in chip shipments at risk of diversion to China reflects the instincts of a surveillance empire, China's state-run media outlet Xinhua said in a commentary published on Friday. Reuters reported earlier this week that U.S. authorities had secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced...

11:18 AM EDT, 08/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Pfizer ( PFE ) said Friday that a phase 3 study of its investigational drug inclacumab in patients with sickle cell disease did not meet its primary endpoint of significant reduction in the rate of vaso-occlusive crises over a 48-week period. Pfizer ( PFE ) said it is continuing development of its broader...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - The first two cargoes of Venezuelan oil exported by energy major Chevron ( CVX ) after it received a fresh U.S. authorization to operate in the country last month have set sail for the United States, vessel monitoring data showed on Friday. The U.S. Treasury Department granted Chevron ( CVX ) a new license in late...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...