The US action is said to show solidarity with its ally Britain, which claims that Moscow is responsible for the poisoning of a former Russian spy on March 4 in Britain with a military-grade nerve agent. Russia has denied involvement in the case.
The United States had 16 weather and climate disasters in 2017 each with losses exceeding one billion dollars, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its report.
The UKRI is also committing 8.3 million pounds to a joint project with the US, Israel and China that will examine infectious disease.
The US first hosted the World Cup in 1994, staging a commercially successful 24-team tournament that played out to packed stadia.
The United Nations' "Road Safety and Digital Innovation Learning Conference" to promote safer roads and cutting causalities caused by road accidents, took place at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences on Thursday.
The United States, disregarding overwhelming international and domestic opposition, announced the imposition of additional 10-percent tariffs on 200 billion US dollars worth of Chinese products from Sept. 24 and that it will take other escalating tariff measures.
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The US initiated a Section 301 investigation under the US Trade Act of 1974 into China's intellectual property policies and practices last August.
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Pyongyang's latest missile launch on Friday, at the request of the US and Japanese delegations, days after it unanimously adopted a new resolution imposing more sanctions over Pyongyang's Sept 3 nuclear test.
The US film Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw came 10th with 1.43 billion yuan.
The US approach in trade made German Chancellor Angela Merkel lament on Monday that international agreements and institutions are being weakened while warning against protectionist instincts that might endanger open markets.