A Saturday state television report showing a teleconference involving Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made no mention of WHO concern over pneumonia cases or Berdymukhamedov’s pledge over sampling. The World Health Organization has secured permission to conduct independent sampling in officially coronavirus-free Turkmenistan, after expressing […]
At an election rally in Ohio, Donald Trump announced that Washington will impose a 10% tariff on Canadian aluminum. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asserted his government will implement “dollar-for-dollar” retaliatory measures after US president Donald Trump announced new tariffs on imports of Canadian aluminum. Canada and the United […]
HONG KONG: Beijing’s top representative office in Hong Kong said today that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were “clowning actions” that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people. The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Luo Huining, the head of China’s Liaison Office, as […]
The move criminalizes any US financial transactions with the 11 officials, who include Hong Kong’s police commissioner, its security secretary and China’s top official in the international financial hub. Washington: The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong’s leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to […]
Hong Kong Sanctions: In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping new security law on the territory, Washington on Friday sanctioned a group of Chinese and Hong Kong officials — including the city’s leader Carrie Lam. Hong Kong, China: China on Saturday slammed the United […]
MONTEVIDEO: Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday (Aug 7) to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the sombre step of recording over two million infections. The world’s worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to an AFP tally based […]
WASHINGTON: Undeterred by the coronavirus, schools in several US states have reopened for in-person classes — but some have already been hit by large quarantines of students and staff following fresh outbreaks. In Mississippi — the state with the country’s highest positivity rate at 22 per cent of everyone tested, […]
REUTERS: TikTok is preparing advertisers for a possible ban of its app in the United States, ad buyers said, offering refunds for ad campaigns that are unable to run. The short-form video app’s advertising business is still nascent. TikTok’s anticipated US$1 billion (766 million pounds) in 2020 revenue is a […]
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks finished mixed on Friday (Aug 7), with the Nasdaq retreating from a record following solid US jobs data as Washington talks on a new spending package remained stalemated. The US added 1.8 million jobs last month, fewer than in May and June, but better than […]
“We assess that China prefers that President Trump does not win reelection,” said William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. Washington: China has boosted its efforts to influence the US presidential election in November and wants President Donald Trump to lose because it sees him as “unpredictable,” […]