WASHINGTON: Two tech groups yesterday backed TikTok in its lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of a Montana state ban on use of the short video sharing app before it takes effect on Jan. 1. NetChoice, a national trade association that includes major tech platforms, and Chamber of Progress, a tech-industry […]
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BEIJING: China’s imports from Russia dropped in July, the first monthly decline since February 2021 when imports of oil and other goods began steadily rising after the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, Chinese customs data showed on Tuesday (Aug 8). China’s imports from Russia shrank 8 per cent to US$9.2 […]
NEW YORK: New York wants to introduce car-loving America’s first congestion charge, but the move faces fierce opposition – including from the city’s famous yellow taxis. The plan, similar to pricing long in place in London and Singapore, aims to improve air quality in the Big Apple by easing Manhattan’s […]
DEMNATE (Morocco): A minibus plunged into a ravine in Morocco yesterday, killing all 24 people on board in one of the North African country’s worst-ever road accidents, officials said. The passengers were travelling a mountainous route to a weekly market in the town of Demnate, in the central province of […]
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday (Aug 4), dismissing the latest federal indictment against him a day earlier as an “illegal and unconstitutional travesty”. Trump, who is facing sweeping conspiracy charges over his efforts to overturn […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia was set to host talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday (Aug 5) in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, though expectations are mild for what the gathering might achieve. The meeting of national security advisers and other officials in the Red Sea coastal city of […]
BRASÍLIA: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than 66 per cent last month from July 2022, officials said yesterday, crediting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s push to protect the world’s biggest rainforest. July typically marks the start of peak deforestation season, with the onset of drier weather […]
WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump’s political action committee is expected to report today that it has spent about US$40 million (RM182 million) in legal fees in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump and his advisers, among others, the Washington Post reported. The New York Times separately reported […]
OSOYOOS: An evacuation order for the Canadian town of Osoyoos and its surrounding district in the province of British Columbia had been issued late Saturday night due to an out-of-control wildfire that has crossed the border from the US state of Washington. The wildfire, called Eagle Bluff, is approximately 4 […]
VÓLOS: Greek fire crews today raced to put out wildfires around the country that have raged for two weeks and left five dead, before strong winds forecast for the day rekindle blazes. Hundreds of firefighters backed by European Union reinforcements were struggling to contain fires on the islands of Rhodes, […]