China struck back in the United States after President Donald Trump signed executive orders restricting dealings with Chinese firms that own TikTok and WeChat devices. On Thursday, in a significant escalation of tensions with Beijing, US President Donald Trump released orders banning any US dealings with Chinese firms ByteDance and…

Japan’s household spending dropped at a much slower pace in June than in the previous month, with the economy re-opening from lockdown steps to curb the coronavirus pandemic, giving some hope of a modest recovery later this year. But the recovery was largely driven by government-wide cash transfers to households…

Facebook Inc. took a message on Wednesday from US President Donald Trump, who claimed the company had broken its rules about spreading misinformation about coronavirus. The post included a video clip from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier that day, in which Trump said that children were “completely immune”…

In a major blow to Indian IT professionals looking to the U.S. job market, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to bar federal agencies from recruiting or subcontracting foreign workers-mainly those on H-1B visas. The move comes more than a month after Trump’s administration halted H-1B visas…

President Donald Trump said that, relative to large countries, America is doing “very well” in the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic, while India is having a “tremendous challenge” in the fight against the disease, and China is facing a “huge epidemic” of infection. India’s Covid-19 count rose to 18,55,745…

In September 2019, oblivious the novel coronavirus, a team of top economists in the Donald Trump administration warned the US President about the potential risks of a pandemic. The team allegedly alerted the White House to the oncoming pandemic and sent a 41-page report, but the advice was not taken…

President Donald Trump grumbled on Tuesday about the medical specialist Anthony Fauci ‘s high approval ratings and joked that “nobody likes me” as he tries to boost his standing with the electorate to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci, an infectious disease specialist on Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force, is one…

Australian jobs decreased 1.1 between mid-June and mid-July, weekly data showed Tuesday, with the largest drop coming from the southeastern state of Victoria struggling with a fresh wave of coronavirus infections. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) announced that overall payroll employment declined by 2.2% in Victoria alone, as…

China said it had taken over the premises of the U.S. consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility to be shut down in retaliation for being expelled from the Chinese consulate in Houston , Texas. Police in Chengdu limited access to the area around…

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan’s Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, blamed Iran for failing to adequately help the Afghan peace process. On Friday, Washington sent Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad to Afghanistan to push for peace talks between the government and Taliban militants, with a diplomat expected to visit Kabul on a five-nation…

Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured over Syria on Thursday after the pilot changed altitude to avoid colliding with a US fighter jet, according to Iranian media, but the US Army said its F-15 was at a safe distance. The Iranian aircraft, belonging to Mahan Air, was on…

Bolivia’s general election will be postponed until October 18, when the coronavirus pandemic is taking hold of the South American nation, which could fuel tensions between the interim Conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales. The Chief Electoral Tribunal said on Thursday that the vote would…

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera bowed to extreme public pressure on Thursday and decided to sign a contentious bill enabling people to withdraw 10% of their pensions early in the coronavirus pandemic. Yet after a strong contingent of Pinera’s ruling coalition lawmakers helped the bill win a two-thirds majority in Congress…

The Indian Navy is carrying out an exercise in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to test its capabilities and to be able to combat Chinese forays in the seas in the midst of the Indian-China tussle in Ladakh. Sources said that forces of the Eastern Naval Command and the Andaman…

The US Embassy in Myanmar said that China’s crackdown on democracy in the region and its increasing aggression have had an effect on the region’s sovereignty. Chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar, George N Sibley, wrote an article in the local news site, Irrawaddy.com, ‘Why the Erosion of…

China imposed visa limits on US citizens who have “behaved egregiously” over Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of Chinese lawmakers’ planned approval of a contentious law on national security for the region. The country is moving forward on a security law that would punish subversion and other crimes against the…

According to a media article, the US is mulling over imposing a sweeping travel ban on leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party and their relatives, a step that could further escalate bilateral tensions. The presidential decree, still in its draft form, could also require the U.S. government to withhold visas…

South Korean coronavirus super spreader religious group members from Shincheonji Daegu Church have decided to donate plasma to help the Covid-19 patients with serious problems. A press release from the group has said that this week at least 500 community members will be donating blood plasma. The group was seen…

Taiwan’s military fired air and island shore missiles against China on Thursday in a live-fire exercise to demonstrate its ability to defend itself against any Chinese invasion. Assault helicopters launched rockets and fighter jets dropped bombs on targets at sea while tanks and rocket trucks fired from a beach to…

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will impose travel bans on Chinese technology giant Huawei employees and other Chinese companies that the US determines are helping authoritarian governments crack down on human rights, including in the western Xinjiang province of China. State Secretary Mike Pompeo made the announcement a day…

US President Donald Trump said Friday, in response to China’s plans to enforce new security regulations on the region, he was directing his administration to begin the process of removing preferential treatment for Hong Kong. Trump made the announcement at a news conference in the White House, claiming that China…

President Donald Trump signed legislation and an executive order on Tuesday that he said would keep China responsible for its repressive behavior against the Hong Kong people, then immediately changed his speech in the Rose Garden to a broadside rally-style attack against Democrat rival Joe Biden. The law and order…

US President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday that he has not talked to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and that he has no intention to do so. “No, I haven’t talked to him, one. No, I don’t. I don’t have any plans to talk to them,” Trump told reporters…

US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut off the entire relationship with China in response to the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus that has killed nearly 300,000 people worldwide, including over 80,000 in America. “There are many things we could do. We could cut off the whole…

The US placed sanctions and visa limits on three senior officials of the ruling Chinese Communist Party on Thursday over suspected human rights abusses against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and leaders of other ethnic minority groups in the Xinjiang Province of the Muslim Majority. The three officials are Chen Quanguo, Xinjiang…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘s powerful sister said Friday she’s not expecting her brother to meet with President Donald Trump this year, saying there’s no reason for the North to donate high-profile Trump meetings when it isn’t being substantially rewarded in return. “But also, you never know,” Kim…

Wearing masks and gloves and being vigilant to observe social distance, Singaporeans voted as the city-state continues to recover from coronavirus outbreak in a general election Friday. After a nine-day campaign that mainly took place online since demonstrations were prohibited to minimize the risk of contamination, voters cast their ballots…

The new visa rules requiring foreign students in the US with an F-1 visa to take at least one course in-person or face deportation prospects are likely to “create uncertainty and difficulties” for some students, the Indian Embassy said here. The new visa regulations requiring foreign students in the US…

The United States is planning to take more steps against China, the White House has said, although it has not been made clear what such presidential actions will be. After the advent of the novel coronavirus, ties between Washington and Beijing have spiraled downward. The handing over of Covid-19 to…

A bill has been introduced in Congress by a coalition of 14 US lawmakers calling on the government to recognize, examine and combat suspected attempts by the Chinese government to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic for nationalist gains. The ‘Preventing China from Leveraging Covid-19 Act,’ introduced by Congressman Jared Golden and…

When he was a high school student, President Donald Trump paid a proxy to take a standardized college entrance exam for him, his niece writes in a book tell-all scheduled to be released next week. According to The New York Times, in the book, “So Much and Not Enough: How…

On Wednesday, China opened a new office for its intelligence agents to work freely for the first time in Hong Kong under a strict new security law, in a public show of its tightening control of the finance center. The new base is situated in a fast-converted hotel overlooking Victoria…

Jobless and broken, Sudanese electrician Hatem, like countless other illegal workers, is stranded in limbo in Riyadh but he hopes the rapidly spreading coronavirus will offer a chance to escape. Although coronavirus causes a massive exodus of expatriates, campaigners warn hundreds of thousands of illegal workers in Saudi Arabia may…

Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador travels to Washington on Tuesday for his first foreign trip as president to meet with President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly taken shots at Mexico and Mexican migrants to rally his base. The tour, which comes just four months prior to U.S. elections, has many…

In the midst of simmering tensions between India and China, influential freight carrier FedEx Corp has announced that it would temporarily suspend goods from China. The decision was made by FedEx Corp, as it faced backlogs beyond its control, leading to congestion at facilities. “We’ll keep monitoring the situation and…

While it continues to scale up its own diplomatic steps against China , the United States accepted India ‘s ban on Chinese devices, according to the United States. Mike Pompeo, secretary of state. “We welcome India’s ban on certain mobile apps that can serve as appendages of the CCP’s surveillance…

Most of our readers are probably familiar with Google’s Opinion Rewards app, which earns you Play Store credit (or actual cash, if you’re on iOS) for answering surveys. They’re usually based on things like your recent location history or Google service use, which can bother those with a strong interest…

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have unveiled a new dashboard which puts together the data from satellite observations. The COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard makes it possible for consumers to investigate how the pandemic has impacted a assortment of factors by on the lookout…

American investment group Carlyle will buy 20 percent in India’s Piramal Group company Piramal Pharma. The Carlile Group will pay $ 49 million, or Rs 3700 crore, for this. Piramal Enterprises gave this information on Saturday. In a communication sent to the stock markets, the Ajay Piramal-led company said that…

MG Motor India (MG Motor India) will launch the new SUV MG Hector Plus (MG Hector Plus) in India in the second week of July next month. MG Motor India has now listed its upcoming Hector Plus SUV on the company’s website online. MG also recently announced that it has…

Crude oil prices continued to soften in the international market last week and oil prices are likely to remain under pressure due to the outbreak of coronavirus and slowing global economic growth. Benchmark crude oil Brent crude rose to $ 43.93 per barrel at the beginning of last week, the…

The shareholders of the German aeronautics group Lufthansa approved this Thursday with 98% of votes the rescue plan of 9,000 million euros (more than US $ 10,100 million), which implies the return of the State to the capital of the company. The rescue operation had cleared its way, after the company’s…

Apple is set to start manufacturing its latest iPhone SE (2020) in India. The Cupertino veteran is said to have taken this step to avoid the 20 percent tax required to import new iPhone models into the country. Apple’s Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron is reportedly in the process of acquiring…

On Tuesday, the American robot development company Boston Dynamics reported in a statement about the launch of Spot, a quadruped robot similar to a dog, for a price of $ 74,500 . Previously, Spot was only available for short-term rental under an early adoption program, in which more than 150 copies…

Troubled months for the mobile phone market. After Xiaomi took a big step forward in the Spanish local market, it is another Chinese manufacturer that takes the lead globally. This is Huawei, the great victim of a trade war that does not seem to give a break to its most…

the largest telephone companies in the United States are suffering the fall of their services for long hours, adding to the recent fall of Facebook services and the hacktivist group Anonymous has warned of a major DDoS attack against servers. from the country. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile users have…

The eBay auction and e-commerce company is betting on the Puerto Rican merchant, as Puerto Rico is one of Latin America’s three most important markets for the globally recognized company. Puerto Rico is the market that sells the most through the electronic platform after Brazil and Mexico, with a double-digit…

JCPenney will reopen the doors of its six stores in Puerto Rico tomorrow after a temporary closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Its stores will be operating from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm JCPenney also offers designated shopping hours for at-risk customers at all stores on…

Tesla has become the world’s highest-rated automaker once its share price rose 8% on Wednesday, The New York Post reports . Shares of the US company reached a historical value of $ 1,025 after Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla, revealed to his employees, via email, his plans to increase…

The shares of Tesla’s potential rival, Nikola Motor, saw their price double from Friday’s close to $ 73.27 on Monday, the third day of trading on Nasdaq. Like Tesla named after the famous Serbian-American inventor, Nikola debuted on the stock market on June 4 after merging with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp., an…

The Fed repeated on Wednesday after its monthly meeting its promise to continue extraordinary support for the economy and its members projected a 6.5% decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year and an unemployment rate of 9.3% in late 2020. “The current public health crisis will weigh heavily on…