‘As the world is coming to terms with the new normal, a new product, TRU-V, aimed at designing and selling UV Sterilizer boxes, was launched recently’ 2020 for sure has been a year of milestones, and time and again we have found ourselves in new jeopardies. The statement holds even […]
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YATSUSHIRO: Emergency services in western Japan were “racing against time” on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 50 people, with more torrential rain forecast. Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its second-highest emergency warning for heavy rain and landslides over vast swathes […]
HONG KONG: China has quickly moved to censor Hong Kong‘s internet and access users’ data using a feared new national security law, but US tech giants offered some resistance citing rights concerns. The online censorship plans were revealed in a 116-page government document released on Monday night that also unveiled […]
Representative image JAKARTA: A deep undersea earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Tuesday, but no injuries or serious damage were reported. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 6.6 magnitude and was centered about 94 kilometers (58 miles) north of Batang, a coastal […]
WASHINGTON: The United States passed another grim coronavirus milestone Monday as the death toll from the virus climbed past 130,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The country also posted a worrying number of new daily infections, at 54,999 — a few thousand shy of the record […]
By: AP | Toronto | Published: July 7, 2020 11:18:16 am Trudeau is conducting online Cabinet meetings instead of in person meetings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned down a White House invitation to celebrate the new regional free trade agreement in Washington with U.S […]
Days after India banned 59 apps including TikTok and UC Browser, the United States on Tuesday said that it was also ‘looking’ at banning Chinese social media apps. “I don’t want to get out in front of the President (Donald Trump), but it’s something we’re looking […]
By: PTI | Washington | Updated: July 7, 2020 10:12:09 am Mike Pompeo said that Chinese action against religious and ethnic minorities has escalated. (NYT/File) The United States has to take a different path on China as the previous policy of helping them open up their economy with the belief […]
TikTok said its Hong Kong exit could occur within days. ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok declared it will remove its app from Hong Kong mobile stores in coming days, becoming the first internet service to withdraw from the city after Beijing enacted sweeping powers to crack down on national security threats. That […]
New Zealand said on Tuesday its national airline will not take new bookings for three weeks as the country looks to limit the number of citizens returning home to reduce the burden on overflowing quarantine facilities. As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens globally, thousands of New Zealanders are returning to South […]