Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to take the “highest-level” of action against “mentally deranged” US President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programmes, a state-media report said on Friday. In a rare direct statement, Kim said he “will consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding, highest level […]
San Francisco: Apple’s new Series 3 smartwatch was reported to have an issue with its LTE connectivity which the US tech giant was now working on before it starts shipping on Friday, a media report said. As per reviewers from The Verge, Apple Watch Series 3 that has LTE capabilities has notable connectivity issues. The […]
New York: The US will provide a humanitarian aid package worth $32 million to the Rohingya Muslim minority who have fled violence in Myanmar and crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh, the State Department announced. The funding “reflects the US commitment to help address the unprecedented magnitude of suffering and urgent humanitarian needs of the Rohingya people,” […]
New York: Sindoor, a red powder used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies, has unsafe levels of lead, a highly toxic poison associated with lower IQ, behavioural problems and growth delays in children, says a study that examined samples of the cosmetic powder collected from India and the US. Sindoor, also called vermillion, is used […]
San Francisco: Even as Instagram is breaking all records in terms of user growth, Snapchat still has a bigger share of new users in the US but the advantage may not remain for long, a report said on Wednesday. According to US-based marketing analytics company Jumpshot, 52 per cent of new US users signed up […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration was working to allow energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for the first time in more than three decades, the media reported. In a memo dated August 11, US Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director James Kurth directed the agency’s regional director for Alaska to get […]
Washington: The US has issued visa restrictions on Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone as these countries refused to take back deported citizens. The visa restrictions, effective from Wednesday, affected “certain categories of visa applicants, determined on a country-by-country basis”, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Washington: Top House and Senate Democrats have announced agreement with President Donald Trump to protect certain immigrants brought illegally to the US under the DACA programme, media reports said. The agreement was announced in a joint statement from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. It […]
Washington: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday directed federal departments and agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their information systems. “The Department is concerned about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies,” Xinhua quoted the DHS as saying. The US department also expressed concerns that […]
San Francisco: Amid reports that Russia-based organisations purchased ads on Facebook before the 2016 US presidential poll, a Senate Committee is considering inviting Facebook and Twitter to testify on misinformation spread on their platforms. The calls for the social media platform’s representatives to appear before the Congress came from Senator Mark Warner, ReCode reported on Tuesday. […]
Washington: The US has proposed a range of new UN sanctions against North Korea, including an oil ban and a freeze on the country’s leader Kim Jong-un’s assets. The draft resolution circulated to the Security Council members came after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test and repeated missile launches, BBC reported. Pyongyang also claimed to have […]
Baghdad: At least 27 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes by international coalition against IS posts in the IS-held areas in Iraq’s western province of Anbar on Sunday, an Iraqi army source said. According to intelligence reports, the US-led coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike on an internet cafe used by IS militants as a […]
Washington: A young man from the US state of Illinois was sentenced to 100 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually assaulting and robbing an 85-year-old woman, officials said. Another hearing is scheduled for May 4 for any additional motions from defence attorneys of Tevin Rainey, the 23-year-old criminal, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday will sign two executive orders aimed at combating foreign trade abuses that contribute to the country’s half-trillion-dollar trade deficit, officials said. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro said the Trump administration will launch a wide-ranging review of the US trade deficit with the purpose […]
Beijing: China on Wednesday urged the US authorities to abide by World Trade Organisation rules in the ongoing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation concerning Chinese aluminium foil. The US Department of Commerce launched an investigation after the Aluminium Association Trade Enforcement Working Group accused Chinese aluminium foil producers of using improper subsidies and selling at unfair […]
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