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 […]
Day: August 7, 2020
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,” […]
NEW YORK: Women’s world number five Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens, ranked seventh, on Friday joined a growing list of players withdrawing from this month’s US Open due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Men’s defending champion Rafa Nadal and women’s world number one Ashleigh Barty have opted against travelling to New […]
Women’s world number seven Kiki Bertens has joined a growing list of players withdrawing from this month’s U.S. Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dutch player said on Friday. Women’s world number seven Kiki Bertens has joined a growing list of players withdrawing from this month’s U.S. Open due […]