Day: May 11, 2019

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump orders raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China

2:17 pm May 11, 2019

Washington: United States President Donald Trump has ordered his top officials to begin the process to raise tariffs on almost all the imports from China, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Friday. This amounts to about USD300 billion. This is in addition to the Chinese imports worth USD200 billion on which Trump increased the import […]

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India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Facebook sues South Korea data analytics firm

2:13 pm May 11, 2019

San Francisco: Facebook is suing South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave to make sure it isn’t breaking the leading social network’s rules, the US company said Friday. A lawsuit was filed against Rankwave in a California State court in Silicon Valley to enforce terms the company agreed to in order to operate apps on the […]

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Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo to visit Russia to discuss bilateral ties, arms control

1:59 pm May 11, 2019

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would make his maiden trip to Russia next week to meet his counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral relationship between the two countries and a wide range of other issues including arms control, Iran, N Korea, Ukraine and Venezuela. Pompeo’s visit to Moscow […]

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Trump lawyer Giuliani threatens, then abandons, Ukraine trip

Trump lawyer Giuliani threatens, then abandons, Ukraine trip

1:44 pm May 11, 2019

New York: Democrats denounced a plan by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney to push Ukraine to open investigations that he hopes could benefit Trump politically, decrying it as an overt attempt to recruit foreign help to influence a US election. But Rudy Giuliani late Friday said he does not plan to go to the Ukraine […]

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