Day: August 10, 2019

Tens of thousands join Moscow opposition rally after crackdown

11:14 pm August 10, 2019

Moscow: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Moscow on Saturday after mass police detentions at recent protests that have been among the largest since President Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin in 2012. On a cold rainy afternoon, protesters huddled under umbrellas on the central Prospekt Andreya Sakharova street, where city authorities had […]

Myanmar landslide kills 41, many more feared missing

10:22 pm August 10, 2019

Mawlamyine: The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar rose to at least 41, an official said late Saturday, as emergency workers continued for a second night their desperate search through thick mud for the scores feared missing. A huge brown gash on the hillside marked where the deluge of […]

No business with Chinese tech giant Huawei: Trump

10:18 pm August 10, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said America will not do any business with Chinese tech giant Huawei. The Trump administration believes that giving access to the state-controlled Huawei on 5G would risk America’s national security. As such the US is not only denying Huawei access inside the country but also is asking other […]

18 killed, 14 missing as Typhoon Lekima hits China’s coast

10:15 pm August 10, 2019

Beijing: At least 18 people were killed and 14 others missing on Saturday after a typhoon-triggered barrier lake burst in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, official media here said. With a maximum wind force of 187 km/h, Lekima, the ninth typhoon to hit China this year, made landfall at about 1:45 am local time in Wenling […]

Huawei launches first product with own operating system

10:13 pm August 10, 2019

Dongguan: Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which has been caught in the crossfires of the Washington-Beijing trade war, on Saturday unveiled a new smart television, the first product to use its own operating system. The television will be available from Thursday in China and marks the first use of HarmonyOS, chief executive George Zhao said, adding […]

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