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Trump and Democrats clash over racism

2:15 pm July 16, 2019

Washington: The Democratic party, which has a majority in the House of Representatives, introduced a resolution on Monday condemning the tweets of US President Donald Trump against four of their women lawmakers as “racist”. The opposition leaders and the president continued to clash over the issue that has caught the national attention for the past […]

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

USD 5 bn US fine set for Facebook on privacy probe: Report

8:40 pm July 13, 2019

Washington: US regulators have approved a USD 5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network’s privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The newspaper said the Federal Trade Commission approved the settlement in a 3-2 vote, with the two Democratic members of the […]

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

US VP Pence visits overcrowded migrant camp, deplores ‘crisis’

1:45 pm July 13, 2019

Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence visited an overcrowded migrant camp in Texas on Friday, coming face to face with detainees held in horrific conditions and deploring an immigration crisis that he said was “overwhelming our system”. Pence traveled to the Mexico border as protesters rallied in several US cities urging the government to shut […]

Trump unloads on Paul Ryan, calls him ‘a lame duck failure’

7:22 pm July 12, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump unloaded via Twitter on former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling him a “lame duck failure.” Ryan is very critical of Trump in the book “American Carnage” by Tim Alberta of Politico, in excerpts running in various publications. Alberta wrote the former speaker could not stand the idea of another two […]

Trump says cryptocurrency is ‘not money’

1:51 pm July 12, 2019

Washington: Donald Trump expressed his mistrust of cryptocurrency Thursday, saying it was “not money” and warning that those wishing to join the trade would have to abide by banking regulations. “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air,” […]