Tag: Trump

China’s ByteDance to place TikTok’s global headquarters in US to escape Trump ban

BEIJING: China’s ByteDance has decided to place the headquarters of its popular video platform app TikTok in the US in order to escape President Donald Trump’s ban, official media here reported on Wednesday. As per the plan presented to the US officials by ByteDance, TikTok will remain the majority shareholder of the new US-headquartered company, […]

Kamala Harris to counter US President Trump’s convention speech

WASHINGTON: Democratic Party’s Indian-origin vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will deliver a speech on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump’s remarks at the Republican National Convention after formally accepting the party’s presidential re-nomination. Harris will speak “on President Trump’s failures to contain COVID-19 and protect working families from the economic fallout” and the “Biden-Harris plan […]

Could the TikTok gen save America? They pulled a fast one on Trump’s campaign

Oakland, California: Did teens, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music troll the president of the United States? For more than a week before Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in three months on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, these tech-savvy groups opposing the president mobilised to reserve tickets for an event they had no intention […]

US to suffer worst economic downturn this year since 1940s, warns expert panel

WASHINGTON: Business economists expect the United States to suffer its worst downturn this year in more than seven decades before growth resumes sometime next year. Overhanging that forecast, though, is the risk that a second wave of the coronavirus could threaten the economy once again. A survey released Monday by the National Association for Business […]

Trump Calls Modi; Talks For 40 Mins

Days after claiming that he spoke to an ‘upset’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Chinese Army’s military advances in Sikkim and Ladakh, American President Donald Trump finally called Modi yesterday last night. Both Trump and Modi discussed several topical issues for nearly 40 minutes. On Saturday, Trump said that he wanted to include other […]

Situation at Sino-India border stable, no need for ‘third party’ intervention: China

BEIJING: China on Wednesday emphasised that there was no need for the intervention of a “third party” to resolve its current standoff with India as the two neighbours have full-fledged border-related mechanisms and communication channels to sort out their differences through dialogue. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that China’s position […]

Trump Calls Modi; Talks For 40 Mins

Days after claiming that he spoke to an ‘upset’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Chinese Army’s military advances in Sikkim and Ladakh, American President Donald Trump finally called Modi yesterday last night. Both Trump and Modi discussed several topical issues for nearly 40 minutes. On Saturday, Trump said that he wanted to include other […]

COVID-19: Trump says his hydroxychloroquine regimen finishes in ‘day or two’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that the regimen of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine that he is taking to ward off the coronavirus will finish in the next day or two. Trump disclosed on Tuesday that he was taking the drug despite medical warnings about potential serious side effects and questions about its effectiveness in […]

Corona USA: 1480 dead in 24 hours

The novel Corona virus is killing tens and tens of people in the United States of America. On Friday, a record breaking 1480 people have died of the deadly virus and this is the most by any nation till date. With this the total death toll of US stands at 7406. 2,77,828 have been infected […]

Coronavirus: Trump converts Navy ship into hospital

The USNS Comfort Navy warship has been sent by President Donald Trump as a Navy hospital ship to New York City yesterday with a motive to facilitate more medical beds and help hospitals which are overburdened by coronavirus patients. Currently, the US has 1,23,700 positive cases, leading among all the infected nations. With this idea […]