The Trump administration will ban video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading or updating the Chinese-owned platform over concerns it poses a national security threat.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged deeper ties with the United States at a dinner for a visiting senior State Department official, on the same day China sent 18 fighter jets to harry the island to express its anger at the trip.
SHANGHAI: China on Saturday (Sep 19) accused the United States of "bullying" and suggested it may take unspecified countermeasures after Washington banned downloads of popular video app TikTok and effectively blocked the use of the Chinese super-app WeChat. "China urges the US to abandon bullying ...
The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat.
China will seek to reduce its dependence on the US and accelerate the development of indigenous technologies to protect the country from unpredictability and hostility, says the Brookings Institution’s Jonathan D Pollack.
This week's economic data offers fresh hints that the U.S. recovery will slow without new federal aid, a possible blow to President Donald Trump's reelection bid, especially since any new spending before the Nov. 3 presidential election seems unlikely.
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Playboy magazine owner Playboy Enterprises is exploring options that include going public through a merger with a blank-check acquisition company, according to people familiar with the matter.
Major U.S. stock indexes were down more than 1per cent in afternoon trading as technology shares sold off again and investors kept worrying about rising coronavirus cases.
U.S. consumer sentiment increased in early September, with Democrats growing more upbeat about the economy's outlook ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election while Republicans' optimism waned slightly.
