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US TikTok ban not the right move
Oped, Published on 27/03/2024
» On March 13, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. It is no secret that the bill takes aim at TikTok. The massively popular video-sharing platform is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance and is thus subject to the laws of the People's Republic of China and potentially to the control of the Communist Party of China (CPC), despite assurances to the contrary from company executives.
US and UK accuse China of large-scale hacking
Published on 26/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - US and British officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defence contractors.
The plot to kill Clinton that history nearly forgot
Published on 23/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov 23, 1996, when their US Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the motorcade route into the Philippines capital.
The middle path for US foreign policy
Oped, Kasit Piromya, Published on 22/03/2024
» For decades, the United States' positioning in the international arena has been a battle between the desire to remain isolated within the confines of its own territory and the urge to extend beyond its boundaries to induce and cajole others on the values and benefits of democracy, freedom and a free market.
Man receives pig kidney in medical milestone
Published on 21/03/2024
» Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to hundreds of thousands of people whose kidneys have failed.
Nobel Laureate economist explains ethos at city event
News, Published on 18/03/2024
» An ability to analyse sequences and future decisions is crucial in the realm of economics, Professor Finn Kydland, a Norwegian Nobel Laureate economist, told attendees during a keynote speech at a recent event.
It's just so over the top
Postbag, Published on 17/03/2024
» Re: "Even Photoshop can't erase royals' latest PR blunder", (Commentary, March 13).
China urges US to stop ‘unreasonably suppressing’ TikTok
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/03/2024
» BEIJING - China called on the United States to stop "unreasonably suppressing" TikTok, as the popular video-sharing application used by 170 million Americans moves to the centre of lingering tensions between the superpowers.
Hope on horizon for starving Palestinians?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/03/2024
» Good news! The US logistical support ship General Frank S. Besson Junior has just sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, carrying the equipment needed to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza. That will enable the US to deliver food to the starving (yes, literally starving) Palestinian population of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip.
US lawmakers pass bill to force TikTok sale
Published on 13/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give the Chinese owner of TikTok about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app used by 170 million Americans or face a ban.