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Who Owns TikTok in the US Now?
Published on 23/01/2026
» NEW YORK - TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has just spun out an American venture to operate the popular video app in the United States. The deal, announced on Thursday, is part of an effort to comply with a 2024 federal law that aimed to separate TikTok from ByteDance to address national security concerns over the app’s ties to Beijing.
Trump's tariff exemptions give markets relief, but tensions loom
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US tariffs exemptions for electronics prompted market rallies Monday from Asia to Wall Street but failed to settle nerves over a global trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned would have "no winner."
Singapore case raises questions about US chip export curbs
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/03/2025
» Prosecutors in Singapore have pressed new charges in the cases against three men suspected of defrauding suppliers of server computers potentially containing Nvidia chips subject to US export curbs.
Cyber ransom gang's operations disrupted by international operation
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2024
» LONDON - Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims' data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation, US and UK authorities said on Monday.
Two J&J doses cut Omicron hospital stays
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/12/2021
» Two doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine slashed hospitalizations caused by the omicron variant in South Africa by up to 85%, a critical finding since the shot is being increasingly relied upon across the continent, researchers said.
MLS fine Inter Miami $2 mn over Matuidi salary rules violation
AFP, Published on 29/05/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Major League Soccer handed David Beckham's Inter Miami a league-record $2 million fine on Friday for violating roster and salary rules in its signing of French international Blaise Matuidi.
Thousands of Trump supporters again rally in Washington
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - Thousands of red-hatted protesters filled Washington streets Saturday to support Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, undeterred by the US Supreme Court's rejection of what may have been his last chance to overturn the results.
SK Hynix to buy Intel's NAND memory chip business in $9bn deal
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» SEOUL - The world's second-largest chipmaker, South Korea's SK Hynix, is to buy Intel's flash memory chip operation in a deal worth $9 billion, it said Tuesday, as it seeks to bolster its position against Samsung.
Climate campaigners plan Heathrow drone shutdown
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» LONDON - Climate activists planned to fly toy drones around London's Heathrow Airport on Friday in a controversial effort to shut down Europe's busiest travel hub over the weekend.
Climate campaigners plan Heathrow drone shutdown
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» LONDON - Climate activists planned to fly toy drones around London's Heathrow Airport on Friday in a controversial effort to shut down Europe's busiest travel hub over the weekend.