A demand for banning the flight of all private jet to and from the United Kingdom by 2025 was has been made by a British thinktank with close ties to the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn because, it said, such flights… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Boris Johnson rejects call for no-deal Brexit in election rally
Johnson’s election gamble and his no-deal Brexit stance is likely to split the pro-Brexit vote in some seats. In a development that potentially splits the euroskeptic vote in Britain, following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s rejection of calls to drop… Read More ›
Israel’s sign gas export deal with Egypt
Israel will start exporting gas to Egypt from January 2020. In a regulatory filing in Tel Aviv, Israel’s Delek Drilling stated, shares have been transferred to buyers in a joint venture called EMED between Texas-based Noble Energy and Delek wherein… Read More ›
Asia likely to become world’s largest trade bloc in February 2020
The Pan-Asia Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is unlikely to be signed during the ASEAN summit in Bangkok, Thailand. Negotiators aims to sign the pact in February 2020. According to a spokeswoman from Thailand’s government, a trade deal by Asian… Read More ›
World’s Largest 5G Network Has Been Activated In China
The world’s largest 5G network has been activated in China. 5G telecom services – the next generation of mobile connectivity, was launched in China by the country’s three state-run telecom operators on Friday. 5G plans that start at 128 yuan… Read More ›
Code Of Conduct Needed For Use Of Facial Recognition Technology: UK Information Commissioner
The United Kingdom’s information commissioner is of the opinion that there needs to be an established code of practice for governing of the use of facial recognition technology by the police forces. This comment was made in reference to a… Read More ›
Wearables New Revenue Bet For Apple, Awaits Reaction To Its New Streaming Service
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook is betting strong on growth in the company’s wearables business such as the noise-cancelling AirPods Pro while also hoping and end soon for the trade war between the United States and China. This was… Read More ›
Despite APEC Setback, Chinese Officials Optimistic Of Trade Deal Signing With US
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that was scheduled to be held in Santiago in mid-November has been cancelled by the Chilean government. This summit had assumed importance all across the world because the United States President Donald Trump and Chinese… Read More ›
Despite Media Backlash, Facebook Grows In Third Quarter
Facebook has once again showed that backlash in the media and among political and regulatory circles does not necessarily translate into poor business performance as the social media company reported growth in the third quarter of the current fiscal despite… Read More ›
Fiat Chrysler And Peugeot Merger Could Be Announced Very Soon
According to reports, it is likely that an announcement of the merger of the PSA Group, the French owner of Peugeot, and its US-Italian rival Fiat Chrysler will be made shortly. If the merger actually happens between the two companies,… Read More ›