In a statement the White House said, Daniel Smith, director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), has been appointed as acting secretary of state following Joe Biden’s swearing in as President. Smith will fill the role temporarily until Biden’s nominee,… Read More ›
According to sources familiar with the situation, the United Arab Emirates has signed a deal with the United States to buy 50 F-35 fighter jets and up to 18 armed drones. Both countries were working to ink the deal before… Read More ›
In a significant development, the European Union called on incoming U.S. President Joe Biden to form a “new founding pact” with Europe and collaborate on a wide range of issues including security, freedom, peace, prosperity, and human rights. “Today is… Read More ›
In a significant development, Kimberly Reed, the head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) urged the incoming Biden administration to build on gains made by the Trump Administration to neutralize Chinese export subsidies and provide U.S. companies… Read More ›
The European Union and its member states France and Lithuania had previously imposed restrictions on palm oil based biofuels from Malaysia and the Malaysian government will be initiating legal action against these parties at the global trade watchdog – the… Read More ›
In a significant development, the Trump Administration has labeled China, Iran, Russia, Cuba and North Korea as foreign adversaries as part of a new set of rules aimed at protecting the U.S. telecoms supply chain. The rules, which implement an… Read More ›
Researchers in Brazil announced results of late-stage clinical trial data of the Covis-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech which showed that the vaccine candidate’s efficacy was much lower than the initial claims by the Chinese firm. However the safety… Read More ›
More than 70,000 accounts that were dedicated primarily to share QAnon content were suspended by the social media company Twitter, the company has said, which, according to analysts, is a part of the efforts of the platform to be strict… Read More ›
In a significant development, Australia has blocked a Chinese construction company from buying out a domestic builder involved in several high-profile projects, citing national security concerns, reported local media reports. In a regulatory filing to the Johannesburg stock market filing… Read More ›
Canadian prosecutors told a Canadian court that China’s Huawei Technologies had a plane waiting to whisk away the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to China from Vancouver, even as a key verdict in her extradition case was to… Read More ›
