Chinese tech companies are victims of “naked bullying” of the United States, said Beijing while criticizing the US actions against Chinese tech companies. These comments from China come at a time when a new set of global guidelines for… Read More ›
Geopolitics
U.S. ban on sourcing of cotton and other textiles from Xinjiang will impact global major clothing brands
According to a report from the New York Times late on Monday, the United States is weighing a potential ban on some or all products made with cotton from China’s Xinjiang region which Beijing is housing minority Muslims in modern… Read More ›
New Visa Restrictions To Target US Media Imposed By China
As tensions between the United States and China getting worse, new visa restrictions on foreign journalists working for US news organizations in China have been imposed by Beijing as both countries continue to target each other’s media outlets. Instead of… Read More ›
UK Threatens To Change Divorce Agreement Putting Brexit In Crisis Again
Following the United Kingdom threatening on Monday to undermine the exit agreement between Britain and the European Union unless the EU agreed to free trade terms by next month, the exit of the UK from the EU seem to have… Read More ›
Britain’s overriding Brexit strategy will be self goal: EU diplomats
On Monday, following Britain’s statement that it plans on overriding parts of the Brexit divorce agreement which it hammered out with the European Union after months of negotiations, a diplomat from the bloc said, it would amount to “a desperate… Read More ›
‘The World Could Look Like 1900 Again’, Warns Former World Bank Head Robert Zoellick
If various countries do not work together to get out of the current crisis created by the novel coronavirus pandemic and other factors, the world could look like it did in 1900, warned the former head of the World Bank…. Read More ›
Pandemic Impact: Worst Economic Slump Reported By Australia
With the restrictions on business and the economy being imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Australian economy was pushed into its deepest economic slump on record in the second quarter of the current year. This… Read More ›
Amid Escalating Trade Tensions, China Again Targets Australian Wine
With increasing tensions between Australia and China, regulators in Beijing have put up another hurdle in front of Australian winemakers. After a complaint from the China Wine Industry Association, an anti-subsidy investigation of some wine imports from Australia has been… Read More ›
Irish Finance Minister Claims Possibility To Get Tax Deal On Tech Giant This Year
According to the Irish finance minister, a deal between Europe and the United States on the issue of new tax arrangements for digital giants could be had in 2020 itself. There is a disagreement between countries – especially between the… Read More ›
‘Operational Mistake’ Caused Failure To Remove Kenosha Militia Page, Admits Zuckerberg
The failure of the social media platform Facebook to remove a page that encouraged armed Americans to take to the streets of Kenosha, Wisc, was because of an “operational mistake”, admitted the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg acknowledged in a… Read More ›