USA

Trump tweet gives Taliban advantage in negotiations

Editorial Bureau October 15, 2020

KABUL (AFGHANISTAN) – The top Afghanistan peace official told the Financial Times newspaper that a tweet by President Donald Trump asking US troops to be home by Christmas has given Taliban an advantage in negotiations. Trump posted the tweet last week, which came few hours after his

USA

Pelosi says no to Trump COVID-19 aid offer

Editorial Bureau October 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (US) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected President Donald Trump’s latest offer on COVID-19 stimulus on Tuesday. In a letter to colleagues, Pelosi said, “Tragically, the Trump proposal falls significantly short of what this pandemic and deep recession demand,” Pelosi said. She also described the offer made last week by Treasury

Finance

Stocks show signs of recovery after Trump’s health improves

Editorial Bureau October 5, 2020

MILAN (ITALY) – Stocks and other risk assets recovered on Monday after Donald Trump’s health improved. It instilled a sense of relief to markets after the President’s COVID-19 infection sent investors in a tizzy last week. The MSCI world equity index improved to 0.4% by 0812 GMT. This was backed by overnight gains across Asia […]

UK

UK wishes Trump a speedy recovery

Editorial Bureau October 2, 2020

LONDON (UK) – The British government conveyed wishes to President Donald Trump for a speedy recovery after testing positive to COVID-19. However, the United States has a clear succession protocol if needed, a British minister said on Friday. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky, “All of us want to send our best wishes to President […]

Tech

TikTok, WeChat to be inaccessible to new US users from Sunday as Trump ban kicks in

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (US) – The Trump administration has decided to ban WeChat and short-format video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night. This comes over fears that they pose a threat to national security as user information could be accessed by China. However, the ban, which was announced on Friday, will affect only new […]

USA

Military aircraft, National Guard personnel and firefighters from other states arrive in California

Editorial Bureau August 24, 2020

LOS ANGELES (US) – Military aircraft, firefighters from the US West and National Guard personnel poured into blaze-hit California on Sunday to fight the two dozen wildfires surging through the state. The worst conflagration is raging through the San Francisco Bay Area, where more than 200,000 people have been asked to move to safer areas. […]

USA

Democrats, Biden set their eyes on Republican bastion of Texas

Ren Leen August 10, 2020

TEXAS (US) – In the wake of a resurgence in coronavirus cases, residents of Texas are not too happy with President Donald Trump’s response, according to a poll. This has given hopes to Democrats who are waiting for a chance to win the state’s presidential battle for the first time in more than forty years. […]

USA

Trump issues executive order banning TikTok, WeChat, stokes tension with China

Editorial Bureau August 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (US) – President Donald Trump on Thursday announced bans on US transactions with China-owned ByteDance, which owns short video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, the operator of messenger app WeChat, further intensifying tensions with Beijing. The president’s executive order comes into effect in 45 days. This is in the wake of the administration

USA

Democrat Biden’s campaign unveils $280-million ad blitzkrieg

Editorial Bureau August 5, 2020

NEW YORK (US) – The presidential campaign of Democrat candidate Joe Biden has come out with a whopping $280 million (213.6 million pounds) advertisement drive targeting television and social media. It is more than what Trump’s campaign has spent so far since 2017. The advertising blitz across 15 states shows a steep increase in funds […]

USA

President Trump agrees to give ByteDance 45 days to sell TikTok app to Microsoft: Sources

Editorial Bureau August 3, 2020

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (US) – Sources said President Donald Trump has agreed to give ByteDance of China as many as 45 days to discuss the sale of its popular application TikTok to Microsoft Corp. US officials have been concerned about the national risk posed by the application because of the personal data it handles. On Friday, […]