The world could see a second wave of tariff war as Donald Trump takes office this January. The US President-elect has threatened a 100% tariff on the BRICS countries, including India, if they undercut the US dollar or replace it with another currency for international transactions. His remarks follow a BRICS meeting in October that…
Manchester United defenders Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez have both returned to training this week. Jonny Evans will be assessed after missing Thursday’s Europa League win. Everton forwards Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti will play for the under-23 team on Friday as they continue to build fitness following long-term injuries. Captain Seamus Coleman is back…
Elon Musk is asking a federal court to stop OpenAI from converting into a fully for-profit business. Attorneys representing Musk, his AI startup xAI, and former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI on Friday. The injunction would also stop OpenAI from allegedly requiring its investors to refrain from funding…
Passengers will be able to watch ultra-high-definition videos or enjoy online gaming on their smartphones while travelling at 1,000km/h (621mph) on high-speed trains, after Chinese scientists discovered a way to achieve it. Still under development, China’s new generation of high-speed trains can travel at speeds faster than commercial airliners through near-vacuum tubes using magnetic levitation….
CNN — President-elect Donald Trump said he would require countries that are part of BRICS — a China- and Russia-backed group of emerging economies — to commit to not creating new currency or face 100% tariffs during his administration. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we…
GUEST COLUMN, John Richard Schrock, Education Frontlines The recent conviction of 45 Hong Kong demonstrators is seen differently in the U.S and Asia. 208 demonstrations, ranging from peaceful to violent, were carried out in Hong Kong between March 2019 and September 2020. The earlier “umbrella revolution” in 2014 mainly focused on requirement that candidates…
As part of the redesigned incident reporting across all platforms, Google said Maps would show Waze reports for users to confirm while navigating. This is beginning to roll out. When Google Maps announced — in late July, with the actual rollout taking place mid-September — the improved reporting UI for Android, iOS, Android Auto, CarPlay,…
THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden is “excited” to make his first trip to the African continent next week and will first stop briefly in the small island nation of Cabo Verde before making landfall in the Southwest African nation of Angola, a top White House official told VOA Friday. “He is excited…
With Donald Trump elected again as US president, China is concerned about the self-professed “Tariff Man” and his threats to kill off Chinese imports with big increases in tariffs, which are to be imposed on his first day back in the Oval Office next January. In response, the Biden administration and its Western allies complain…
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