ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang s decision to drop his pursuit of a sale of TikTok s U.S. operations to Microsoft in favor of a partnership with Oracle was the culmination of pressure from the Beijing-based firm s investors as it searched for a deal to appease the United States and China,
China has promised retribution for Donald Trump’s decision to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat, escalating a bitter trade war between the superpowers. China’s Ministry of Commerce accused the US of “bullying” after US President Donald Trump followed through on an executive order requiring that the apps be sold to an American
BLANTRYE, MALAWI – Malawi’s government has moved to implement the Access to Information law. The approval came four years after the law was passed by the country’s parliament. This follows the official publication of the law Friday by the information minister. A regional media watchdog welcomed the move but warned the government against
Business groups are throwing their support behind a pandemic insurance bill modeled after a post- law that created a federal backstop for claims related to acts of terrorism. The Pandemic Risk Insurance Act, much like the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act TRIA, would provide compensation for losses resulting from pandemics or public health emergencies.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he is prepared to resign if the UK ends up breaking the law over Brexit in a way I find unacceptable . He said he was committed to upholding the rule of law but defended plans to potentially override the EU Withdrawal Agreement as an insurance policy
You just breath the air, and that s how it s passed … This is deadly stuff, said President Donald Trump. The date of Bob Woodward s bombshell recording, February , is important. President Trump knew then the threat of COVID- – and had no qualms about downplaying it. We don t want
The so-called Vaccine Administration Management System is the latest big health data project the administration has launched and follows this summer’s bungled rollout of a new system to track hospital coronavirus cases that displaced a system long used by states and the CDC. The vaccine system is being developed by Deloitte using technology
During his visit this month, French President Emmanuel Macron gave Lebanon’s politicians a road map for policy changes and reform, set deadlines for them to take action and told them he’d be back in December to check on progress. It was a hands-on approach that angered some in Lebanon and was welcomed by
Brussels will consider upgrading the EU’s race equality law as it sets out a sweeping plan to tackle discrimination against people from a black, Asian and minority ethnic BAME background. A draft EU action plan against racism, seen by the Guardian, proposes to investigate whether the race equality directive has gaps, particularly on
Policemen control people arriving at Paris courthouse for the opening hearing of the trial of suspected accomplices in Charlie Hebdo jihadist killings, on September ,2 – Fourteen people accused of helping jihadist gunmen attack the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket go on trial, five years after days of terror