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Former US President Barack Obama speaking from Philadelphia during an online broadcast of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line

Trump, who appeared to be watching in real time, responded to Obama’s speech with all-caps tweets

20 Aug 2020 4:15 PM

Conspiracy theorist QAnon demonstrators protest during a rally to re-open California and against Stay-At-Home directives. (AFP)

Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, appreciates support

Facebook announced just hours before Trump’s statements that it was banning some QAnon Facebook groups and accounts

20 Aug 2020 11:30 AM

The tapes of purported conversations between former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and Biden when Biden was vice president during the Obama administration were flagged in a US intelligence assessment earlier this month warning of Russian interference in the upcoming election, and specifically efforts to denigrate Biden. (Photo | AP)

Trump retweets purported Biden Ukraine audio flagged by US intelligence as Russian interference

Former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has generally rejected the tapes as a fabrication by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.

18 Aug 2020 7:30 PM

Every foreign-made semiconductor of any type anywhere in the world is now subject to US licence requirements if a Huawei company is in any way involved, directly or indirectly, in the transaction. (Photo | AFP)

Now, US puts a stop to Huawei's chances to access US chip technology even through third parties

The Semiconductor Industry Association, representing American chipmakers, said Monday it will cause significant disruption to the industry.

18 Aug 2020 6:15 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

'In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,' Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues

17 Aug 2020 12:49 PM

Democratic vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris. (AFP)

AP FACT CHECK: Harris meets constitutional requirements

President Donald Trump has elevated the conspiracy theory that Harris is ineligible, citing the claim without weighing in on its validity

16 Aug 2020 2:23 PM

Edward Snowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after he leaked a trove of secret files in 2013 to news organizations that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the NSA. (AFP)

Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden

US authorities for years have wanted Snowden returned to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges brought in 2013

16 Aug 2020 10:36 AM

US President Donald Trump walks over to speak with the press after arriving on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown. (AP)

I have more Indians than she has: Trump takes aim at Harris

Trump took aim at Harris as being hostile to police, and suggested that she and Biden were at the center of ‘a left-wing war on cops’

15 Aug 2020 9:15 AM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. (AFP)

Iran says UAE-Israel deal a 'stab in the back' to Muslims

'UAE government and other accompanying governments must accept responsibility for all the consequences of this action,' the statement read

14 Aug 2020 1:08 PM

The legal challenge by employees of ByteDance's TikTok US operations will be focused on worker rights, not on the national security claims underlying Trump’s order. (Photo | AP)

Trump's order on TikTok puts 1,500 jobs at risk, staff get ready to sue

As the President's executive order prohibits any transaction by any person with TikTok, its US employees stand to lose their jobs.

14 Aug 2020 11:13 AM

Trump’s proclamation suspended a group of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas relied on by many technology firms to bring in software and hardware engineers. Indians have been the recipients of 70 per cent of H-1B visas, according to reports.

Trump's blocking of H-1B visas harming the US, say Facebook, Amazon, Apple

More than 50 tech firms have signed onto a court filing in support of a suit by US Chamber of Commerce against Trump blocking work visas.

11 Aug 2020 9:22 PM

Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near White House. (PTI Photo)

Shooting near White House, Trump escorted amid briefing

The incident happened soon after Trump started speaking inside the James Brady press briefing room of the White House

11 Aug 2020 9:48 AM

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief, during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP)

Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress fail

The orders could face legal challenges questioning the US president’s authority to spend taxpayer money without express approval of Congress

09 Aug 2020 9:06 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (left) and US President Donald Trump. (AP)

Russia acting against Biden, China opposes Trump: US Intelligence

The statement is believed to be the most pointed declaration by US Intelligence community linking Kremlin to efforts to get Trump reelected

08 Aug 2020 8:51 AM

It’s unclear whether the President’s executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does it’s not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | AP)

Explainer: What does Trump's order mean for TikTok, WeChat in US?

Trump’s order appears to formalise his threat to shut down TikTok unless Microsoft or some other American company buys it by September 15.

07 Aug 2020 1:57 PM

"As seen in this pandemic, the United States must produce essential equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals for itself," Trump said. (Representational Image: AFP)

US to end reliance on China, other nations for pharmaceuticals and medical supply

Trump said he had signed a new executive order to ensure that when it comes to essential medicines, the US buys from American sources

07 Aug 2020 10:47 AM

The TikTok mobile application has been downloaded some 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, according to the order. (AFP)

Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.

07 Aug 2020 8:40 AM

A group of children and parents protested the hybrid reopening of schools because they would prefer children to attend school five days a week, as before the pandemic. How likely children are to contract or spread the coronavirus has become a deeply contentious issue in the US, with reopening schools essential to enabling many parents to go back to work. Children are known to be far less likely to fall seriously ill or die from the virus: less than one percent of children who test positive for COVID-19 end up dying, according to a Europe-wide study released in June. (Photo | AP)

Trump's Facebook, Twitter post removed for saying children 'almost immune' to coronavirus

Action taken over 'misinformation', but the American Academy of Pediatrics says children appear to transmit COVID-19 less than adults.

06 Aug 2020 5:25 PM

President Donald Trump arrives for a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP)

Trump, Biden convention plans turn upside down by virus concerns

Compared to Trump, Biden hasn’t been so publicly reluctant to scale back his convention, expressing doubts about a full arena

06 Aug 2020 1:01 PM

Trump said Monday to reporters that the US “should get a very large percentage of that price because we’re making it possible,” adding that “we want and we think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price coming to America, coming to the Treasury.” There’s no legal precedent in antitrust law for such a payment, said Gene Kimmelman, a senior adviser at the advocacy group Public Knowledge and a former antitrust official at the Department of Justice. (Photo | AP)

Trump's talk of government getting a cut of TikTok deal not legally enforceable

The President sometimes floats ideas or actions that get set aside without follow-through.

05 Aug 2020 11:31 PM

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