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Some Republican leaders, including House Minority Whip, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying they suspect that Microsoft, which is in talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, though a US company, may be compromised.

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Trump says US should get a 'very large percentage' of TikTok sale...

The US president has set a deadline of September 15 for TikTok to sell its US business or stop operations in the...

4 Aug 2020 8:20 PM IST

Donald Trump Jr. posted a since-deleted tweet on Monday with a viral video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine. (AP)

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Trump's son believes Indian-Americans will come to his dad's rescue

This election, votes from Indian-American communities across the US could be helpful for Trump's win, especially in...

3 Aug 2020 2:13 PM IST

Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States, the company said in a statement. With TikTok, Microsoft will be making its first foray into social media, a sphere that has grown as people seek to connect amid the restrictions imposed by the pandemic on physical interactions. (Photo | AFP)

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Microsoft keen on buying TikTok US, hopes to convince Trump against...

Tech giant says will build on the experience TikTok users love, while adding world-class security, privacy, and digital...

3 Aug 2020 10:54 AM IST

$Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the William \Hicks\ Anderson Community Center in Wilmington. (AP)$ World

Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins

US foreign policy hasn't changed drastically as the presidency shifted between Democratic and Republican administrations...

2 Aug 2020 10:37 AM IST

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Does mail voting mean fraudulent results as Trump insists?

Critics say Trump is sowing doubt that election results can be trusted as states look to expand the availability of...

1 Aug 2020 2:29 PM IST

$A woman holds a \Defund the Police\ sign in Portland, Oregon on July 30, 2020. (AFP)$ World

Portland sees relative peace as feds withdraw

Federal agents deployed in Portland withdrew under a deal between Oregon's governor and US officials to end escalating...

1 Aug 2020 11:01 AM IST

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Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok

Reports had said Trump would require US operations of the app be divested from its parent firm ByteDance, but the...

1 Aug 2020 10:41 AM IST

If Microsoft were to buy TikTok, there would be no ban on TikTok in the US. (Photo | AFP)

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TikTok's US operations could be bought by Microsoft, say reports

Microsoft a leading buyer, report New York Times and Bloomberg as Trump likely to order ByteDance to sell or face a ban...

1 Aug 2020 2:29 AM IST

The Trump administration order had sought to ban new downloads of TikTok (owned by ByteDance) from midnight (0400 GMT Monday) but would allow use of TikTok until November 12, when all usage would be blocked. The judge denied TikToks request to suspend the November 12 ban. (Photo | AFP)

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Temporary relief for TikTok as judge halts Trump's download ban till...

District Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok.

28 Sept 2020 5:14 PM IST

TikToks petition speculated that the president was retaliating because of reports the app was used by his critics to snatch up tickets to a Trump rally in Tulsa to which they had no intention of goingan event which belly flopped with significantly fewer people in attendance.

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Trump's order banning TikTok could be blocked by judge

Until July 1, when rumours of a ban first began to circulate, TikTok was adding some 424,000 new US users each day.

24 Sept 2020 11:31 PM IST

A YouChoose 2020 interactive voting special will also walk people through the voting process using memes such as a tutorial comparing voting to following a recipe and an auto repair video that breaks down the nuts and bolts of voting. (Photo | AFP)

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YouTube adds information panels to videos to give voters reliable info...

As most voters take to voting by post amid the pandemic, YouTube has put out videos on Mail-in Voting to combat posts...

24 Sept 2020 5:04 PM IST

The deal would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the data partner for TikTok with retail giant Walmart also taking a stake in a new entity to be called TikTok Global. ByteDance, under pressure in China not to give in to US demands, said it would hold an 80 percent stake in TikTok Global after a public share offering. (Photo | AFP)

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Oracle-Walmart deal on shaky ground as Trump vows to block TikTok Deal...

A day earlier, he said he had given his blessing to Oracle and Walmart to make a deal with ByteDance for TikTok, but the...

21 Sept 2020 8:40 PM IST