Photo: A logo of Huawei is displayed at a shop in Shenzhen, China’s Guangdong province. In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. networks and said it was subjecting the Chinese company to strict export controls. Huawei would be the largest business ever subjected ...
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Venezuelan government, opposition to talk in Norway
Photo: Protester Andres Miguel Harris, who was born in Venezuela, protests with other outside the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Caracas, May 16 : Representatives of the Venezuelan government and opposition traveled to Norway for talks on resolving the crisis in the South American country, officials said Wednesday, opening a new chapter in a political stalemate after ...
Read More »Clashes during election rally in east India injure several
Photo: Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) break police barricades during clashes outside the Calcutta University in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. New Delhi, May 15 : Rival political supporters on Tuesday clashed with rocks and sticks during an election rally by the Hindu nationalist party in eastern India, leaving several people injured and a university college vandalized. Police ...
Read More »Turkey detains 2 militants trying to enter parliament
Turkish officials say police have detained two suspected left-wing militants who tried to enter the country’s parliament with sharp objects and a hoax explosive device. Fahrettin Altun, the presidential communications director, said in a tweet early Wednesday that the suspects were members of the banned Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, also known as DHKP-C. He called their attempt a “terrorist act ...
Read More »US talk of growing threat from Iran sparks worries of war
Photo: President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to travel to Louisiana. Washington, May 15 : International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into ...
Read More »Comedian Tim Conway of ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ dies at 85
Photo: Actor Tim Conway poses with his award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on “30 Rock” in the press room at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, May 15 : Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred ...
Read More »Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher
Photo: A currency trader watches the computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Beijing, May 15 : Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after President Donald ...
Read More »NASA: Budget boost ‘good start’ to put astronauts on moon
Photo: Apollo 12 mission Commander Charles P. “Pete” Conrad stands on the moon’s surface. Cape Canaveral, May 15 : NASA’s chief said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s proposed $1.6 billion budget boost is a “good start” for getting astronauts back on the moon within five years. Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed employees a day after the White House introduced the budget ...
Read More »London set for world’s first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus
London will have the world’s first hydrogen-powered doubledecker transports on its streets one year from now, as the capital strides up endeavors to handle its polluted air. Transport for London (TfL) has requested 20 of the transports, which cost around £500,000 each and just transmit water as exhaust. Just as cutting pollution fumes emission, the transports will keep running on ...
Read More »NASA dubs 2024 moon mission ‘Artemis,’ asks for $1.6 billion
NASA’s next mission to the Moon will be called Artemis, the US space agency announced Monday, though it’s still looking for the money to make the journey happen by its accelerated 2024 deadline. In March, US President Donald Trump’s administration moved the date for the next American lunar mission up by four years from its original goal of 2028 while ...
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