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Facebook stops Huawei from pre-installing apps on phones

Photo: A member of the media tries out new Huawei Honor 20 series of phones following their global launch in London. London, Jun 8 : Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions, a move that deals a fresh blow to the Chinese tech giant. ...

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EU game-plans amid wait for new UK PM

London, June 7 : Caught up in political turmoil (Italy and Germany) or scandal (Austria), in government-making (Denmark) or government dissolution (Greece), EU leaders are keeping only half an eye on the dizzying spectacle of the Conservative Party leadership race. But they are well aware that reality will come knocking soon enough on Brussels’ door.   The new UK prime ...

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Theresa May officially steps down as Tory leader

Theresa May. File photo London, June 7 : Theresa May will officially step down as the leader of the Conservative Party on Friday, but will remain as prime minister until her successor is chosen. Mrs May announced her resignation two weeks ago, saying it was a matter of deep regret that she had been unable to deliver Brexit. Eleven Conservative ...

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Trump eases up, makes nice with May before she steps down

Photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May greets President Donald Trump outside 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. London, June 5 : Making nice at the end, President Donald Trump eased up Tuesday on his frequent criticisms of outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May over her handling of the tortured Brexit deal, declaring that history will remember ...

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Eid al-Fitr 2019: PM Theresa May’s message

Prime Minister Theresa May’s message on Eid al-Fitr. I want to send my very best wishes to Muslims at home and around the world celebrating the festival of Eid al-Fitr. For more than three million British Muslims, the joyous occasion of Eid, spent with family and loved ones, marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Over the last ...

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Trump’s UK visit turns to Brexit, Huawei as protesters gather

Donald Trump will plunge into Britain’s Brexit crisis on Tuesday and is likely to demand that prime minister Theresa May’s successor ban China’s Huawei from 5G networks as thousands of protesters mock the US president across London. Feted by Queen Elizabeth and heir prince Charles on the first day of his state visit to Britain, Trump turns to politics on ...

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Australia’s 1st all-electric police car hits the road

Australia’s first all-electric police car hit the road in the State of Victoria on Monday, one of the first jurisdictions in the world to take the landmark step. The fully electric Tesla Model X will perform highway patrol operational duties as part of a feasibility study into using more “intelligent vehicles” for policing. “This vehicle is unlike any other Victoria ...

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NASA plans to send equipment to Moon in 2020 and 2021

For the first time since the 1970s, the United States is planning to send equipment to the surface of the Moon in 2020 and 2021, in anticipation of a crewed lunar mission in 2024, NASA said Friday. The US space agency has chosen American firms Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Orbit Beyond to send instruments and other scientific equipment to the ...

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Trump urges Britain to go for no-deal Brexit

Britain should go for a no-deal Brexit with the EU and refuse to pay the agreed £39 billion (45 billion euros, $50 billion) divorce bill, US president Donald Trump told The Sunday Times newspaper on the eve of a visit to London. The comments by America’s outspoken leader came after he told The Sun newspaper he thought former foreign secretary ...

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Hydrogen-power electric flying vehicle: Long road to liftoff

Photo: This Tuesday, May 28, 2019, photo shows the Skai vehicle, developed by Alaka’i Technologies in Newbury Park, Calif. The transportation company is betting its hydrogen-powered electric flying vehicles will someday serve as taxis, cargo carriers and ambulances of the sky. Los Angeles, June 01 : A transportation company is betting its sleek new hydrogen-powered electric flying vehicles will someday serve ...

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