Tag: United States
US lawmaker calls for ban on Chinese business interests
A top senator is preparing a bill to ban Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets if they engage in spying, human rights abuse or...
US warns COVID-19 cases could hit 100,000 daily
New U.S. coronavirus cases could more than double to 100,000 per day if the current surge spirals further out of control, the government’s top...
US curbing visas for Chinese officials over Hong Kong approach
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for restricting...
Trump moves to quash Obamacare
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the...
France, Italy suggest phased approach to global tax
Britain, France, Italy and Spain suggested a “phased approach” to global digital taxation talks in a joint letter to the U.S. treasury secretary last...
Aircraft row: US to review tariff on EU goods
The United States is weighing its tariffs on European products and is considering changing rates for various products as part of the trading partners’...
U.S. labels 4 more China media outlets as foreign missions
The United States has designated an additional four China-owned media organisations on its soil as foreign missions.
In a statement on Monday, the Department of...
South Korea faults memoirs on Trump-Kim meeting
Accounts by former U.S. National Security Adviser, John Bolton, of discussions between leaders of the United States and the two Koreas, in his upcoming...
Tom Petty family tells Trump not to use late rock star’s...
Tom Petty’s family slammed President Donald Trump for using the late rock star’s hit “I Won’t Back Down” at his sparsely attended rally in...
Trump moves rally date ‘out of respect’ for black folks
US President Donald Trump is postponing his first post-coronavirus lockdown election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma so it does not fall on a holiday commemorating...
Floyd: Sacked cops faces 4 new charges
New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The charge...
Gambia demands probe after US police shoot dead diplomat’s son
The Gambian government, on Wednesday, demanded a "credible" investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police.
Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay...
Pope speaks out against ‘sin of racism’
Pope Francis has spoken out against the killing of George Floyd.
"Dear brothers and sisters in the United States, I have witnessed with great concern...
Post-mortem declares Floyd’s death a homicide
The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination on Tuesday.
The...
Floyd: UN urges restraint, social cohesion
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for restraint and social cohesion as violent protests grow across the United States over police brutality.
Guterres’ spokesman, Mr...
Floyd: Trump threatens to send in troops to end unrest
President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black...
