US Congressman Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has been walking around the Washington Capitol without a mask, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. A 66-year-old was scheduled to fly to Texas with President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, but tested positive in a pre-screen at the White House, Politico news said in a report […]
Canadian Tibetans, Uyghurs and Indians led a major protest against Beijing outside the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver. Sources said the three diaspora communities came together on Sunday to protest the atrocities committed against their people by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime. People wearing masks and holding placards saying “China Against Democracy”, “Boycott China” “Free […]
The face-off between the US government and tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on July 27, where the CEOs Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai were to testify before the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, is set to be postponed, the media reported on Friday. According to a report in Protocol, the […]
The US has charged four Chinese nationals with visa fraud for allegedly lying about their membership of Beijing’s armed forces, a media report said on Friday. Three of them — Wang Xin, Song Chen, Zhao Kaikai — are under arrest while the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to arrest the fourth, Tang Juan, […]
People might have to take multiple doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine to protect themselves from the disease, said Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates. The billionaire philanthropist told CBS News on Wednesday that “none of the vaccines at this point appear like they’ll work with a single dose.” Over 150 Covid-19 vaccines are currently at different […]
The latest joint coordinated naval exercises carried out by United States Navy Carrier Battle Group with Indian Navy warships off the strategically important Andaman and Nicobar Islands two days ago would have passed off unnoticed if it was not for the signalling by the two nations. The warning of a joint operation was clearly aimed […]
In an unprecedented move, the US on Wednesday abruptly asked China to shut its consulate in Houston within 72 hours. Confirming this on social media, Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing said, “The US asked China to close the Consulate General in Houston […]
US-based Video meet app Zoom app has broken Chinese short video making app TikTok’s record of most downloaded app on Apple App Store. From April through June-end, Zoom was downloaded from App Store 94 million times ’40 per cent more than TikTok’s previous record of 67 million downloads, reveals data from analytics firm Sensor Tower. […]
When Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s blue eyed Minister Ali Haider Zaidi on Saturday accused an opposition Sindh Minister of sheltering a drug cartel, it was not an off the cuff political barb at the Bhutto family. In a tweet the next day, Zaidi accused Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (ruling in Sindh province) of […]
Microsoft has announced that it is discontinuing production of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S Digital Edition. “As we ramp into the future with Xbox Series X, we are taking the natural step of stopping production on Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. Xbox One S will continue to be […]