US president Donald Trump has threatened to upend the rules of global trade saying that he would pull out of the World Trade Organisation unless it adopts rules more favourable to the United States. “If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” said Donald Trump while speaking[Read More…]
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US dollar weakens against six major currencies
The US dollar declined 0.3 per cent as expected trade talks between the US and China eased market concerns. In late New York trading on Monday, the euro increased to $1.1467 from $1.1436 in the previous session, and the British pound rose to $1.2785 from $1.2720 in the previous session, Xinhua news agency reported. The Australian[Read More…]
Google to increase political ad transparency and security
Google took a new move Wednesday to increase transparency on political ads on its platform by releasing an online library of US political ads and a report on details of ad-expenditure ahead of the mid-term US elections in November this year. Google said the addition of the political advertising report[Read More…]
Ad firms suffer 21% fall as Google, Facebook dominate digital dollars: Reports
The dominance of Google and Facebook of digital advertising has led to the number of independent and smaller ad tech companies falling 21 per cent since 2013 to 185 in the second quarter of 2018, the media reported. According to a report in The New York Times on Sunday, venture capital[Read More…]
I share Trump’s vision of prosperity for India, US: PM Narendra Modi
Amid uncertainties regarding US President Donald Trump’s trade and visa policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he shares Trump’s vision of prosperity for India and the US. “I share with him the vision of prosperity of our peoples through a strong India-US partnership, based on important convergences, inter alia,[Read More…]
US threatens to impose 25% tariff on Chinese goods
US President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with China, ordering his administration to consider more than doubling proposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 per cent from 10 per cent, as talks between Washington and Beijing remain at a standstill. Trump on Wednesday instructed[Read More…]
Trump threatens govt shutdown over border wall, immigration
US president Donald Trump threatened to shutdown the government ahead of the coming spending deadline in September if Congress does not fund his border wall and change the nation’s immigration laws. “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border[Read More…]
Blast reported near US embassy in China
An explosion is reported to have occurred outside the US embassy in China here, the media said. The US embassy complex is in Beijing’s Chaoyang District. Witnesses have posted images on Twitter of smoke surrounding the building. Another bystander said there had been injuries, the Herald Sun reported. The explosion[Read More…]
Twitter Clean-up Drive: Kills 143,000 apps, charts new rules for developers
Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps between April and June which violated its policies, the company has announced, saying it is further investing in building improved tools and processes to stop malicious apps faster. As part of its clean-up process, the micro-blogging platform also introduced a new way for all[Read More…]
20 Indian-origin people sentenced in US call-center scam
More than 20 Indian origin persons residing in the United States, have been sentenced up to 20 years in jail for their involvement in an India-based call center scam which defrauded thousands of American citizens of millions of loss. While some convicts are sentenced for fours in prison, few are[Read More…]
Gen Bipin Rawat: Indian Army open to appoint women
Women cadets will now be first inducted into the military force before considering other options in the armed force for them, said Chief of Army Staff General, Bipin Rawat. He told media that, “First, we will start with women as military police jawans, will take next step after success”. “Because[Read More…]