WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The Biden administration has informed some suppliers to China’s Huawei Technologies Co of tighter conditions on previously approved export licenses, prohibiting items for use in or with 5G devices, according to people familiar with the move. The 5G ban is effective as of this week, according to the people, who asked not […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – A single gold coin and a one-cent stamp could be sold for up to US$15 million (S$20.09 million) each at auction in June, after Sotheby’s announced on Thursday (March 11) the sale of rare treasures set to break new records. The auction house described the 1933 Double Eagle as the “world’s […]
Four former US presidents have made a video urging Americans to get vaccinated against coronavirus. Amid concerns that some citizens may be reluctant to be immunised, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama are urging them to get a jab as soon as doses are available. They gathered to film the 60-second […]
By Maggie Astor President Biden will deliver his first prime-time presidential address at 8 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, he is expected to focus on the coronavirus pandemic as the nation reaches an inflection point: the first anniversary of the World Health Organization’s official declaration of the […]
The Pentagon’s press secretary, John F. Kirby, on Thursday publicly rebuked Tucker Carlson for sexist comments made by the Fox News host, in which Mr. Carlson ridiculed recent changes the military had made to be more accommodating to women. “So we’ve got new hairstyles and maternity flight suits — pregnant women are going to fight […]
The Los Angeles Police Department severely mishandled protests last summer in the wake of George Floyd’s death, illegally detaining protesters, giving conflicting orders to its rank-and-file officers and striking people who had committed no crimes with rubber bullets, bean bags or batons, according to a new report released on Thursday. The department was not prepared […]
Two whistle-blowers on Wednesday accused Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a former Justice Department official, of politicizing the hiring process in the waning days of President Donald J. Trump’s tenure by improperly elevating an employee who was seen as loyal to the former president. Mr. Clark, who headed the Environment and Natural Resources Division and was acting […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A third-degree murder charge may be back on the table for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, after a ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday. Adding the charge would give jurors an additional avenue for a murder conviction if they decide that the […]
Five Oklahoma City police officers were charged with first-degree manslaughter on Wednesday after they shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who had dropped his gun on the ground, the authorities said. The shooting came after the police had responded to a call for an armed robbery at the Okie Gas Express on Nov. 23. Before […]
When Kendrick Johnson of Valdosta, Ga., didn’t come home the night of Jan. 10, 2013, his family called the police. The next morning, students at Lowndes High School found Kendrick’s body head down and wedged inside a heavy gym mat in the school’s gymnasium. Within months, the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office concluded the death was […]