WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the world’s two largest economies, the US Transportation Department said on Tuesday (Aug 18). The department said it will allow four Chinese passenger airlines currently flying to the United States to double flights […]
(Reuters) – Portland Police said on Tuesday some of its officers had been targeted with a “powerful green laser” capable of causing permanent eye damage when some 200 protesters marched on the Portland Police Association (PPA) building late on Monday. However, they said in a statement the protest largely passed off peacefully, with no injuries […]
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) – An unverified video showing piles of cash being handed to Mexican congressional staffers went viral on Monday (Aug 17), fuelling a corruption scandal that is already convulsing the country even as the clip’s source and context remain unclear. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has made combating graft his top issue, […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President Donald Trump’s jet was nearly hit by what appeared to be a small drone as it approached an air base near Washington on Sunday (Aug 16) night, according to several people aboard Air Force One. The device, which was yellow and black and shaped like a cross, was off the […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Postal slowdowns and warnings of delayed mail-in ballots are causing US election officials to rethink vote-by-mail strategies, with some states seeking to bypass the post office with ballot drop boxes, drive-through drop-offs or expanded in-person voting options, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The 2020 election was supposed to be the largest-ever experiment in […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested and charged with spying for China in a scheme that involved a relative who had also worked for the CIA, the US Justice Department said on Monday (Aug 17). It said in a statement that Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was arrested on Friday on a […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – TikTok said Monday (Aug 17) that it started a website and Twitter account to address what it called rumours in real time, adding that “we neither support nor stand for the spread of misinformation” on or about its platform. “Let us set the record straight,” the company said on the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Democrats kick off a four-day virtual convention on Monday (Aug 17) with a display of party unity for US presidential candidate Joe Biden and the broad coalition aiming to defeat Republican President Donald Trump in November. Biden’s top primary rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, former first lady Michelle Obama and Republican John Kasich, […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Trump administration announced on Monday (Aug 17) it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies, aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips. The US Commerce Department actions, first reported by Reuters, will expand restrictions announced in May aimed at preventing the Chinese telecommunications giant from obtaining semiconductors […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man appeared to have been punched and kicked unconscious by demonstrators just blocks away from a peaceful protest in Portland as unrest continued in Oregon’s biggest city. Multiple videos posted online apparently showed the man sitting in the street next to a truck that he had been driving, which had […]