BBC News – Microsoft offers web browser choice to IE users
Microsoft offers web browser choice to IE users. Microsoft has announced that millions of European Internet Explorer (IE) users will be able to choose a different browser starting March 1st….
Read more »Ivory Coast: Ouattara forces storm Gbagbo residence – BBC
Forces opposing Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo tried to arrest him from his residence in Abidjan. Heavy fighting broke out around his compound, but forces loyal to Mr. Gbagbo’s rival…
Read more »US shale shippers will pay surcharge for Trump steel tariffs
HOUSTON: Plains All American Pipeline LP said on Friday it will tack on a fee for users of a new oil pipeline to pay for the cost of the Trump…
Read more »US property trust Vornado challenges Arcadia’s restructuring plan
FILE PHOTO: CEO of Arcadia Group Ian Grabiner arrives at County Hall in central London, Britain June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo Philip Green’s fashion empire Arcadia Group on Tuesday…
Read more »US reviewing requests to export to Huawei with ‘highest scrutiny’: Commerce Department
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is reviewing license requests from U.S. companies to export products to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd “under the highest national security scrutiny,” since…
Read more »US reviewing requests to export to Huawei with ‘highest scrutiny’: Commerce Dept
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government said on Wednesday it was reviewing licence requests from U.S. companies seeking to export products to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd “under the highest national security…
Read more »US regulators approve US$5 billion Facebook settlement over privacy issues: source
REUTERS: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly US$5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its investigation into the social media company’s handling of user data, a…
Read more »US seeks extradition of North Korean from Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The US is seeking the extradition of a North Korean man from Malaysia for alleged involvement in money-laundering in breach of sanctions against Pyongyang, a Kuala Lumpur court…
Read more »US raises travel advisory level for Hong Kong
HONG KONG: The United States raised its travel advisory level for Hong Kong due to what it termed as “civil unrest” after months of street protests that turned violent at…
Read more »US Senate to vote this week on ‘skinny’ pandemic relief Bill, paycheck protection funds
WASHINGTON: The US Senate will vote on Wednesday (Oct 21) on a US$300 billion Senate Republican COVID-19 relief Bill that is far below the estimated US$2 trillion that Democrats have…
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