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Topic: Bloomberg wire

US secy of state Pompeo and Chinese counterpart Jeichi pledge cooperation after Hawaii meet

The meeting came amid a worsening strain in relations between the two countries with clashes on issues ranging from handling of coronavirus, human rights and Hong Kong.

Why this nuclear arms race is worse than the last one

The headline numbers are misleading. All nine countries with nukes are modernising their warheads and delivery systems.

Pandemic could erase more global wealth than financial crisis

Volatile markets and the economic fallout from the virus could wipe out as much as $16 trillion of global wealth this year and hinder growth for the next five years.

Electric car battery boom hits a sudden slump, but there’s hope for the future

From Silicon Valley labs to Chinese manufacturers, optimism over the lithium-ion battery’s longer-term outlook is undimmed as companies say the battery will become more powerful, cheaper and ubiquitous.

What pilots do when a pandemic grounds half the world’s planes

A severe shortage of jobs and vast surplus of labour within a matter of weeks has offered an insight into how one specialised workforce is adapting.

Why volunteers are lining up to be infected with coronavirus

Known as human-challenge studies, these tests can hasten research by placing volunteers in the path of the virus, rather than waiting for accidental exposure.

Fox News denies defaming Playboy model who claimed to have affair with Trump

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal had sued Fox over a statement on the 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' show. The network said the host merely expressed an opinion and didn't name the model.

UK PM Boris Johnson’s day of mishaps is unlikely to calm his party’s nerves

In the past day and a half, Boris Johnson experienced a bump in his car, a policy U-turn, and a row over 'wasting' nearly 1 million pounds on re-painting his plane.

The more troubling India-China conflict is economic, not military

In smoothing over the current conflict, India & China must further deepen their economic & social links — otherwise the next fight will be still more serious.

China’s chairman of everything faces new challenge in Beijing’s Covid outbreak

The cluster of more than 130 cases in Beijing, the seat of Communist Party power, risks undermining China’s narrative of handling the pandemic better than western nations.

On Camera

Dr Umar Nabi has shattered a popular misconception about terrorism

The good and the bad in the Islamic tradition are so intertwined that there is no good Islam to fight the bad one. The way out is not the true Islam, but the true nationalisation of it.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.