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Sunday, May 19, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Trump to announce new US policy on China today, day after Beijing’s move on Hong Kong

China Thursday passed a new security law that effectively strips Hong Kong of political autonomy, escalating tensions with US, which had warned against the move.

Australia is having hard time convincing citizens to download its Covid tracing app

Australia's COVIDSafe app is facing flak for technical bugs, privacy concerns, shifting messages from government officials and an overall skeptical public.

YouTube CEO says its policies are fair, neutral after Trump issue social media order

YouTube, owned by Google, has been swept up in a raging debate over the power of internet gatekeepers, with Trump accusing Google of bias against conservatives.

Superspreaders hold the key to controlling Covid-19

Understanding the pattern of secondary transmissions would explain why Covid has spread so unevenly and unpredictably around the world.

UK plans citizenship for residents in Hong Kong if China doesn’t back down on new law

About 300,000 people in Hong Kong have British National (Overseas) passports, giving them the right to come to the UK for six months.

Twitter is one of Trump’s favourite toys, he might bash it but won’t break it

Trump's executive order isn't about free speech but about his abuse of power and his fixation on the politics informing the coming election.

Covid vaccine makers may need to infect subjects to get results

As the infection rate changes, companies running drug trials will face a new problem — not enough test subjects in their regions.

Twitter employee gets death threats after Trump singles him out for fact-checking tweets

Trump, who was outraged by the fact-checking, directed his 80 million Twitter followers to the employee who runs Twitter’s integrity team.

Trump signs order limiting liability protections for social media giants like Twitter

The action comes after Twitter fact-checked two of the US President's posts, irking Trump who accused the social media company of censorship and election interference.

Crashed PIA A-320 had grazed Karachi airport runway at 200 mph without landing gear

After abrupt descent that unnerved air-traffic controllers, crew of PIA jet briefly put it on runway with wheels still up, grinding along on its two engines.

On Camera

Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many agencies, no one to blame

As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?