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TikTok Averts Total Ban in US as Trump Gives 'Blessings' to Deal with Oracle, Walmart

Under the agreement, ByteDance will control 80 percent of the company with user data being hosted by Oracle cloud service

Sep 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Trump Orders Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Late Justice Ginsburg

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also ordered the lowering of flags on Capitol Hill, as is tradition. Ginsburg was nominated to the bench by then president Bill Clinton in 1993

Sep 20, 2020

By IANS

Massachusetts Man Erects Electric Fence After Trump Campaign Signs Go Missing From His Yard

John Oliveira, a 54-year-old Navy veteran, erected the fence after nearly half a dozen campaign signs disappeared from his home

Sep 20, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Aspirant Ted Cruz Wants Ginsburg's Seat Filled to Avoid 'Constitutional Crisis' Ahead of Election

Twitter users reminded that in 2016, the Senate refused to hold a hearing for President Obama's nominee to fill Justice Antonin Scalia's seat following his death

Sep 19, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Watch Trump's reaction to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death; Set to Nominate Conservative Successor?

Trump apparently started searching for a conservative successor to stalwart Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, even before her death

Sep 19, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

US Planned to Drop 80 Nuclear Weapons on North Korea in Retaliation and Remove Kim Jong Un

As per Bob Woodward's new book, war between the U.S. and North Korea was imminent and part of the plan was to remove Pyongyang leadership by dropping nuclear weapons

Sep 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

US Navy Wants Unmanned Large Ships, Gives Test Contract to Lockheed Martin

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin is trying to modify a commercial ship with full automation that can be deployed at sea for six months with combat capabilities

Sep 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Artificial intelligence

China's State Media 'Warns' US, Taiwan of 'War' Amid Keith Krach's Taipei Visit

China sent warplanes toward Taiwan after a high-level U.S. official arrived in the island nation for a three-day visit

Sep 19, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Is the US Providing Aid to Terrorists in Crimea? Russian Government Seeks Answers

The report claiming that Russian government offered bounties to Taliban fighters for killing American soldiers had another claim that was overlooked.

Sep 19, 2020

By Akshay Saraswat

Who Will Trump Name as RBG Replacement? Here are 4 Women in the Judges Short List

For the Republicans, the appointment of another social conservative on the Supreme Court will be an important milestone.

Sep 19, 2020

By Jacob J

Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Flashback 2000 and Impact on Trump Vs Biden

The death of Ginsburg, a champion of liberal causes in the US Supreme Court, gives President Trump the chance to move the top court decidedly to the right

Sep 19, 2020

By Jacob J

US Bans WeChat, Prohibits New Downloads of TikTok; What's Next?

Instant messaging and payment app WeChat will face complete shutdown in the U.S. from Sept. 21 while TikTok will not be available for new downloads and updates

Sep 18, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity