Sept. 22, 2020 — Just over 6 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the United States has reached a grim milestone: the novel coronavirus death toll has climbed to a staggering 200,000. “It’s sobering. It’s a large number, and clearly it tells us that everything we’re doing right now to … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump attacked Democratic rival Joe Biden in front of a large crowd on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, as Republicans warned of a lawless and dangerous America if Biden wins the November election. Trailing in national opinion polls, Trump accepted his party’s nomination on the Republican National Convention’s … Read more
Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikTok‘s Chinese owner, ByteDance, and was seriously considering buying the app’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing people briefed about the matter. Reuters reported earlier this month that Twitter Inc had approached ByteDance to express interest … Read more
WASHINGTON: Wishing India on its 74th Independence Day, the US has said the two countries share “close bonds of friendship and democratic traditions,” which over the time has flourished into a comprehensive global strategic partnership. “On behalf of the government of the United States of America and the American people, I extend greetings and best … Read more
Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill CNN — “Attention! Attention!” blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. “The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.” Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era … Read more
Key note address delivered by Christopher Wood, equity strategist, CLSA, in his first public appearance in India, at the ET Now Market Summit-2010. Excerpts: Hello everybody and thank you for asking me. I will be running through some charts which were still first with the situation in the West. Then I will move on to … Read more