On Friday, two Republican lawmakers — House China committee chair John Moolenaar and Senate ageing committee chair Rick Scott — are urging the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delist 25 Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group. According to a Financial Times report, they argue that these firms’ alleged military ties endanger US national security … Read more
The cooperation or the technical relationships that Tesla founder Elon Musk is having with other countries is worthy of being looked at, US President Joe Biden has Wednesday. “I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at,” he told reporters at a White House news conference … Read more
The United States and Mexico last week agreed to relaunch the controversial scheme known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) that obliges asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration hearings, in keeping with a federal court order. Mexico made the restart conditional on Washington meeting certain criteria, including offering vaccines to asylum seekers. The … Read more
Biden has decided, in consultation with his national security team, to stick with the August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official. Biden made the decision mindful of the security risks in remaining the country longer, the official said, and he has asked for contingency plans in case he … Read more