Category: News


Trump: US firms must end links with TikTok and WeChat


President Donald Trump has told US firms they have 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok and WeChat, claiming the Chinese apps are a threat to national security.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53660860

Colorado police apologise for detaining mother and children


Police in Colorado have apologised for pulling guns on a black woman and four children they mistakenly arrested.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53656005

Cornonavirus: Crisis-hit Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy


Virgin Atlantic has filed for bankruptcy in the US as the global aviation industry feels the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53659844

Nasa SpaceX crew return: Dragon capsule splashes down


Two American astronauts have splashed down, as the first commercial crewed mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53621102

Trump releases 2019 financial disclosure report


Three of President Donald Trump’s marquee properties — Mar-a-Lago, Trump National Doral and his Trump International Hotel in Washington — reported a mixed revenue record in 2019, according to a financial disclosure form provided to the federal government.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/trump-financial-disclosures/index.html?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial


Hong Kong is setting up an election without a real opposition


Hong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing in forthcoming local elections has raised serious concerns over whether genuine political opposition will be tolerated in the city following the imposition of a new security law by Beijing.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/asia/hong-kong-election-disqualification-intl-hnk/index.html

 


US election 2020: Obama calls for end to voter suppression


Former US President Barack Obama has sharply criticised what he described as Republican attempts at voter suppression in a speech at civil rights leader John Lewis’s funeral.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53603501