WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States set a one-day record with over 1 million coronavirus diagnostic tests being performed, but the country needs 6 million…
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US judge blocks Commerce Department order to remove WeChat from app stores
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A US judge early Sunday (Sept 20) blocked the Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove Chinese-owned…
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'Bored by all this drama': TikTok users play it cool over latest US ban threat
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Look who is not freaking out. Since July, TikTok users have braced for a threatened ban of the ultra-popular short-form video app…
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Tropical storm Wilfred forms in the Atlantic, exhausting list of storm names
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Tropical Storm Wilfred and Subtropical Storm Alpha formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Friday (Sept 18), becoming the 21st and…
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WeChat users in US renew bid to block Trump ban of app
SAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) – WeChat users in the US revived their request in court to block the Trump administration’s restrictions on the Chinese-owned messaging app,…
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the US Supreme Court since 1993, died on Friday (Sept 18) at age 87,…
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Facebook accused of watching Instagram users through cameras
SAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) – Facebook Inc is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorised use of their mobile…
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Michigan fights outbreak of deadly disease that isn't coronavirus
LANSING, MICHIGAN (REUTERS) – After months of trying to contain the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Michigan intensified their fight on Thursday (Sept 17) against a…
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US judge temporarily blocks US postal service changes that states say would slow ballots
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A federal judge on Thursday (Sept 17) temporarily blocked the United States Postal Service from making operational changes that states say threaten…
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Trump escalates attacks on mail-in voting, suggests 2020 election result can never be accurate
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump escalated his unfounded attacks on mail-in voting on Thursday (Sept 17), suggesting the result of the 2020 presidential…
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Two are accused of hacking US websites with pro-Iran messages
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Two men have been indicted on charges stemming from the hacking of dozens of websites based in the United States, actions…
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Trump says 'will have to do something' about WTO after China ruling
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Sept 15) he was not aware of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on a…
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'There are just no words': Oregon family returns home to find pile of ash after wild fire
TALENT, Oregon (REUTERS) – Ms Tracy Koa, a high school teacher in Oregon, was in her classroom last Tuesday preparing for the first day of…
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Florida to reopen bars on Monday as Covid-19 hospitalisations slow
MIAMI (BLOOMBERG) – Florida plans to reopen bars next week as the state’s June and July resurgence of Covid-19 waned, but Miami’s party zone will…
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