Home 2019
Yearly Archives: 2019
Mike Pompeo says US doesn’t want war with Iran
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States does not seek a war with Iran, amid rapidly growing...
WhatsApp confirms ‘targeted’ surveillance attack
WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an advanced cyber actor".
Trump fixated on tariffs while China pursues digital market domination
China’s economy will also most likely grow to be bigger than that of the U.S., and at the moment, this seems inevitable.
The US-China tariff battle is the beginning of a global trade reorder
The prediction comes as the U.S. and China continue to square off in a trade war that has turned the global markets upside down.
Drug companies inflate prices over 1,000%; 44 U.S. states are suing
44 U.S. states filed a lawsuit in which they're accusing Teva Pharmaceuticals USA of orchestrating a scheme with 19 other drug companies to inflate drug prices
Facebook co-founder calls on the government to break up the company
Facebook co-founder in a New York Times editorial today said the social networking giant has become a corporate monopoly with too much power and said the federal government needs to step in and break up the company.
Deadly thunderstorms leave a trail of destruction across south-central US
Deadly thunderstorms unleashed baseball-sized hail, flooding rainfall and numerous tornadoes across western portions of Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday into late Wednesday
South Africa election: ANC in the lead
South Africa - With results declared in some 23% of districts, the ANC has won about 55% of the ballot, well...
Trade war threatens to enrage 2020 race as Republicans complain about the tariffs
President Trump’s aggressive trade policies are running head first into his campaign for reelection.
UN to conclude hearings on Qatar’s complaint against the UAE and Saudi Arabia
UN - The Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) concluded its work after reviewing the complaint submitted...
