Jul 15 Statue of Black protester replaces toppled U.K. slave trader By Associated Press Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees cast doubt on whether the new statue would be allowed to stay, noting that it “was the work and decision of a London-based artist.”… Continue reading
Jul 15 Virus resurgence forces countries to reimpose restrictions By Costas Kantouris, Vanessa Gera, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus before it spins even further out of control. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: U.S. to hit Huawei employees with visa bans By Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement a day after the British government said it would ban Huawei from its 5G networks over concerns that sensitive data could be compromised by the China and the Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading
Jul 15 Apple wins EU court case over $15 billion in claimed taxes By Associated Press The EU Commission had ordered Apple to pay for gross underpayment of tax on profits across the European bloc from 2003 to 2014. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 6:25 News Wrap: UK reverses course, bans Huawei from 5G mobile network In our news wrap Tuesday, the British government reversed course and will ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei from its next-generation mobile phone system. The U.S. had pushed for the change. Also, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dropped its directive… Continue watching
Jul 14 Campaign brewing to remove name of Hindu god off popular beer By William J. Kole, Associated Press An interfaith coalition is pressing the world’s largest brewer to remove the name of a Hindu god from a popular beer that dates to the late 1800s. Continue reading
Jul 14 16 killed as fighting along Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalates By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Three days of fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have killed at least 16 people in the worst outbreak of hostilities between the neighboring countries in years. Continue reading
Jul 14 Global vaccine plan may allow rich countries to buy more By Maria Cheng, Associated Press Politicians and public health leaders have publicly committed to equitably sharing any coronavirus vaccine that works, but the top global initiative to make that happen may allow rich countries to reinforce their own stockpiles while making fewer doses available for… Continue reading
Jul 14 How the UK is reopening amid COVID-19 — and what the U.S. can learn By Ryan Chilcote, Rachel Wellford, Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux The United Kingdom is entering a new phase of reopening after more than three months in lockdown. Hair salons, movie theaters and the all-important English pubs can finally do business again. The key question now: How will the government get… Continue reading
Jul 14 UK to exclude Huawei from role in high-speed phone network By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Britain's government on Tuesday backtracked on plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a limited role in the U.K.'s new high-speed mobile phone network. Continue reading