Huawei Technologies Faces Complete Ban In The US

The US has banned five Chinese companies from supplying telecommunication products to its federal agencies. These companies include Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE Corporation, Dahua and Hytera. The government passed an interim rule regarding the ban.

Ban on Huawei Technologies

The world’s largest telecommunication network gear-maker has been accused of espionage and stealing intellectual properties by Washington. But the company has denied the charge that it has been controlled by the Chinese government or was a part of any military or intelligence unit. It has even filed a lawsuit against the US government for the restrictions on its business.

US government rule

Last year, the Trump government passed National Defense Authorisation Act (NDDA) to impose restrictions over use of federal money for purchasing telecommunication equipment from “covered” telecommunication companies. The reasons cited for the ban were national security.

The rule would come into force on August 13 and the government would accept comments on the new rule for 60 days from the date of commencement of the rule. It would come with a final version of the rule after 60 days.

Dilemma of US contractors

The contractors in the US are confused about the new rule and its scope. Also, they are uncertain about its affects on their business dealings and profit in the long run. But they are assured that they would get limited freedom to grant waiver through August 13, 2021, where security isn’t a concern.

Final draft of the rule

The final ban would come in force in August 2020. It will ban all contracts with the “covered” companies. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Imran Khan Threatens The World With More Pulwamas

Pakistan expressed grave concern over Kashmir. Imran Khan threaten the world that abolition of Article 370 could trigger Pulwama like attacks leading to war between two nuclear states.

Imran Khan addresses joint session of parliament

Speaking at the joint house of parliament, Imran Khan said they he feared that India would strike on Kashmiris harder after aborting Article 370 of the constitution. They would use brute force to suppress the Kashmiri resistance and could go to the length of ethnic cleansing by wiping the local population in Kashmir, said Imran Khan.

Imran Khan on bilateral talks

Pakistani PM said that he had apprehensions about India’s intentions to talk on Kashmir. India never intended to talk and the decision to remove Article 370 wasn’t taken out of Blue but it was part of their election manifesto. BJP election manifesto includes abolition of Article 370.

Imran Khan on future course of action

He said that members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf would travel to the west to meet world leaders and apprise them of the situation in Kashmir and the consequences it could have. He said that the world leadership wasn’t fully aware of the Kashmir developments. The west needed to know what India was doing in Kashmir and with Muslims and other minorities in its own territory, said Imran Khan.

Pakistan leader of opposition on Kashmir development

Shehbaz Sharif, the leader of opposition in National Assembly, called for decision action on Kashmir. He said that Pakistan had two options – to hide or take decisive action to respond India’s actions. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Apple Is The Worst Hit Company By The US-China Trade War Followed By Facebook

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft lost $228 billion in the US stock market in two trading days ahead of the September deadline for imposing additional tariff on Chinese goods by the Trump administration.

Loss making companies in the US stock market

The Big Tech companies reported a net loss of $66 billion on the last trading day of the week. These firms again reported loss of $162 billion in the opening week. Out of the five companies, Apple was the worst hit with its market value plummeting by 5.2%. Monday was the worst trading day for Apple after May 13 when it reported a loss of 5.8%. Apple depends on Chinese market for sale and production.

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Facebook was the second worst hit company. This media giant saw its market value plummeting to 4.6%. Google’s parent company Alphabet reported a loss of 3.4%. Microsoft and Amazon reported a loss of 3.4% and 3.1% respectively.

Apple’s soaring sales will have no impact

Apple Inc. reported good revenue in the recent quarterly results but the stock market experts see just the opposite. The soaring sales and profit won’t be able to strengthen its stocks in the coming days.

The US-China trade war

From September, the Chinese goods including Apple products will have to pay 10% additional surcharge in the US. China exports goods worth $300 billion to the US every year. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Hong Kong Witnesses Civil War Like Condition On Monday

Hong Kong witnessed mayhem on Monday with defiant protestors hurling bricks and eggs at police and starting fire outside police stations. But they didn’t stop at just attacking police.

After disrupting the traffic on Monday, the protesting crowd moved to public parks and squares in several districts. And nothing including tear gas bombs and rubber bullets could disperse them from public places.

Chief Executive calls the situation dangerous

The Chief Executive Carrie Lam denied reports that she wanted to resign. Lam said that Hong Kong was heading towards a very dangerous situation because the protestors had ulterior motives. And she made it clear that resigning from post or seeking resignation of her colleagues won’t solve the crisis.

Revolution of our time

Eight districts in Hong Kong witnessed catastrophic situation with protestors responding to tear gas and bullet fires with practiced swiftness. They yelled invectives and lobbed the tear gas canisters back at police force.

Since past two months, the anti-government protests were limited only to weekends but Monday’s protest brought Hong Kong to a halt. They did so to gather attention of world media and press for their demands.

The protestors called police “Gangsters” and yelled “Reclaim Hong Kong” in what they call “revolution of our time”.

Rush hour strike

Protestors started early to disrupt the Monday working. Trains were blocked, platforms locked and emergency alarms activated. According to airport authority, the protests led to as many as 77 flights cancelled. There were people who weren’t part of protests and demanded a break from this mayhem. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Hong Kong Air Traffic Severely Hit With 100s Of Flights Cancelled

Hong Kong airport has thousands of passengers stranded as authorities cancel 100 of flights citing security reasons. The city has been on boil since the pro-democracy supporters took to street to pressure the mainland Chinese government to repeal extradition bill.

Hong Kong protests

The protestors have blocked the city transport to put pressure on the government. The authorities cancelled cancellation of flights fearing further disruption and loss to public life and property. The travelers are asked to remain at safe places.

Chaotic situation at airport

The 105 flights scheduled to take off from Hong Kong airport are reported cancelled. The airport departure page displays the listed flights as cancelled. The passengers are asked to wait till further notice but the airport authorities aren’t giving a clear answer to when the flights would take off.

Advisory for passengers

The government has assured the passengers that the airport would be operations once the situation in the city comes to normal. Passengers are advised to check the schedule of their flights with their airlines and proceed only when their seats in the flights are confirmed.

The present situation in Hong Kong is tense and it is expected to remain tensed until the government takes some stern actions. For more information please visit our latest trending News

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Global Warming Melts 11 Billion Tonnes Of Ice In A Single Day In Greenland

Thursday proved to be the hottest day for Greenland that experienced the biggest melt of the summer losing 11 billion tonnes of surface ice to the ocean. It is equivalent to around 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools.

An overview of Greenland’s ice melt

Hot summer melts ice but in Greenland it starts around the end of May. But this year, it started early at the start of May and is continuously melting since then. Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist with Danish Meteorological Institute, attributes the high melting to all time high temperature.

Mottram told CNN that Greenland lost 197 billion tonnes of ice this July alone. The loss is equivalent to approximately 80 million Olympic swimming pools. But the expected average of ice-melt this time of the year is 60-70 billion tonnes, maintained Mottram.

Reason for ice melt

The heat wave prevailing in Europe has reached the Arctic and could trigger ice melts that could be one of the biggest since 1950, according to meteorological scientists. They are waiting for reliable records to confirm the ice-melt. Meanwhile, an unconfirmed source claimed a temperature of 2.7C at 3,000 meters above sea level on Thursday when the biggest ice-melt occurred.

Record temperatures

The preliminary data for July 1-29 revealed that the average temperature this year was possibly higher than the July 2016 that recorded the highest temperature. The data is released by Copernicus Climate Change Programme, which analyses temperature data from around the planet. It would release the final data on Monday.

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Boris Johnson Moves On After Losing UK By-Election To Pro-EU Liberal Democrats

Prime Minister Boris Johnson received a blow to his Brexit campaign in a fresh election for the parliamentary set of Brecon and Radnorhsire. Britain’s pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won the election with 13,826 votes.

Brecon Election

Brecon seat was earlier held by Conservative lawmaker Chris Davies but he was ousted for being convicted for falsifying expenses. He was also a candidate in the fresh election and came second with 12,401 votes. Liberal Democrat candidate Jane Dodds won the election.

The Brexit Party could garner only 3,331 votes and came third in the election and the main opposition Labor Party came fourth with 1,680 votes.

Conservatives in parliament

The loss of one vote reduced Johnson’s working majority marginally but considering the actual strength of the Conservatives in the parliament, it can be said that this loss could be considerable for Johnson government.

PM Boris Johnson has a wafer-thin majority in parliament and he’s relying heavily on a small Norther Irish party for majority. Conservatives have problem with rebels that could reduce the Johnson’s government to minority.

Brexit

The election is seen as a referendum on Brexit. The recent winning increased the strength of Liberal Democrat to 13 and their leader Jo Swinson lost no time in making a statement that Boris Johnson had no mandate to crash Britain out of the EU.

Democrats have one more MP to vote against Brexit in parliament and they would see what they could do to stop the exit, the Democrat Leader further maintained. But Boris Johnson seemed unmoved with the defeat.

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Hong Kong Crisis:China Blames Western Countries

Unable to resolve the Hong Kong crisis, China starts fortification of the former British Colony now under its direct rule. Chinese forces are marching towards Hong Kong after the standing police force of the colony failed to control the agitation against the new extradition bill

What is Extradition Bill?

The new bill will empower the government to send people in Hong Kong to mainland China for trial. But the Hong Kong residents are protesting against the bill and they demand be scrapped.

When did the protest start?

Protesting started three-months back when the bill was first introduced but the peaceful protestation became violent when the government displayed no sign of backtracking on the bill.

The Hong Kong police detained 44 persons for rioting but hundreds of protestors laid a siege outside the police station demanding unconditional release of the protestors. Police tried all methods including one of its officers brandishing his gun towards the protestors to disrupt the siege but to no avail.

What is the result of protests?

The near-daily protests brought the city life to a standstill with huge financial losses to businesses. Also, the social life of the city has disrupted. The protestors blocked roads and attacked China’s representative office in Hong Kong.

Protestors have following demands

• Scrapping of Extradition Bill
• Resignation of city leader Carrie Lam
• Independent inquiry of policy atrocity

What is the role of international community in Hong Kong crisis?

China believes that the protests in Hong Kong are inspired by international community that want to destabilize the Chinese government in the former British Colony. China blamed the Western Countries for tensions in Hong Kong.

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First Phase Of Saudi Prince’s $500 Billion Megacity Would Complete In 2021

The 33-year old Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman has reasons to further his dream project “Neom” that is developing a sleeping fishy village into a world-class resort town of the Saudi Arabia 2.0.

What is Neom Bay?

Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman wants to develop the fishing village of Khurayba into a resort town with state-of-the-art facilities. Neo stands for new and “m” is the first letter of mustaqbal. It was in 2017 that the prince announced development of Neom but the development work has seen little success than delays since its inception.

According to the price, Neom would have state-of-the-art resorts and smart technologies run by robots, an industrial zone and several airports to connect the development with the rest of Saudi Arabia and the world.

Where is Khurayba?

Located in northwest Saudi Arabia, the village features untouched shorelines with waves rippling in the deep blue sea water. Surrounded by majestic mountains, the desert area is dotted with a number of sites of historic value to Saudi Arabia. This village has seen little development but bow it is in the center of $500 billion development announced by the crowned prince.

How would development work affect locals?

Project Neom Bay has earmarked 26,500 square kilometers area for development work that has already begun. Laborers have reached and fencing started to carry out the work. But the tens and thousands of people who live there are suspicious over their future. They know that they will be displaced but they are unaware about their future.

What is the present stage of Neom Bay?

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US Sees No Threat In North Korea Missile Test

US President Donald Trump said he had very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that the missile test by North Korea wasn’t aimed at the US.

North Korea missile test

Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan also called the East Sea. North Korea said that the missile launch was a warning to the South Korea that was importing weapons and conducting joint military drills especially with US.

It was the first missile test since Trump met Kim last month and the two leaders agreed to revive the denuclearization talks. The talks stalled last after a failed summit between the two leaders in February 2019.

Trump’s stand on North Korea

US President Trump doesn’t see North Korea’s missile test as a threat to America. He said that they were standard missiles and many countries have those missiles. America was watching the developments, maintained Trump. He categorically said that the issue between North and South Korea is a bilateral one. Also, he stressed the point that Kim didn’t mention that the missiles were for US.

UN’s stand on North Korea

UN Security Council has banned North Korea from conducting ballistic missile tests but Pyongyang considers the UNSC resolutions as infringement on its right to self-defense.

Trump and Kim meeting

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeotold Fox News that fresh talks were still possible and that the two leaders could meet in a couple of weeks. But he gave no date and time of any meeting.

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