China state media accuses US of trying to steal TikTok
BEIJING, Aug 4, 2020, CNN. Chinese state media this week is blasting Washington for what…
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WHO says China team interviewed Wuhan scientists over virus origins
GENEVA, Aug 4, 2020, Reuters. A World Health Organization team in China to probe the…
Peru to launch campaign to revive domestic tourism
LIMA, Aug 4, 2020, ANDINA. Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano has announced that — in…
TikTok is ‘caught in the middle’ as the US is ‘deeply suspicious’ of China: Analyst
BEIJING, Aug 4, 2020, CNBC. TikTok may not have a lot of intelligence value but…
[Analytics] US–China scientific cooperation faces an uncertain future
Geopolitical tensions between the two largest scientific knowledge producers in the world are intensifying, and…
Canada extends travel ban to Aug 31, launches Covid-19 tracing app
OTTAWA, Aug 4, 2020, Reuters. Canada extended a measure barring most foreign travelers from entering…
Apple rebuffs $1.4B patent lawsuit filed by Chinese artificial intelligence company
SHANGHAI, Aug 4, 2020, SCMP. Apple has rebuffed a 10 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) lawsuit…
One-third of the Minneapolis police department may leave by the end of the year
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 3, 2020, Fox News. The Minneapolis Police Department — which has seen 40…
US moves against TikTok reflect a pushback against China’s rise as a tech power
BEIJING, Aug 3, 2020, CNBC. TikTok is owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance and has…
Gulf of Mexico must be declared high risk for piracy: Maritime experts
MEXICO CITY, Aug 3, 2020, Mexico News Daily. Campeche Sound in the southern part of…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has talked to Donald Trump about buying TikTok
WASHINGTON D.C., Aug 3, 2020, GadgetsNow. Microsoft confirmed it is in talks with Chinese company…
Abe to attend Hiroshima, Nagasaki events marking US atomic bombings
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will take part…