Thousands protest against Putin in Russia’s far east
Aug. 5 (UPI) — Bangladesh’s embattled prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned Monday and fled the country after protesters stormed her official residence in the capital amid a growing revolt that began over quotas for government jobs in which hundreds of mostly protesters have died. The announcement from the head of the army, Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, came…
It’s the latest antitrust lawsuit against the biggest players in the tech industry. The US Department of Justice and more than a dozen states have filed a lawsuit against Apple in federal court, accusing it of violating antitrust laws by making its hardware and software products largely inaccessible to competitors. Apple’s “walled garden” approach to…
Senior US and Chinese officials will meet in Switzerland this week to restart stalled trade talks after President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout, both countries said. The discussions mark the first public engagement to ease trade tensions since Trump’s January return to office escalated the dispute. Senior US and Chinese officials will travel to Switzerland later…
The Chinese Communist Party “maintained supreme access” to all data held by TikTok parent ByteDance, including information stored in the US, a former top executive at the company alleged in a bombshell lawsuit in California state court. Yintao “Roger” Yu, the former head of engineering for ByteDance’s US operations, alleged he was fired from his…
After meeting with his US counterpart at a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in Turkey, Germany’s foreign minister said Berlin is willing to “follow” US President’s Trump’s demand for increased defense spending. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday that Berlin accepts in principle the demand from the United States that NATO member states…
North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, drawing condemnation from neighbouring countries. State news agency KCNA said the satellite, named Malligyong-1, had accurately entered orbit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, the agency added. Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, decried its launch, which flew over the…