NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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Swiss official airs concerns about data privacy in US

11:26 pm September 8, 2020

Geneva: A Swiss federal commissioner announced Tuesday that a US-Swiss programme aimed to protect personal information exchanged between the two countries doesn’t go far enough, and has downgraded the United States to rank it as a country deemed to have inadequate data protection. Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner Adrian Lobsiger, in a new policy paper, […]

Bold hopes for virus antibody tests still unfulfilled

9:55 pm September 7, 2020

Washington: At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, President Donald Trump and his top health advisers trumpeted a new test that would help Americans reclaim their lives — one that would tell them if they already had the virus and were protected from getting it again. Their arrival would help “get Americans back to work” by showing those who might have […]

Russian interference could theoretically cost Democrats presidential elections: Kamala Harris

11:32 pm September 6, 2020

Washington: Russian interference could theoretically cost Democrats the presidential elections, party’s vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris said on Sunday. “I am clear that Russia interfered in the election of president of the United States in 2016,” Harris told CNN in an interview. “I serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee. We have published detailed reports about exactly what we believe happened. And I do […]

Kamala Harris says she would not trust Trump on COVID19 vaccine

11:00 pm September 6, 2020

Washington: Democratic party’s vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday said that she would not trust President Donald Trump on a COVID-19 vaccine unless there is a credible source of information that talks about its efficacy and reliability. Indian-American Harris, 55, is a Senator from California. She is the first ever black, African American and a person of Indian descent to be nominated as […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

Chinese chipmaker denies military ties as US steps up feud

3:34 pm September 6, 2020

Beijing: China’s leading maker of semiconductors has denied it has imposing export any links to the military following reports Washington is considering stepping up its feud with Beijing over technology and security by controls that could disrupt manufacturing for a national industrial champion. U.S. regulators are considering adding Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to a list of foreign […]