JUNE 2, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump
Canada isn't taking President Donald Trump's decision to hit the country with steel and aluminum tariffs lying down.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on $12.8 billion worth of US goods in response to Trump's metals tariffs.
The list of goods set to get...
JUNE 1, 2018
SINGAPORE — At an island resort off the coast of Singapore, U.S. event planners are working day and night with their North Korean counterparts to set up a summit designed to bring an end to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
But a particularly awkward logistical issue remains unresolved, according to two people familiar with the talks. Who’s going to...
June 1, 2018
A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year.
A Department of Homeland Security program discovered evidence of the surveillance devices, called IMSI catchers, as part of federal testing last year, according to a letter from DHS to Sen....
JUNE 1, 2018
Visa outage: payment chaos after card network crashes
UK bank HSBC claims that Visa service is slowly returning.
Bank of Ireland, HSBC U.K. report customer payments issues
Visa says it’s investigating and working to resolve problem
A customer makes a payment with a Visa Inc. credit card at a restaurant in London. - Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Visa Europe confirmed...
JUNE 1, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg - Telegraph
Facebook will be removing the "trending stories" section of its news feed next week, a feature that proved controversial in the spread of inaccurate and offensive news on Facebook.
The trending section promoted popular news articles and topics and was displayed prominently on the home page of Facebook’s website. It was also available...
JUNE 1, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Singapore - Getty
The Narendra Modi government today announced a reward scheme to crackdown on benami properties. The scheme promises to give a person reward of upto Rs 1 crore for giving specific information about benami property in a prescribed manner.
The scheme is named, the Benami Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018. To...
JUNE 1, 2018
Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Karthik Nemmani lifting the trophy
National Harbor, Maryland – In one of the most enthralling and widely watched contests, an Indian-American teen, Karthik Nemmani, 14, of Texas, has been crowned champion of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee. It’s a triumphant moment for the community — for eleven consecutive years, children of Indian...
JUNE 1, 2018
Nearly 31 billion robocalls were placed in the U.S. in 2017, up 19 percent from 2016, according to YouMail, a call blocking service. - Detroit Free Press / Getty Images
Have you reached the point where you don’t even answer your phone anymore because so often it’s just robocalls or scams?
Of course you have. We all have.
Robocalls and...
JUNE 1, 2018
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his keynote address at the opening of the 17th Asian Security Summit of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore - Getty
In a strong message against protectionism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said countries could not find solutions behind walls of protection but in embracing change. "What we seek is a level playing...
MAY 31, 2018
U.S. Is World's Biggest Steel Importers
The Trump administration announced it’s imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, a move immediately condemned by America’s closest allies.
The decision came hours before temporary exemptions were due to elapse at 12:01 a.m. Friday in Washington, D.C. The move marks the administration’s most aggressive...
