Xiaomi is likely to soon embrace Google’s Android Go programme and launch a model running Android 9 Pie (Go edition), as per reports. The new development has been suggested through alleged certifications in Russia, Singapore, and the US that show a Xiaomi phone carrying model number M1903C3GG. This is speculated as the Redmi Go that […]
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Migrant Woman, Kids In Viral Tear Gas Photo Allowed Into US: Lawmakers
A Honduran mother and her children who were photographed fleeing from tear gas as chaos erupted at the U.S.-Mexico border last month are now in the United States, according to two members of Congress who spent the night at a port of entry with a group of asylum seekers. Maria Lila Meza Castro and her […]
800,000 To 2 Million Religious Minorities Detained In Chinese Internment Camps: US
WASHINGTON: An estimated 800,000 to 2 million religious minorities are currently being detained in internment camps in China, the Trump Administration has told lawmakers, who have expressed serious concerns over the massive human rights violations there. At a Congressional hearing, Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of the Human Right Democracy and […]
Taliban Being Used As “Hedge” Against India, Says US Army Officer
WASHINGTON: Days after US President Donald Trump sought Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s help in the Afghan peace process, a top American commander has told lawmakers that Islamabad’s policy seems to be unchanged and it continues to use the Taliban as a hedge against India. “Pakistan is an essential element in long-term stability in Afghanistan,” Marine […]
Moto G7 Play With Display Notch, Snapdragon 632 Spotted on FCC in the US
Moto G7 Play will be the Lenovo-owned brand’s budget smartphone in its upcoming Moto G series refresh sometime next year. The phone has now been spotted on US telecommunications certification website the FCC, where most of the specifications and design elements have been leaked well before the official unveiling, the date for which is yet […]
Pakistani-American Medical Technician Used Bitcoin To Finance ISIS
NEW YORK: A Pakistani-American woman has admitted in a federal court to using Bitcoin to finance the ISIS through fronts in China, Pakistan and Turkey. Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, made the admission before Judge Joanna Seybert in the Central Islip federal court in New York state on Monday. In an agreement with prosecutors, she admitted to committing […]
US imposes sanctions for Khashoggi killing, Saudis seek death penalty
The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor sought the death penalty for five suspects in the murder. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions were the first concrete response by the Trump administration to Khashoggi’s death […]
Facebook Blocks 30 Accounts, 85 On Instagram Ahead Of US Midterm Polls
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Monday it had blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on photo-sharing social network Instagram over concerns they may be linked to foreign entities and aimed at interfering in US midterm elections. The announcement came shortly after US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said they had no indication of […]
Donald Trump accuses Twitter of political bias
United States President Donald Trump accused Twitter Inc was biased against him and that it had deleted many of his followers and making it harder for users to follow him. Trump tweeted on Friday, “Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder […]
US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley resigns
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned, a personal familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, and the White House said she would appear with President Donald Trump at an event later in the morning. Trump accepted the resignation, Axios news site reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Haley discussed her resignation with Trump […]