LG Chem to provide Apple’s iPhone batteries next year: Korea Economic Daily South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd is slated to exclusively provide batteries for Apple’s iPhone 9 which is likely to be launched next year, a Korean newspaper reported on Friday. LG Chem has invested hundreds of billions of won […]
Surviving Tiananmen Gentlemen mum on Chinese Nobel laureate death Surviving Tiananmen Gentlemen mum on Chinese Nobel laureate death:- Liu Xiaobo was one of the “Four Gentlemen” of Tiananmen Square, the group that staged a hunger strike in the final days of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in China and tried to […]
Moscow in talks with U.S. to create cyber working group: RIA report Moscow and Washington are in talks to create a joint cyber security working group, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Andrey Krutskikh, a special presidential envoy on cyber security. “The talks are underway … different proposals […]
Musk touts approval of New York-Washington ‘hyperloop’ Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday said he had received “verbal” approval to start building an ultra-high-speed underground transport system linking New York and Washington that would cut travel time between the cities to about half an hour. He offered no details on […]
The magic date when summer airfares fall The magic date when summer airfares fall:-If you’ve been staying home to avoid peak summer prices, start packing; the cheapest dates for summer fares are just a few weeks away. The magic dates Aug. 22 is when average U.S. domestic fares get cheaper; […]
U.S. Justice Department shuts down dark web bazaar AlphaBay The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had shut down the dark web marketplace AlphaBay, working with international partners to knock offline the site accused of allowing a global trade in drugs, firearms, computer hacking tools and other illicit goods. […]
Cheers for former Thai PM Yingluck as her trial enters last hearing day Cheers for former Thai PM Yingluck as her trial enters last hearing day:- Hundreds of supporters cheered as Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday arrived for the final hearing in her trial on charges she […]
Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border:- The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an offensive on Friday to clear militants from an area of the Syrian-Lebanese frontier, a commander in the military alliance fighting in support of President […]
Amid VPN crackdown, China eyes upgrades to Great Firewall A Chinese telecoms carrier said it had begun closing virtual private networks (VPNs) and other tools that can bypass the so-called Great Firewall, which state authorities use to filter and block traffic between Chinese and overseas servers. A spokesman for Guangzhou […]
Millions heed anti-Maduro shutdown in Venezuela Many Venezuelan streets were barricaded and deserted on Thursday for a strike called by foes of President Nicolas Maduro to demand elections and the scrapping of plans for a new congress they fear would consolidate dictatorship in the OPEC country. From the Andes to […]
