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Biden to push for less US reliance on nukes for defence as President

Trump did, however, add two weapon types and beef up the budget for a years-long overhaul of the nuclear arsenal - an overhaul that Biden sees as excessive

HDFC Bank denies charges, says will vigorously fight US class action suits

Lender expects its response to be due in early 2021, says there is no matter currently that requires disclosure

Trump clears TikTok deal 'in concept', ByteDance seeks $60 bn in valuation

TikTok to give $5 billion to fund the education of American youths; ban delayed till September 27

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why pandemic is still surging despite lockdown

India went in for an early lockdown and encouraged social distancing and other measures, unlike the Trump and Bolsonaro govts

TikTok owner ByteDance seeks $60 bn valuation in Oracle, Walmart deal

Oracle and Walmart have rights to buy 12.5% and 7.5% respectively of a newly established TikTok Global under an agreement that won the approval of President Donald Trump

TikTok asks Facebook to support its challenge against Donald Trump's ban

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said recently that he felt a TikTok ban would set a "bad long-term precedent" for the tech industry

Canada extends deal to keep US border closed till Oct 21 due to Covid-19

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday they will continue to base the decision on the best public health advice available to keep Canadians safe

US health promoters deepen efforts to test Covid vaccines in diverse groups

Many thousands of volunteers from minority groups are needed for huge clinical trials underway or about to begin

Biden or Trump, no trade deal for Britain if Ireland peace pact violated

"We can't allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit," Biden wrote on Twitter

Federal Reserve weighs bank dividends as it prepares second stress test

The central bank said it will release the results of the new analysis by the end of 2020

Covid-19: Donald Trump again scorns science on masks and vaccines

The president's comments put him at odds with the CDC, the world's premier public health agency, over the course of a pandemic that he keeps insisting is "rounding the corner" to an end

US company agrees to pay $345,000 in compensation for H1-B violations

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise

US judge refuses to grant preliminary injunction against H-1B visa ban

The case was brought by a group of 169 Indian nationals, who recently visited India after living in the US on work visas, and are now attempting to return

Two US-based law firms file class action suits against HDFC Bank

Cite failure on bank's part to inform investors about improper internal controls on vehicle loans; outgoing MD Aditya Puri, CEO-designate Sashidhar Jagdishan among ddefendants

US investors, Oracle set to own majority stake in TikTok Global: Report

The U.S. Treasury submitted a revised term sheet to ByteDance late Wednesday to address national security concerns that was agreed to by the Chinese parent of TikTok

American lawyer says Assange charged under broad, contentious US law

An American constitutional law expert said Thursday that the United States indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under an extraordinarily broad spying law that has been used in the past for politically motivated prosecutions. Speaking during Assange's extradition hearing in London, human rights lawyer Carey Shenkman called the century-old Espionage Act one of the most contentious laws in the United States. Shenkman, who co-wrote a book on the history of the act, testified as a witness for Assange, 49, who is fighting his extradition from the UK to the US. US prosecutors indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks' publication of secret American military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. Assange's defense team argues that he is a journalist and entitled to First Amendment protections for publishing leaked documents that exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. His law

US retail sales rise in August, growth slows as unemployment benefits end

Much of last month's growth came from spending at restaurants and bars, which are just starting to let people in to eat and drink

Hong Kong formally objects to US demand for 'Made in China' export label

Commerce Secretary Edward Yau said he formally asked the US consulate to relay Hong Kong's request for withdrawal of the new regulations to US trade officials

OECD sees world economy withstanding coronavirus better than forecast

The better view reflects the strong economic pickup in recent months and the vast injection of public resources

Trump reviews ByteDance's plan to keep majority stake in TikTok: Report

Trump has ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok amid US concerns that user data could be passed to China's Communist Party government