Trump extends deadline for US TikTok sale to September
- 20-Jun-2025
US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short-video app TikTok despite a law that mandated a sale or shutdown without significant progress. Trump signed an executive order pushing back Thursday’s deadline for 90 days, a step he had previously signaled. The […]
Hong Kong to open universities to more foreign students after US ban
- 24-May-2025
HONG KONG, China: Hong Kong has said it will open its universities to more international students, highlighting those affected by the US government’s move this week to block Harvard from enrolling foreign nationals. The sharp escalation in US President Donald Trump’s longstanding feud with the prestigious university came as tensions simmer between Washington and Beijing […]
US bans Huawei, ZTE telecoms gear over ‘security risk’
- 26-Nov-2022
WASHINGTON: US authorities announced a ban Friday on the import or sale of communications equipment deemed “an unacceptable risk to national security” — including gear from Chinese giants Huawei Technologies and ZTE. Both firms have been on a roster of companies listed as a threat by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the new rules […]
Biden bans Russia oil imports to US, warns gasoline prices will rise further
- 08-Mar-2022
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and other energy imports on Tuesday in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, underscoring strong bipartisan support for a move that he acknowledged would drive up US energy prices. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas energy,” Biden told reporters at the […]
Huawei moves to overturn ‘unlawful’ US ban
- 05-Dec-2019
Huawei said on Thursday it has petitioned a US court to overturn a ban that prevents carriers in rural America from buying the firm's equipment
Huawei to give staff $286 million bonus
- 12-Nov-2019
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday it will hand out 2 billion yuan ($286 million) in cash rewards to staff
Huawei says US curbs to cut smartphone unit’s revenue by over $10 billion
- 23-Aug-2019
In its first assessment of the impact of the restrictions, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said in June the blacklisting would hit the company’s revenue by $30 billion
Huawei founder details ‘battle mode’ reform plan
- 20-Aug-2019
In a memo sent to employees on Monday loaded with military metaphors, 74-year-old Ren asked staff to work aggressively towards sales targets as the firm goes into “battle mode” to survive the crisis
Huawei warns on US ban
- 30-Jul-2019
Huawei has given little information about Hongmeng, its own back-up operating system under development in case it was cut off from U.S.-made software