Apple rolls out free online coding course for teacherson July 10, 2020Apple said on Thursday it was rolling out a free online coding course for teachers while beefing up its existing school coding programs with new material. The Cupertino, the California-based company, which offers coding courses under the “Develop in Swift” and “Everyone Can Code” banners, said the new course is designed to supplement the need […]
TikTok says removed over 49 million videos in second half of 2019on July 10, 2020Social media app TikTok said on Thursday it removed more than 49 million videos from its platform in the second half of last year for violating its guidelines. These videos accounted for less than 1% of the total posted on the platform and fell under categories such as “violent and graphic content, hate speech and […]
Experts warn of high-risk Olympicson July 10, 2020TOKYO: With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public, predicting that few people will have coronavirus antibodies and that vaccines will not be widely available. Olympic organisers and the Japanese and Tokyo metropolitan governments are scrambling for steps […]
UCL, UEL fixtures to be played at homeon July 10, 2020LONDON: The four Champions League round of 16 second-leg ties postponed because of Covid-19 in March will be played next month in the stadiums of the home teams providing travelling is possible without restrictions, UEFA said on Thursday. European soccer’s governing body added in a statement that the same arrangements would apply to the outstanding […]
US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s presidential immunity argumenton July 10, 2020The United States Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed President Trump’s arguments of sweeping presidential immunity, ruling that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records as “the public had a right to every man’s evidence”. However, the order prevented – at least for now – Democratic-led House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents […]
Seasoned Chinese diplomat urges US, China to release ‘positive energy’ amid tensionson July 9, 2020As tensions between the US and China heighten over issues ranging from the South China Sea to trade and the coronavirus, a senior Chinese diplomat has called on the governments of the two countries to let cooler heads prevail. China and the United States should jointly explore ways for peaceful coexistence and release more “positive […]
Melania Trump’s statue set on fire in Sloveniaon July 9, 2020ROZNO: A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia was set on fire on the night of July Fourth, according to the artist who commissioned the piece. Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police informed him on […]
What is the new US policy for international students?on July 9, 2020WASHINGTON: The US government’s new rules for international students studying in the country will force tens of thousands of students to leave the country if their classes move online amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the country’s most elite universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sued to try to stop the rule, and the […]
Afghanistan to release 600 Taliban prisoners in bid to push for peace talkson July 9, 2020KABUL: Afghan authorities on Thursday said it will release 600 prisoners it had deemed “too dangerous” in the hope of getting peace talks going, a day after they had refused to release the captives. Disagreement over about 600 prisoners from a total of 5,000 the Taliban want released has prevented the launch of US-brokered peace […]
China to build 6 to 8 nuclear reactors a year from 2020 to 2025: Reporton July 9, 2020China will build six to eight nuclear reactors a year between 2020 and 2025 and raise total capacity to 70 gigawatts (GW), up 43.5 per cent compared to the end of May, the official China Daily said on Thursday (Jul 9), citing the country’s nuclear association. The China Nuclear Energy Association said the country’s total […]