China

Google executive finally confirms that the tech giant is no longer working on a censored search engine for China

Google finally said that it is killing the censored search engine it had been building for China, known internally as Project Dragonfly. "Yes, we have terminated that," Karan...
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Tencent-backed live-streaming firm DouYu prices U.S. IPO at low end of range: sources

18 minutes ago | Reuters

DouYu International Holdings Ltd , China's largest live-streaming platform, on Tuesday sold $775 million in stock at a $3.73 billion valuation after pricing its U.S. initial...
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Ottawa man says Dragon-boat festival CEO ordered him to remove Falun Gong shirt, citing Chinese sponsorship

3 hours ago | National Post

A Falun Gong practitioner says the CEO of Ottawa's dragon-boat festival ordered him to take off a T-shirt advertising the Chinese spiritual group, citing in part China's...
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The news on semiconductors is bad, and it will likely get worse

4 hours ago | CNBC

First the global slowdown clobbered them at the end of last year, then the China trade war intensifying clobbered them again in May, then the Huawei ban, then Japan's export...
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No Questions About U.S. Wars in Defense Chief's Confirmation Hearing

5 hours ago | NY Times

Mark. T. Esper spent the hourslong hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee mostly discussing military challenges from Iran, China and Russia.
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Trump administration blasts WTO ruling on 2007 China case

5 hours ago | Review Journal | 2 articles

The 2-1 decision by the WTO's appellate body was actually a mixed verdict in a case that is unrelated to the tariffs.
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Stocks slide after Trump threatens more tariffs and bank earnings disappoint

5 hours ago | Business Insider

Stocks closed lowered on Tuesday after President Trump said the US still has a long way to go with China on trade, and threatened to add new tariffs on $325 billion worth of...
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A Prosperous China Says ‘Men Preferred,' and Women Lose

6 hours ago | NY Times

Gender is now one of the most important factors behind income inequality in China, where workplace discrimination and court rulings have set women back.
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Trump administration blasts WTO ruling on China

6 hours ago | Star Tribune | 2 articles

The Trump administration is blasting a World Trade Organization decision that could let China levy sanctions on the United States.
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Canada's FIBA World Cup training camp features 17 NBA players

7 hours ago | NBC Sports

Tristan Thompson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander among players who could head to China
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99

He retired in June 2010 at age 90, the second oldest justice in the court's history. Read more ...

US House votes to 'strongly' condemn Trump's tweets directed at...

The Democratic-led House has voted to condemn President Donald Trump's tweets telling four Democratic congresswomen of color to "go back" to their countries of origin. Read more ...

Trump Officials Face Cover-Up Allegations After Failed Citizenship Question Push

Challengers of the Trump administration's push for a census citizenship question are asking a federal judge in New York to impose penalties for allegedly false or misleading... Read more ...

Police: 6-year-old girl fatally struck by her golfing dad's ball

Authorities called the situation a “tragic accident.” Read more ...

Huggies features dads on diaper box for first time

Seven designs featured in new premium diaper line Read more ...

Judge orders R. Kelly held in jail, prosecutors call him 'extreme danger to...

A judge ruled Tuesday that R&B singer R. Kelly be held without bond on federal charges that he and his entourage recruited girls and women to engage in illegal sexual activity... Read more ...

No federal charges for NYPD officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner

Garner's words “I can't breathe” became a rallying cry for police reform activists, coming amid a stretch of other deaths of black men at the hands of white officers. Read more ...

Eric Garner's family rips DOJ decision not to charge Daniel Pantaleo

The family of Eric Garner raged over the Department of Justice's decision on Tuesday to not pursue charges against NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. “We're here with heavy hearts... Read more ...

'Chance the Snapper,' Chicago's alligator-on-the-loose, is finally caught

Chance the Snapper, as he came to be known, had been on the loose in the park for almost a week - forcing a partial shutdown of the site. Read more ...

Police in Los Angeles area arrest man after finding more than 1,000 guns

Some of the guns police found in a California man's home in May 2019. Read more ...