Daily Archives: August 7, 2020

Trump tries to portray Joe Biden as a racist 

The president is trying to use Joe Biden’s recent remarks about the Latino community being more diverse than the Black community, but is Trump just opening himself up to more criticism?

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India may impose anti-dumping duty on Chinese PET Resin 

PET resin is used in textiles, plastic bottles, tires, undersea cables and 3-D printing, among others. However, the department said that the scope of product under consideration does not include recycled PET Resin used to manufacture preforms, which are then converted into PET bottle and jars for the storage of mineral water, carbonated soft drinks, edible o […]

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Around the World Elections Are Being Delayed Because of the Pandemic. Here’s Where Experts Say Hong Kong Went Wrong 

Local authorities cited the pandemic as the reason for postponing polls for a year—without consulting their own medical experts

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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club 

The 36-year-old follows Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as fortune passes $100bn for first timeMark Zuckerberg’s fortune has passed $100bn (£76bn) for the first time, adding him to an exclusive club of the world’s centibillionaires, after Facebook’s shares surged on news it is to launch a rival to the video-sharing app TikTok.Facebook announced the US rollout of I […]

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Trump Targets WeChat and TikTok, in Sharp Escalation With China 

The government cited national security concerns in announcing sweeping restrictions on two popular Chinese social media networks, a move that is likely to be met with retaliation.

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Howard Kurtz on idea of Biden ditching debates: ‘Heads would have exploded’ if Trump skipped in 2016 

Some in the media have raised the idea of pushing off presidential debates as a mechanism to keep Democrat Joe Biden out of the spotlight, Fox News “MediaBuzz” host Howard Kurtz told “Fox News Rundown.”

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Amazon Prime Day 2020: When is it, and what can we expect? 

Prime Day 2020 won’t arrive until July, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start getting into the spirit now.

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Hybrid BMWs can automatically switch to full electric mode in low emission zones 

In a world first, London and Birmingham are among the cities chosen to pioneer the new zero-emissions technology which is now being fitted to BMW’s most popular plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy 

The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for the test proctoring industry. About half a dozen companies in the US claim their software can accurately detect and prevent cheating in online tests. Examity, HonorLock, Proctorio, ProctorU, Respondus and others have rapidly grown since colleges and universities switched to remote classes. While there’s no officia […]

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For a Small Stable, Big Prizes Could Lie Ahead 

Tiz the Law has won the first leg of this year’s rejiggered Triple Crown, and his stallion rights have the potential to generate millions for Sackatoga Stable in New York.

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Valtteri Bottas fastest in first practice at Silverstone 

Valtteri Bottas leads Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

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UK coronavirus live: government monitoring France for quarantine after Norway reimposes restrictions 

Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns ‘there is always the risk of disruption to travel plans and people need to bear that in mind’Belgium, Andorra and Bahamas added to UK’s quarantine listNHS must never again be a Covid-only service, doctors warnThe Cummings effect: study finds public faith was lost after aide’s tripWhich countries can holidaymakers visit without re […]

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Racing Point fined and docked points for copying elements of Mercedes car 

The Racing Point team are docked 15 points and fined for illegally copying parts of last year’s Mercedes Formula 1 car.

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GST collection in West Bengal getting stabilised: Official 

The Goods and Services Tax collection is getting stabilised because companies have started making deferred payments which the authorities had allowed till September this year in view of the coronavirus crisis, he said.

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Capital One fined $80 million in data breach 

The U.S. Treasury Department has fined Capital One $80 million for careless network security practices that enabled one of the biggest bank security breaches on record

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