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White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China, officials said Wednesday. A new executive order directs the Commerce Department

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

NEW DELHI (AP) — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached space on Sunday, eight months after the first demonstration flight of

Twitter, Facebook muzzle Trump amid Capitol violence

CALIFORNIA: In an unprecedented step, Twitter suspended the account of President Donald Trump from tweeting for 12 hours Wednesday following

UK first in world to start using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. on Monday became the first nation in the world to start using the COVID-19 vaccine

US govt, states sue Facebook for ‘predatory’ conduct

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (AP) — The U.S. government and 48 states and districts sued Facebook Wednesday, accusing it of abusing

China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to…

BEIJING, Dec 02 (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft sent to return lunar rocks to Earth collected its first samples Wednesday

2nd study testing a COVID-19 antibody drug has a setback

Washington DC, Oct 30 (AP) — For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has

Lee Kun-Hee, force behind Samsung’s rise, dies at 78

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 25 (AP) — Lee Kun-Hee, the ailing Samsung Electronics chairman who transformed the small television maker

Study begins in US to test possible coronavirus treatment

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The first clinical trial in the U.S. of a possible coronavirus treatment is underway in Nebraska