JAPAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WOULD APPROPRIATELY RESPOND OF UFOs

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• At a news conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato was asked about the need for the Japanese government to study such phenomena

Recently the United States government released a report on ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’ (UFOs), where it said that it ...

U.S. GOVERNMENT, 48 STATES FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST FACEBOOK

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• This is the second major antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. government this year as the US Justice Department in October had dragged Google to the court over similar charges

• The Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James said...

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF MISCONDUCT IN U.S. GOVERNMENT'S LOAN TO KODAK: REPORT

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• It is being stated this report was given by the inspector general of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to Senator Elizabeth Warren

• The primary reason behind granting this loan to Kodak was supporting launch of its new pharmaceu...

TikTok EMPLOYEE WHO SUED US GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS HIS CASE

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• According to a filing dated November 13, submitted by Patrick Ryan, both the sides were in the favor of dismissing the case with prejudice

• ByteDance, which happens to be the parent company of TikTok has received an extension till November 27 of its dea...

RUSSIAN HACKERS TRIED TO BREAK INTO US STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT NETWORKS: US INTEL

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• According to the intelligence agencies, a Russian group sometimes called Dragonfly or Berserk Bear by researchers sometimes had targeted several state, tribal, local and territorial US governments and aviation networks

• The Federal Bureau of Investigati...

U.S. RETAIL SALES JUMP IN SEPTEMBER, ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SUFFER

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• The number of new COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States that is likely to reimpose restrictions on businesses like restaurants, bars and gyms resulting into curbing consumer spending

• According to the data, retail sales surged 1.9 percent i...

U.S. GOVERNMENT, ASTRAZENECA SIGN A $486 MILLION COVID-19 ANTIBODY AGREEMENT

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• U.S. to fund AstraZeneca for the late-stage development and large-scale manufacture of AZD7442, a fusion of two monoclonal antibodies, for the potential treatment or prevention of COVID-19

• AstraZeneca will utilize these funds for two Phase III trials a...

U.S. GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS H-1B VISA RULES, INDIANS TO BE AFFECTED THE MOST

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• The President of the United States, Donald Trump on Tuesday announced tightening of rules in regards with immigration visas that are extensively used by the technology firms

• The Trump administration decided to make this move on the basis of a report wh...

US SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS SAYS COVID VACCINE NEAR FINISH LINE

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• Dr. Adams said that the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine is likely by the end of the year once a vaccine candidate or candidates receive approval, with doses starting with health care workers and those deemed most vulnerable to COVID-19

• Speaking about ...

COVID-19 VACCINE: PHASE 3 TRIALS HAVE STARTED SAYS US BIOTECH FIRM NOVAVAX

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• Gregory Glenn, Novavax’s president of research and development said that with a high level of SARS-CoV-2 transmission observed and expected to continue in the United Kingdom

• The US government had awarded $1.6 billion to Novavax to develop and fun...

U.S. TO INVEST $150 MILLION FOR H-1B ONE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMME

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• In order to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise, the US companies are required to seek H-1B visa, a non-immigrant visa

• According to the statement issued by the Department of Labor, the COVID-...

SAMSUNG AND SK HYNIX AMIDST BATED BREATH ON US HUAWEI NOD

• U.S. tech giants Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) received the green light from the U.S. government to supply Huawei with certain products, with resurgence that Samsung Electronics and SK hynix be given the same opportunity.
• Huawei was placed on the Entity or Banned List,...

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AWARDS $265 MILLION TO FUJIFILM FOR EXPANSION OF COVID-19 VACCINE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY

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• The company is manufacturing bulk drug substance for a corona virus vaccine by Novavax
• Manufacturing and distribution of vaccine doses will prove to be another hurdle even after its development 

The U.S. government h...

DAVID SATCHER: US CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE HAS BEEN UNCOORDINATED

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• The government’s guidance has been unclear
• It mixes politics and science dangerously

According to former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus has been uncoor...

U.S GOVERNMENT TO FINALIZE THE BAN OF FIVE CHINESE COMPANIES

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• U.S government to finalize the ban of five Chinese companies.
• Huawei, Dahua, ZTE, Hikvision and Hytera are among the five companies.
• The new rule directed by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council will take effect on ...

Europeans rush for bank access because of threats made by the US

A US charge detailing law has made significant migraines for a huge number of Europeans over the mainland. Except if administrators locate a last-dump arrangement, they chance to have their ledgers finished off in the following scarcely any months.

In the course of recent years, a great...