Apple Inc has suspended Parler from the App Store, saying the social networking service had not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence. Read More
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he was lifting restrictions on contacts between U.S. officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in the waning days of President Donald Trump's presidency.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a lower court ruling that severely limited the government's powers to exempt small refineries from the nation's biofuels law, rekindling a long-running dispute between the oil and corn industries. Read More
Twitter Inc late on Friday suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign account @TeamTrump for violating its rules. Read More
Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday suspended the Parler social networking service from its app store, citing posts inciting violence and demanding "robust" content moderation from the app favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has permanently suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Read More
President-elect Joe Biden may speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. states, a spokesman said on Friday, in an effort to jump-start the slow roll-out of inoculations that have made little impact on the pandemic one week into the new year. Read More
Gold inched lower on Friday as the U.S. Read More
SHANGHAI -- China's new live hog futures contract fell at the open in its trading debut on Friday morning on the Dalian Commodity Exchange. Read More
TOKYO -- Bitcoin fell more than 5% on Friday, a day after topping $40,000 for the first time. Read More