The United States Postal Service (USPS) has said it will accept parcels from China again, reversing a suspension that followed President Donald Trump’s decision to end a trade provision used by retailers to ship low-value packages duty-free to the US. USPS said in a statement that it would continue accepting “all international inbound mail and…
Google has dropped a pledge not to use artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance in its updated ethics policy on the powerful technology. In its previous version of “AI Principles”, the California-based internet giant included a commitment not to pursue AI technologies that “cause or are likely to cause overall harm”, including weapons and surveillance…
Consumers in the United States will no longer have medical debt appear on their credit reports under changes that will make it easier for millions of Americans to obtain loans. The new rule means that lenders will be barred from using medical information in their lending decisions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on…
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Under the order signed on Wednesday, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls and women to participate in female sports and use female locker rooms. Recommended Stories list…
US imports from China finished the year strong after some companies stockpiled shipments of apparel, toys, furniture and electronics ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs that could revive a trade war between the world’s economic superpowers. Trump, who has threatened to slap tariffs of 10 percent to 60 percent on goods from…
The Bottom Line What’s the future of Europe-US relations? Financial Times US Editor Ed Luce argues that President Donald Trump is declaring a ‘global power vacuum’. Read more United States President Donald Trump sees many European countries as extensions of the Democratic Party abroad, and thus his “adversaries”, argues Ed Luce, the US national editor…
