US-TikTok deal: A new reality for China’s tech champions?
It is a challenge for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance as well as global ambitions for other Chinese tech companies. Source: Original News
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Demand for online jewellery boosts December retail sales
Sales rose by more than expected, but it remained a difficult festive period for many retailers. Source: Original News
TikTok closes deal to split US app from global business
The app was due to be banned in the US a year ago if its Chinese owner didn’t sell its business in America. Source: Original News
Heathrow scraps 100ml liquid container limit
Heathrow says it has become the biggest airport to drop the limit after rolling out new high-tech scanners. Source: Original News
A Senate Primary in Texas Tests the Future of Democratic Politics
Two of the Democrats’ rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party’s base. Source: Original News
Why Polls About ICE and the Shooting of Renee Good Are So Hard to Parse
Numerous surveys in recent weeks have addressed ICE and the aftermath of her shooting in Minneapolis. The results are more complicated than they might seem. Source: Original News
Voters Are Split on Deportations but Disapprove of ICE, Poll Finds
While roughly half of voters support President Trump’s handling of the border between the United States and Mexico, a sizable majority says that ICE’s tactics have “gone too far.” Source: Original News
Storm Poses Big Threats to Power Grids Across U.S.
Managers of electric grids say freezing temperatures and ice and snow could lead to power outages in many places, potentially leaving millions in the dark. Source: Original News
National Park Service Dismantles Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia
The exhibit memorialized nine people enslaved by George Washington. The Park Service said it was being removed in accordance with a directive from President Trump. Source: Original News
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests
Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation. Source: Original News