Author: LoveWorld UK

Three major U.S. investment banks will delist a total of about 500 Hong Kong-listed structured products, according to corporate filings from Hong Kong stock exchanges on Sunday. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanely stated that the delisting was in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order (E.O.) 13959. Trump issued the order (pdf) on Nov. 12 last year, banning U.S. investments in Chinese companies that have been designated by the Pentagon as having ties to the Red Chinese military, citing threats to U.S. national security. A total of 35 Chinese companies (pdf) are banned, including three Chinese telecom companies; China Mobile, China…

Labour is poised to split again over a controversial bill allowing undercover agents to commit crimes while infiltrating criminal gangs, after the party’s leadership refused to back a Lords amendment from Shami Chakrabarti. The former shadow attorney general under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership says undercover police and informants could be immune to prosecution if the “spy cops” bill goes through parliament unamended. She has submitted an amendment for debate in the upper house on Monday, seeking to remove the immunity and saying that otherwise there would be “grave risk” of human rights abuses from agents acting undercover. But while Lady Chakrabarti is…

The “free speech” social network Parler, popular with Donald Trump supporters, has been forced off the internet after Amazon pulled its hosting services. The Twitter clone, which gained notoriety as a communication hub for the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, had already suffered a major hit to its reach over the weekend, as first Google and then Apple suspended its app from their stores. But it was Amazon’s decision to stop hosting the network, from 8am on Monday UK time, which was the killer blow. The website relied on Amazon’s cloud computing business, AWS, to operate, and over the weekend, the online retailer confirmed…

A number of conservative media figures have left Twitter in recent days following the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account. Greg Gutfeld, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, and Mark Levin all have left for different platforms. “Okay, this IS my last tweet: CNN tries to get FNC [Fox News] banned. Apple targets Parler. Publishers dump writers. music labels drop artists. twitter bans/removes thousands. tech companies join hands. this redefines who the true rebels are. if you like the purge, you’re the servant,” Gutfeld wrote on Twitter. Levin wrote: “I have suspended my own Twitter account in protest against Twitter’s fascism. I ask all my followers to join me…

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes to have midfielder Paul Pogba and defenders Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw back from injury for their Premier League game against Liverpool on Sunday. The trio missed the FA Cup third-round win over Watford at the weekend and are doubtful for Tuesday’s league game at Burnley. Solskjaer’s side have 33 points from 16 games and will move above leaders Liverpool if they avoid defeat at Turf Moor. Asked in a news conference if the three players can be ready for Burnley and Liverpool, Solskjaer said: “I hope so, I hope all of them…

Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp’s updated terms of service raised eyebrows on social media. WhatsApp, which uses Signal’s encryption technology, laid out fresh terms on Wednesday, asking users to agree to let owner Facebook Inc and its subsidiaries collect user data, including their phone number and location. Some privacy activists questioned the “accept our data grab or get out” move on Twitter, and suggested users to switch to apps like Signal and Telegram. Signal’s popularity shot up further on Thursday after it was endorsed by Elon Musk, who has…

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Friday it was in early talks with Apple after a domestic broadcaster said the firms were discussing an electric car and battery tie-up, sending Hyundai shares surging 25%. The report comes weeks after Reuters reported that Apple was moving forward with self-driving car technology and was aiming to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology as early as 2024. Earlier on Friday, Korea Economic Daily TV said the iPhone maker and Hyundai were in discussions to develop self-driving electric vehicles by 2027 and develop batteries at U.S. factories…

Snow was blanketing large swathes of the country today as Britons were warned to remain cautious when venturing out into the hazardous conditions brought by the cold snap. In the early hours the Met Office revised its forecast and spared only the South East and parts of western Scotland from its yellow weather warnings. Icy surfaces were already wreaking havoc on the roads this morning and police in Derbyshire used an image of an upturned car to warn other drivers to be careful behind the wheel. The A1 in County Durham has been brought to a standstill with motorists enduring hour-long tailbacks…

President Donald Trump on Thursday called on the country to heal and have faith following civil unrest at the U.S. Capitol. Trump told Americans that he has now turned his focus on ensuring a “smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power” to a new administration that will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, in a brief video message released on Thursday evening. Hours earlier, Congress certified the electoral votes for former Vice President Joe Biden in an emotionally-charged joint session. This came after a group of protestors waving American and Trump flags stormed in the Capitol building. The mayhem left at least four people dead—three…

National Express is to suspend its network of coach services due to tighter coronavirus restrictions and falling passengers numbers. The firm said that all of its coach services will be temporarily suspended from 11.59pm on Sunday and all journeys before Monday will be completed to ensure passengers are not stranded. All customers whose travel has been cancelled will be contacted and offered a free amendment or full refund, it added. Chris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said the decision will be reviewed regularly and the company plans to be back on the road ‘as soon as the…