India's technology ministry has asked Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp to withdraw planned changes to its privacy policy that has drawn widespread backlash, multiple media outlets reported. In ... ( read original story ...)
China bought most iron ore from Australia, Brazil in 2020, but imports from India up nearly 90%
Australia and Brazil, the world's two largest iron ore producers, remained China's top suppliers in 2020, but imports from India soared 88% as Chinese mills diversified sources amid sky-high raw ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. secretary of state nominee Blinken sees strong foundation for bipartisan China policy
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Tuesday he believed President Donald Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China - even if he did not ... ( read original story ...)
Audi to make electric cars with China’s oldest carmaker FAW
Audi is teaming up with China's oldest carmaker FAW to produce luxury electric vehicles. FAW is China's third largest carmaker, and counts Hongqi - or Red Flag - limousines for China's communist party ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok owner ByteDance launches payments in China as it pushes into fintech and e-commerce
ByteDance has launched a new payment services within Douyin, the Chinese sister app of TikTok. Douyin users can choose Douyin Pay to make purchases within the short-video app. Douyin already offers ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s COVID-19 case curve as of January 18
Georgia is now averaging almost 1.5x as many new COVID-19 cases a day compared to the previous peak in mid-July. In mid-April (at the time of the lockdown), Georgia topped out an average of 783 new ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia starts developing US-Georgia economic cooperation plan
Georgia is an extraordinary partner of the United States, and the US is eager to take this partnership to the next level, said US Deputy Secretary of State Keith Krach, Trend reports via Georgian ... ( read original story ...)
Quality Counts 2021: Educational Opportunities and Performance in Georgia
This Quality Counts 2021 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes. ( read original story ...)
How Biden’s first 100 days will affect Georgia
President-elect Joe Biden plans to issue a sweep of executive orders and push an expansive legislative agenda after he takes office Wednesday, wielding narrow Democratic majorities in Congress thanks ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s COVID-19 case curve as of January 18
Georgia is now averaging almost 1.5x as many new COVID-19 cases a day compared to the previous peak in mid-July. In mid-April (at the time of the lockdown), Georgia topped out an average of 783 new ... ( read original story ...)