Trump Signs Executive Order Banning TikTok

The clock is now ticking on TikTok since President Trump signed an executive order banning the popular app from operating in the US if it isn’t sold by its Chinese-owned parent company in 45 days. Microsoft has shown interest to buy the app, which boasts about 100 million American users. President Trump added that any TikTok deal would also need to include a “substantial amount of money” coming to the US Treasury. TikTok is not the only platform on the chopping block. Trump issued a similar declaration for WeChat, a…

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COVID-19: More than 19 Million Cumulative Cases Globally

Globally, more than 19 million cumulative cases of coronavirus have been recorded. According to a CNN report, India has become the third country after the US and Brazil to record more than 2 million cases, and Africa has now recorded more than 1 million cases across the continent. The US is at the verge of reaching 5 million cumulative cases. A new model predicts the US death toll could reach nearly 300,000 by December; it’s now about 160,000. Meanwhile, countries are jockeying over who controls the most important preventative measures.…

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The House Of Reps Discovered A Loan Agreement Concedes Nigeria’s Sovereignty To China

The members of Nigerian House of Representatives have discovered that clauses in a loan agreement by the Nigerian Government from China concedes the country’s sovereignty to China. Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocol and Agreements, Ossai Nicholas Ossai, raised the alarm while probing loans received by the government. The committee noted that the clauses in Article 8(1) of the commercial loan agreement signed between Nigeria and Export-Import Bank of China allegedly concedes sovereignty of Nigeria to China in the $400m loan for the Nigeria National Information and Communication…

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China Successfully Launches Its First Mars Probe

-sayo Johnson At 12:41 (GMT+8), Wenchang spacecraft launch site in china’s Hainan province launched its first Mars probe called Tianwen-1. Tianwen-1 (known as Huoxing-1, HX-1 during development)  The probe is excepted to reach Mars at around February 2021. It’s stated objectives are to search for evidence of both current and past life, and to assess the planet’s environment. This spacecraft consists of a orbiter, rover and, a rover. Stay Safe <3

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TikTok App Prohibited

Doyinsola Johnson The popular TikTok app owned by the Chinese company Bytedance is said to be shutting down in numerous countries as of now already shut down in India. The concerns are threefold. Because TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is based in China there are fears the company may share user data with the Chinese government, whether intentionally through data requests or unintentionally through surveillance software. There are general privacy concerns about how much data TikTok collects from user devices. “The fear is that the information in TikTok could provide more…

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Over 140 People Missing Or Dead In China Due To Flood

–Sayo Johnson Thousands of homes have been destroyed in China since a flood has occurred since June. Over 140 people have been reported missing/dead. More than 33 rivers have risen to their highest levels. China is preparing for the worst as more rain is due to come. China has issued 600 million yuan about 85.7 million U.S. dollars for disaster relief in 5 regions hit by this natural disaster: Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing, according to Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Finance.

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Trump Gives WHO 30-days To Improve ‘Else US will Permanently Halt Funding

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Mr Trump on Twitter.   In the 4 pages letter to WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Mr Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation.   Mr Trump claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for the large number of deaths in the crisis.…

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US Warned Against Chinese Cyber Hackers Making Effort To Steal Coronavirus Data On Treatments And Vaccines

The United States security authorities  on Wednesday 13 May 2020 warned against Chinese cyber hackers who made attempts to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines. Thereby,  adding fuel to Washington’s war with Beijing over the pandemic according  to AFP reports. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency said organisations researching Coronavirus were at risk of “targeting and network compromise by the People’s Republic of China.” They security agencies warned that Chinese government-affiliated cyber hackers and others made attempts to obtain “valuable intellectual property and…

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Donald Trump Signing An Executive Order To Temporarily Stop Immigration Into The United States, While He Pursues Investigations On The Origin Of COVID-19 Outbreak In China

President Donald Trump of the United  States of America stated his interest to send a team to China to investigate the start of the coronavirus outbreak which had killed more that 40,000 Americans, despite the shut down with increasingly unpopular stay-at-home orders, but without any success. “We’re talking to China. We spoke to them a long time ago about going in. We want to go in; we want to see what’s going on,” President Trump told reporters at the daily briefing by the White House task force on the coronavirus…

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China Lied; As USA And Beijing Reports Corroborate The Fact That 20.9m Died Rather Than 3.3k Recorded For COVID-19 Related Deaths In China

According to a new data intercepted by the United States, it was revealed that 21 million people died in China from December 2019 to March 2020. This  conclusion was made by US intelligence officials in a classified report for the Trump administration. The Intelligence report stated that at least 20.9 million of the deaths were linked to the novel coronavirus. The intercepted data indicates that China underreported its COVID-19 infections and deaths when it corroborated the data released by Beijing authorities. Beijing announced on March 19 that over 21 million…

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