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LONDON: Britain is expected to announce next week whether to allow China's Huawei to develop its 5G network, an official said Friday, amid indications it will agree to grant at least limited access despite intense US opposition. A senior UK official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision had not yet been taken but likely would be next week -- and strongly hinted at a green light for Huawei. The United States has banned Huawei from the rollout of its next generation 5G mobile networks because of concerns -- strongly denied -- that the firm could be under the control of Beijing. Washington has been lobbying Britain to do the same, even threatening to limit intelligence sharing between the two allies if the UK goes its own way. There has been widespread speculation that Britain would allow Huawei into "non-core" elements of 5G networks, such as antennae and base stations attached to masts and roofs. British Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said this week that a … [Read more...] about UK ‘to decide on Huawei 5G next week’

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The virus, causing an outbreak in China, was identified as a novel Coronavirus. Since then, Wuhan city of China made headlines in the media reports on a daily basis for being the epicentre of the outbreak of deadly virus. According to media reports, the popular market in Wuhan was closed on January 1 for environmental sanitation and disinfection. The virus was rapidly transmitted to other parts of the globe as 28 cases were confirmed outside China mainland, including countries like the United States, Vietnam, South Korea and Hong Kong. One case was also reported in Nepal. The chances of spreading the virus were estimated high due to Chinese new year celebration. Given the fact that people from India frequently travelled to and fro China and the deadly virus had reached to close neighbourhood Nepal, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also came into action and issued travel advisories and guidelines for screening suspected cases at 19 important international airports including … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: How fear has gripped the world

The United States “strongly urges” Pakistan to fulfill its counterterrorism obligations as laid out for it by a global watchdog because the consequences of its failure would be “devastating” for its ongoing IMF-aded economic reforms, a top American diplomat said Friday. Read more … [Read more...] about News updates from Hindustan Times: US ‘strongly urges’ Pakistan to fulfill FATF commitments and all the latest news at this hour