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Huawei’s explosive growth has nearly come to a halt as the coronavirus crisis and a confrontation between the US and the Chinese Communist Party weighs on the Chinese tech giant. Huawei’s revenue climbed just 1.4 percent to 182.2 billion yuan (about $25.7 billion) in the first quarter, the company said Tuesday — a meager increase …

The European bureau chief of China’s state-run publication China Daily has called President Trump a “racist a**hole” for claiming China “must have the most” deaths from the global coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t have the most-in-the-world deaths — the most in the world has to be China,” Trump said during Friday’s White House Coronavirus Task Force …

Like its main subject, ESPN’s “The Last Dance” is quickly putting up the numbers of an all-time great. The documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Bulls debuted Sunday night and pulled in record viewership, averaging 6.1 million viewers for the first two episodes — instantly becoming the most-watched documentary in ESPN history, the network …

Coronavirus is not a reason for us to accept arbitrary impositions or abandon our traditions of rational discourse. Should we, or should we not be compelled to wear face masks during a virus epidemic? It sounds a simple enough question. Indeed the answer seems so obvious to many, including the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, …

When a government official can determine how essential someone’s livelihood is, everyone is vulnerable. A few months ago it may have been difficult to imagine a world where going to work, operating a sit-down restaurant, or engaging in business with consenting individuals was punishable by law. Where going to the gym or getting a haircut …

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Monday that Congress needs to make changes to a program that provides aid to small businesses, arguing that larger companies and those that have not been hurt by the coronavirus are receiving assistance. Scott pointed to reports that large chain stores and restaurants had qualified for loans under the Small …

A volunteer in protective suits controls a drone to spray disinfectants at Zhengwan village, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the coronavirus, China January 31, 2020. Chinese company Da Jiang Innovations, the world’s largest maker of drones, has donated drones to 43 law enforcement agencies operating in 22 U.S. states to enforce …

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Saturday criticized Chinese authorities for arresting 15 prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters over the weekend. “I condemn the latest assault on the rule of law and the liberty of the people of Hong Kong.  These events show how antithetical the values of the Chinese Communist Party are to those …

Bob Odenkirk recently reflected about his 21-year-old son Nathan’s battle with coronavirus, telling James Corden it was “worse than the flu.” Detailing the experience last week on the “Late Late Show,” Odenkirk noted his son contracted coronavirus “a couple of weeks ago,” just as reports emerged about the novel illness. “It was kind of talked …

Amid the biggest dearth of sports in a century, ESPN has swooped in to rescue us with “The Last Dance,” a docuseries about Michael Jordan’s final year with the Chicago Bulls. While the highly anticipated show’s first installment doesn’t offer too much that wasn’t already public knowledge, it’s still a fascinating look into perhaps the …