Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China - Five stories you need to know
Published Date: 3/14/2024
Source: Reuters
1. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill giving TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban 2. Former President Donald Trump authorized a CIA clandestine campaign on Chinese social media that began in 2019 aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation 3. Airline executives are frustrated with Boeing as its safety crisis upends their business plans but have little choice but to do business with the U.S. planemaker in a tight market 4. Kidnappings at schools in Nigeria have become an almost daily occurrence in recent years. The tactic has been adopted by criminal gangs without ideological affiliation seeking ransom payments with authorities seemingly powerless to stop them 5. Shell weakens its 2030 carbon reduction target and scraps a 2035 objective citing expectations for lower power sales and strong demand for gas in the energy transition even as it affirms a plan to cut emissions to net zero by 2050 #News #tiktok #tiktokban #USA #bytedance #trump #CIA #China #socialmedia #Boeing #business #Nigeria #kidnapping #shell #carbon #energy #emissions #netzeroemissions #Reuters #Newsfeed 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en