White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is slated to talk with reporters Thursday afternoon in a press briefing.
The briefing comes after The White Home condemned North Korea for launching an intercontinental ballistic missile check simply hours earlier than leaders of South Korea and Japan meet at a Tokyo summit.
“America strongly condemns the Democratic Folks’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Intercontinental ballistic missile check,” Nationwide Safety Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson mentioned in a press release. “This launch is a flagrant violation of a number of UN Safety Council resolutions.
The Biden administration has additionally demanded the Chinese language house owners of TikTok promote their stakes within the social media app or threat a doable ban within the U.S., the corporate instructed The Hill on Wednesday.
TikTok didn’t disclose additional particulars concerning the new demand, however countered {that a} sale wouldn’t remedy the perceived safety issues.
“If defending nationwide safety is the target, divestment doesn’t remedy the issue: a change in possession wouldn’t impose any new restrictions on information flows or entry,” TikTok spokesperson Maureen Shanahan instructed The Hill in a press release.
The occasion is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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