A bipartisan group of U.S. senators launched a bill on June 30 to grant refugee status to Hong Kong residents at risk of persecution by Beijing’s new national security law for participating in protests. The legislation, named the “Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act,” was introduced Tuesday just hours after Hong Kong published the text of […]
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Major Mexican Cartels: Drug Wars and Business…
Cocaine from Colombia supplies most of the U.S. market, and most of that supply now passes through Mexico, with Mexican drug traffickers the primary wholesalers of cocaine to the United States. According to official estimates, coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia have risen or remained constant over the last couple of years, with the […]
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Germany Disbands Elite Special Forces Unit over Right-Wing Extremist Concerns…
Germany’s defense minister disbanded a company of special forces on Wednesday, saying a culture of right-wing extremism had been allowed to develop behind a “wall of secrecy.” Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told reporters that “toxic leadership” in the company was found to have fostered an extreme right attitude among some members of the Kommando Spezialkraefte, […]
First Arrests Made Under New Hong Kong “National Security” Law As Thousands Flood the Streets in Protest…
At least two people were arrested Wednesday as Hong Kong protesters, undaunted by the new penalties they might face, clashed with police, with some proudly carrying the flag of Hong Kong independence despite the tremendous personal risks: Under the new security law, brandishing pro-independence material could lead to arrest and prosecution with stiff prison sentences. […]
It Is Time for India to Invest in Ties with Taiwan…
The India-China border stand-off in the Galwan Valley, following China’s incursion into Indian territory, is a reminder of India’s perennial problems with China. The recent violent clashes are an indication of Beijing’s hardline approach towards India. The statements issued by Chinese officials and the ministry of foreign affairs have made it clear that the Chinese […]
European Union Excludes United States from ‘Safe’ Travel List…
The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday. The 27-member bloc gave approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents EU governments, said in a […]
Beijing Says Hong Kong Security Law a ‘Sword’ Over Lawbreakers Head…
The new Hong Kong security law will be a “sword” hanging over the heads of those who endanger national security, with Beijing and city authorities working together to enforce it, China said Tuesday. Official news agency Xinhua said President Xi Jinping signed the law into effect after all 163 members of China’s top lawmaking body […]
Flooding Worsens in China as Discharged Waters from Three Gorges Dam Inundate Cities…
Heavy rain continued to fall on dozens of Chinese cities on June 29, leading to severe flooding. But unlike past instances of major disasters, no senior Chinese Communist Party officials have visited the affected regions thus far. Moreover, the Three Gorges Dam, located in the upper region of the Yangtze river in Hubei Province, and […]
Epstein Forced Women to Have Sex with Ex-Israel PM Barak, Claims Victim…
The case of convicted sex offender and child rapist Jeffrey Epstein has taken another dramatic twist. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has been named in sealed court filings, along with several close associates of the deceased financier, of having sex with one of the underage girls Epstein trafficked. Prior to his death last year […]
Interpol Rejects Iran’s Request for Arrest Warrant on President Trump…
Interpol, the worldwide police cooperation organization, on Monday rejected a request by Iran for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others whom Tehran accuses of helping to carry out the US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. A local prosecutor said earlier that Iran had issued an […]
Glorious Past and Proud Future: How Russia Celebrated 2020 Victory Day – Video…
This year, the Victory Day parade was outstanding in many ways, as the celebration had to be rescheduled due to health concerns. The event was held on 24 June, exactly 75 years after triumphant Soviet soldiers marched through Red Square after defeating Nazi Germany and saving Europe. The main event in Moscow linked the heroic […]
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Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II…
The Russian president offers a comprehensive assessment of the legacy of World War II, arguing that “Today, European politicians, and Polish leaders in particular, wish to sweep the Munich Betrayal under the carpet. The Munich Betrayal showed to the Soviet Union that the Western countries would deal with security issues without taking its interests into […]
Will Sisi Wage War on Libya?…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the weekend ordered his military to be ready for possible operations in Libya. This was done publicly at an air force base in the country’s western military region, on the border with Libya. It comes after a ceasefire proposed by Egypt was rejected by Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National […]
Thai Residents Hide Indoors as Huge Gangs of Monkeys Plunge City Into Orgy of Sex and Violence…
It’s been over four months since much of the world went into lockdown conditions due to the pandemic, and the idea that “the world is healing” in the absence of humans has long been reduced to a cliché. And as we continue to stay indoors and self-quarantine to varying degrees, at least one city has […]
Beijing Ramps Up Influence Operations on Twitter in Bid to Shift Global Opinion…
Beijing is amping up its influence campaigns on Western social media platforms as part of an ongoing endeavor to promote pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views on a global scale. While Russian disinformation efforts on Facebook and Twitter have drawn the lion’s share of media attention since their bid to influence the 2016 U.S. elections, analysts […]
“No Restrictions on Using Firearms’: India Gives Soldiers Freedom Along Border Region to China…
A significant change in Rules of Engagement (ROE) by the Indian Army following the Galwan Valley skirmish that left 20 Indian soldiers dead gives “complete freedom of action” to commanders deployed along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) to “handle situations at the tactical level,” two senior officers said on Saturday on condition of […]
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Indians Enraged by Savage Chinese Attack on Soldiers at Ladakh Border…
Indians burnt portraits of President Xi and smashed Chinese products in the street as the country mourned soldiers killed in savage hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in the Himalayas. As funerals were held for some of the 20 Indians killed in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, pictures emerged of the gruesome weapons used by Chinese troops in […]
Beijing Sentences Chinese Human Rights Lawyer to Four Years in Prison…
Yu Wensheng, a Chinese human rights lawyer who has been detained for over 900 days since he was arrested in January 2018, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Yu’s sentence was confirmed when his wife, Xu Yan, released a voice recording to the media. According to Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, which obtained the […]
Turkey’s Big Bet Has Put Libya in Center of a Global Power Struggle…
The series of debilitating military setbacks that Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar suffered in recent months have spurred diplomatic activities over the conflict in the country. But the war is far from over. Haftar’s dream of capturing Tripoli from the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has been […]
The Miracle of Salisbury: The BBC Enters ‘Propaganda Hall of Fame’ with Skripals Story…
It turns out that the BBC really does believe that God is an Englishman. When the simple impossibility of the official story on the Skripals finally overwhelmed the dramatists, they resorted to Divine Intervention for an explanation – as propagandists have done for millennia. This particular piece of script from Episode 2 of The Salisbury […]
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