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Sullivan Continues to Hype Looming Threat at Ukraine Border
(Headline USA) White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day," launching a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost."
It comes as critics argue that the US, having just extricated itself from a failed 20-year nation-building attempt in Afghanistan, has...
Commerce Dept. Flags 33 Chinese Companies for Extra Diligence
(Headline USA) The Biden administration is raising red flags about 33 Chinese companies whose legitimacy it cannot verify, imposing new restrictions on their ability to receive shipments from U.S. exporters and requiring extra diligence from American companies that want to do business with them.
The announcement comes on the heels...
Putin, Xi Using Western Boycott of Olympics as Window to Bolster Strategic Alliance
(Headline USA) American and European officials may be staying away from the Beijing Winter Olympics because of human rights concerns, but Russian President Vladimir Putin will be on hand, even as tensions soar over his buildup of troops along his country's border with Ukraine.
Putin’s talks with Chinese President Xi...
EU Nations Tap Dance Around Border Issues, Migration Policies and Walls
(Headline USA) European Union interior ministers on Thursday were debating ways to beef up the 27-nation bloc’s borders, including by erecting walls or fences, and examine yet again how to kick-start desperately needed reforms to the EU’s malfunctioning asylum system.
The EU has been mired in a deep political crisis...
Biden’s Wag-the-Dog ISIS Raid Killed at Least 10 Unarmed Civilians, Including 6 Kids
(Headline USA) When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos thumped onto the ground in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of innocent civilians---including women and children---alongside a smattering of ISIS extremists.
The attack Wednesday on reported ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was an audacious raid...
White House Says Islamic State Leader Killed During US Raid in Syria
(Headline USA) The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed Thursday, blowing himself up along with members of his family during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria, President Joe Biden said.
The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as...
More Nations Ease COVID Restrictions, Seek to Reclaim Normal Lives
(Headline USA) Late-night disco partying. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Mask-free baring of faces in public.
Bit by bit, many countries that have been hard-hit by the coronavirus are opening up and easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures aimed to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant---deemed less...
Soros Issues Rare Public Statement Slamming China
(John Ransom, Headline USA) Progressive billionaire George Soros is issuing rare criticism of Chinese communist party chair Xi Jinping, calling him a danger to society and warning that the pandemic, a cooling economy and falling population growth may endanger his regime.
“China’s Xi Jinping is the greatest threat that open societies...
OPEC+ Meets to Decide Oil Output as Biden Policies, Russia Fears Fuel Supply Shortage
(Headline USA) Oil cartel OPEC and allied countries are deciding how much oil to feed into the global economy as crude prices hover near seven-year highs---spiking gasoline costs---and fears of a Russian military move against Ukraine add to jitters over supply.
The likely outcome of Wednesday's online meeting, analysts say,...
FBI Chief: Chinese Espionage, Cyberterrorism ‘More Brazen’ Than Ever Before
(Headline USA) The threat to the West from the Chinese government is “more brazen” and damaging than ever before, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Monday night in accusing Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking operations.
The speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library amounted to...
UN: Taliban Has Murdered More than 100 Ex-Afghan Forces, Officials Since Biden Withdrawal
(Headline USA) The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country Aug. 15, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
In a report obtained Sunday...
Russia, US, Ukraine to Square Off at UN Security Council
(Headline USA) The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday for the first time on Russia’s troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States, and all key players are expected to square off in public over the possibility of a Russian invasion and...
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