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US Commander Says Al-Qaida Re-Emerging; ‘Very Hard’ to Track after Withdrawal
(Headline USA) The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left in late August, and the country's new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill their 2020 pledge to break ties with the group, the top U.S. commander in the region said Thursday.
Marine Gen....
Biden Shows Keen Lack of Self-Awareness at Farcical ‘Democracy’ Summit
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden looked to close his two-day virtual Summit for Democracy on Friday by grandstanding on the importance of election integrity, countering authoritarian regimes and bolstering independent media.
None are issues with which Biden has had a particularly strong track record, however, leading cynics to suspect that...
Sen. Wicker: Nuke Russia And Get Boots On The Ground
Warhawk Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., gave an erratic interview on Fox News, suggesting that America should break out its nuclear arsenal to address Russia's dealings with the Ukraine.
On Fox News, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) floats the idea of bombing Russian military assets -- and says he wouldn't even rule...
U.S. House Passes Anti-Communist Chinese Genocide Bill
The US House of Representatives voted 428-1 to ban all goods coming from China’s Xinjiang region to address concerns regarding slave labor practices and other repressive measures by the communist government in the majority Muslim Uyghur region of China said the Epoch Times.
“The measure, which was previously passed by...
Failed Obama Foreign Policy Looms Over Biden and Putin Talks
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as the U.S. president seeks a diplomatic solution to deal with the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border.
One...
Pentagon Analysts Craft ‘Scorched Earth’ Policy Against Chinese Invasion
Pentagon analysts are saying that in order to protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, the U.S. and Taiwan should be willing to destroy the semi-conductor industry of the island nation.
“The recommendations appear in the winter issue of Parameters, a quarterly publication from the U.S. Army War College," reported Just...
Woke Defense Sec. Complains in S. Korea About China’s Hypersonic Weapons
(Headline USA) America's defense chief directed a noncommital finger-wagging at China on Thursday, vowing to confront its potential military threats in Asia and warning that its pursuit of hypersonic weapons intended to evade U.S. missile defenses “increases tensions in the region.”
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's tepid comments after annual security...
Hunter Biden’s Cobalt Mines at Risk as China Warns Citizens to Flee Congo
(Headline USA) While many of presidential son Hunter Biden's financial investments seem to have a way of skating past regulatory hurdles and other legal challenges that would deter even the keenest of wits---much less a crack-addicted sex fiend---at least one appears poised to go belly up.
Civil unrest in regions...
China Plans to Force 85% of Citizens to Use Mandarin by 2025
(Headline USA) China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025.
The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under even greater pressure, along with minority languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian and...
Biden Pokes Chinese Bear by Inviting Taiwan to Democracy Summit
(Headline USA) The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month, the State Department announced, prompting sharp criticism from China, which considers the self-ruled island as its territory.
The event is aimed at gathering government, civil society and private sector leaders to work together on fighting...
Armageddon?: NASA’s Hopes to ‘Nudge’ Asteroid from Hurtling Toward Earth
(Headline USA) NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.
Or so it claimed.
The mission comes amid renewed diplomatic and military tensions with...
Japan, Vietnam Express Serious Concern about South China Sea
(Headline USA) The leaders of Japan and Vietnam expressed serious concern on Wednesday about the situation in the South China Sea and any unilateral actions aimed at altering the status quo, and agreed to work together to sustain free and open sea lanes as tensions escalate in the region...
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