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US Meets with Japan, South Korea to Discuss North Korea

(Headline USA) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests. Blinken said at a news conference after the meeting that North Korea was "in...

Canada Ramps Up Efforts to Break Freedom Blockade Amid US Pressure

(Headline USA) Authorities in Canada headed for court Friday in an attempt to break the bridge blockade by truckers protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions as parts shortages rippled through the auto industry on both sides of the U.S.--Canadian border. The mayor of Windsor, Ontario, planned to seek an injunction at...

Illegals Flocking to Open US Border Vexed by Mexico’s New Travel-Visa Policy

(Headline USA) Seated on a metal folding chair in the front row among dozens of asylum-seekers awaiting COVID tests in Arizona, Gloria Estela Vallora reaped the benefits of her Colombian passport. She and eight family members, ranging in age from 4 to 63, flew to Cancun for two nights in...

UN Labor Agency Speaks Out Against China’s Slavery of Uyghurs

(Headline USA) An annual report from the United Nations labor agency Friday highlighted the work conditions of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang region, noting signs of “coercive measures” that deprive workers of free choice in selecting jobs. It also called on Beijing to provide more information about...

French Freedom Convoys Roll Toward Paris, Despite Police Roadblocks

(Headline USA) Protesters angry over pandemic restrictions drove toward Paris in scattered convoys of camper vans, cars and trucks Friday in an effort to blockade the French capital, despite a police ban. From the Mediterranean coast to the northern city of Lille, the protesters organized their “freedom convoys” online, galvanized...

Ukraine Shrugs Off Russia Threat, Despite Biden Admin’s Warmongering

(Headline USA) In the trenches of eastern Ukraine, across the lines from some of the 100,000 Russian troops amassed north and east of the country, Ivan Skuratovskyi's calm verges on numbness---even after a sniper's bullet recently killed one of the 50 or so men under his command. It is the...

US Approves Support Deal w/ Taiwan for Patriot Missiles

(Headline USA) The Biden administration has approved a $100 million support contract with Taiwan aimed at boosting the island’s missile defense systems as it faces increasing pressure from China. The State Department announced the engineering and maintenance agreement on Monday as China plays host to the 2022 Winter Olympics. China, which...

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...
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