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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...

Trudeau Flees Ottawa as ‘Freedom Convoy’ Rolls In

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) After dubbing the 'Freedom Convoy' as a "fringe minority," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fled Canada's capital for a "secret location," eliminating the possibility of confrontation with the group of protesters. So yesterday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referenced the truck convoy heading to Ottawa as...

Biden Will Deploy Troops to Eastern Europe, More Addled Messages For Moscow

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Hours after delivering a rambling and eruptive speech in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden announced that he is sending U.S. forces to eastern Europe in the “near term” as tensions and concerns grow over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. “I’ll be moving troops to Eastern Europe in...

White House Dismisses Reports that Zelensky Call Did Not Go Well

(John Ransom, Headline USA) The White House is refuting a report from CNN that a call between president Joe Biden and Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelensky did not go well after Biden told the Ukrainian leader that a Russian invasion of his country is “imminent” and not to expect any more...

Global Stocks Sink After Fed Says US Rates Will Rise ‘Soon’

(Headline USA) Global stock markets and Wall Street futures sank Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated it will raise interest rates soon to cool inflation. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Market benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul fell by an unusually wide margin of more than 3%. The Fed said Wednesday in...

China Demands US Halt Olympics ‘Interference’

(Headline USA) China is demanding the U.S. end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next week, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and some of its allies. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State...
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