UPDATE: China on Wednesday defended its international scientific 'exchange' programs in the wake of the conviction of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China manages such exchanges along the same lines as the U.S. and other...
Emails published by Wikileaks show then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning member-nations of the Australia Group ahead of a 2009 meeting about possible "biological weapons proliferation" stemming from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, according to media sources including Slay News.
"The U.S. believes participants would benefit from hearing...
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in South Africa has advised Health Minister Joe Phaahlathat contact tracing should be eliminated for the omicron variant of the virus, reported South Africa’s News 24.
Out of South Africa...
"The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 has written to Health Minister Joe Phaahla, recommending...
(Headline USA) Russia on Friday published draft security demands that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back the alliance's military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe — bold ultimatums that are almost certain to be rejected by the U.S. and its allies.
But with President...
Segments of Ukraine have been reduced to near rubble and the sound of small arms fire is frequently heard in daylight hours giving way to booms and bright flashes at night, reported the Associated Press, as Russian-back separatists and Russian troops continue to amass on the border with the...
(Headline USA) The Kremlin said Thursday that Russia submitted draft documents outlining security arrangements it wants to negotiate with the United States and its NATO allies amid spiraling tensions over Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a senior Russian envoy stood ready to immediately depart for talks in a neutral...
A German Santa Claus was detained by police for failing to comply with COVID protocols, Newsweek reported.
While the fate of the Santa was unclear, the arrest comes amid growing alarm as some European countries---including Germany---implement harsh, Draconian policies that justifiably have been compared with Nazi-era concentration camps.
Police claimed that...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-laden drone boats deployed by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
The test Tuesday saw the USS Portland test-fire its Laser...
(Headline USA) The Department of Homeland Security is sounding a dire alarm, ordering federal agencies to urgently eliminate a Javascript bug in an extensively used utility called Log4j.
Security experts say it's one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they've ever seen.
Moreover, they say state-backed Chinese and Iranian hackers and rogue...
(Headline USA) Russia on Monday vetoed a first-of-its-kind U.N. Security Council resolution casting climate change as a threat to international peace and security, a vote that sank a years-long effort to make global warming more central to decision-making in the U.N.'s most powerful body.
The move left some feeling conflicted...
(Headline USA) No U.S. troops involved in the August drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children will face disciplinary action, U.S. defense officials said Monday.
Officials said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved recommendations on the disciplinary matter from the generals who lead U.S. Central Command and...
The president of El Salvador took to Twitter over the weekend to warn US taxpayers that the US government was using their tax money to fund communist movements in El Salvador against the democratically-elected government there.
US taxpayers should know that their government is using their money to fund communist...