Monday, September 22, 2025

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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...

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...
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