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WHO Fires Scientist Who Led COVID Origin ‘Search’ over Sex Misconduct
(Headline USA) The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, citing sexual misconduct.
Peter Ben Embarek, who led the WHO side of a joint...
China Selling Fentanyl Manufacturing Equipment to Mexican Drug Dealers
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Mexican cartels are purchasing "industrial pill press equipment" to manufacture fentanyl powder into pills, according to an official with the Department of Homeland Security.
Matthew Millhollin, assistant director with DHS's Homeland Security Investigations, gave the report at a recent Senate briefing about steps the department is...
BREAKING: Russia Says Ukraine Attempted to Assassinate Putin
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Russian media is abuzz with claims that Ukraine targeted Vladimir Putin with a drone attack Tuesday night on the Kremlin—allegations that Ukraine is strongly denying.
Russia’s government reportedly called the attack an act of terrorism, and said it reserves the right to retaliate “anywhere and anytime it...
$8B in U.S. Funds May Have Gone to the Taliban
(By Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) Since the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, the U.S. has continued sending money to the country in the form of humanitarian aid. Now, a watchdog claims that the U.S. can’t be confident that our $8 billion of aid to Afghanistan...
Did BlackRock and Ukraine Collude to Oust the Lone Anti-War Voice on Cable News?
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Feb. 1, it was announced that the Biden-friendly investment firm BlackRock bought more than 5 million shares in Fox Corporation.
Weeks later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a BlackRock crony, had a phone call with Fox co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch, according to a recent report from Semafor.
It wasn’t...
China to Release Journalist Who Reported on COVID After 3-Years
(Headline USA) Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said.
Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists...
Report: Ukraine Partnering with FBI to Censor Truthful Information
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Independent journalist Lee Fang published a story Friday about the Ukrainian government partnering with the FBI to pressure social media platforms to censor content doesn’t comport with the country’s war propaganda efforts—even when such content is truthful.
Fang’s story is based on an interview he conducted with...
NC Lawmakers Unanimously Move to Ban China from Buying U.S. Farmland
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) State-level representatives of North Carolina unanimously passed legislation preventing China, along with other enemy nations and enterprises, from purchasing farmland and land near military bases.
The authors of the North Carolina Farmland and Military Protection Act argued that state officials must guard farmland from "the potential...
Congress Members Want Answers about Chinese ‘Police Stations’ in the U.S.
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray, congressional members on the U.S. Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party expressed concerns about the FBI potentially not knowing about Chinese "police stations" operating in the U.S. They also asked Wray to provide information about...
Blinken Draws Fire over Afghanistan Blame Game, ‘Stonewalling’
(Susan Crabtree, RealClear Wire) Former Ambassador Thomas Boyatt, a highly decorated foreign service officer who served in multiple senior U.S. foreign service roles in the 1970s and 80s, has a bone to pick with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Since the chaotic and deadly U.S. exit from Afghanistan, Blinken has...
In Israel, Fla. Gov. DeSantis says Disney’s Latest Lawfare Attack is Political
(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday shrugged off Disney's lawsuit against him as politically motivated, and said it was time for the iconic company to stop enjoying favorable treatment in his state.
Disney sued DeSantis on Wednesday over the Republican’s appointment of a board of supervisors in its self-governed theme...
War Threatens Ukraine Auto Empire of Biden Megadonor Urging Greater U.S. Role
(Paul Sperry, RealClear Wire) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky isn’t the only one demanding more military assistance from President Biden to protect Kiev from Russian forces. So too is a close Delaware friend and financial backer of Biden, who owns several luxury car dealerships around the Ukrainian capital.
By sending billions...
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