China Is Getting Mired in the Middle East

posted in: Far East, News

By striking a major partnership with Tehran, Beijing risks not only angering other regional partners but also getting entangled in complicated security and political issues. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during … Read More

China’s anti-Trump election meddling raises new alarm, as DNI calls country biggest threat

‘China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation,’ DNI says. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China poses “a greater national security threat” to the United States “than any other … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 14 August 2020

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, It’s been ages since we’ve had even the slightest whiff of good news.  But in the last 24 hours something has happened that the media has no choice but to tell us.  Within a week or so … Read More

Black Lives Matter Chicago Organizer Defends Looting: ‘That’s Reparations’

posted in: News, United States

A Black Lives Matter Chicago organizer has defended the mass looting that took place in the city early Monday, calling it “reparations.” Ariel Atkins spoke outside a police station in the South Loop on 18th and South State Street on … Read More

Black Lives Matter crowd demands Seattle homeowners ‘give up’ property: ‘We coming for it’

‘Economic justice for black people…. needs to look like land transfer in my opinion because land is wealth.’ Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle demand homeowners give up their property as a form of reparations, Aug. 12, 2020. The march … Read More

NFL will not hold live national anthem performances in 2020 due to COVID-19, per report

posted in: Breaking News, News

The league ‘could also curtail the on-field access of live military and police honor guards’ The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to severely limit, if not eliminate, fan attendance at NFL games during the 2020 season, but fans won’t … Read More

Fake driver’s licenses flooding into US from China, other countries, US says

Nearly 20,000 counterfeit U.S. licenses were seized at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in the first half of 2020, according to a report. Counterfeit documents are giving criminals a license to commit a host of offenses, including terrorism, U.S. officials say — and young adults who are … Read More

Israel Suspends West Bank Annexation in Deal to Normalize Relations With the UAE

posted in: Israel, News

Annexation still on the table, Netanyahu says, but the U.S. asked Israel to ‘temporarily postpone’ applying sovereignty to parts of West Bank in order to advance the peace agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands … Read More

Trump announces ‘Historic Peace Agreement’ between Israel, UAE

United Arab Emirates and Israel agree to ‘full normalization’ of diplomatic relations, Trump announces. President Trump on Thursday announced what he called a “Historic Peace Agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, saying they agreed to “full normalization of relations.” “HUGE … Read More

UK chief negotiator says aiming for Brexit deal in September

posted in: European Union, News

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s assessment is that a Brexit agreement can be reached with the European Union in September, the UK chief negotiator David Frost said on Thursday ahead of a round of negotiations with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier … Read More

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