WASHINGTON D.C.: Expanding the scope of a Trump-era order, President Joe Biden signed an executive order late last week banning U.S. entities from investing in Chinese companies with alleged ties to the defense or surveillance technology sectors, part of his broader series of steps to counter China. The order prevents U.S. investment entities from supporting […]
WASHINGTON D.C.: Unsafe driving was the cause of a 13-year high in U.S. traffic deaths, according to officials. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA ) reported this week that 38,680 people died on U.S. roads in 2020. This represented a 7.2 percent increase, or nearly 2,600 more road fatalities than in 2019, even as […]
MELBOURNE, Australia: An Australian court has ordered 12 media outlets, most of them owned by Nine Entertainment and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, to pay $842,270 in fines for breaching a gag order when reporting on former Vatican treasurer George Pell’s since-overturned conviction for child sexual assault in 2018. The media outlets had pleaded guilty to […]
Armin Laschet, who hopes to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s chancellor, has been compared to a traditional child’s toy – a wooden figure on a round base that, when touched, wobbles but stays upright. Allies and foes alike are watching to see how close Laschet comes to the tipping over when voters turn out Sunday […]
WARSAW, Poland: Even as European nations ponder shutting Huawei out of 5G network rollouts over concerns about data security, the trial of an ex-Huawei employee and a former Polish secret services agent accused of spying for China has opened in Warsaw. According to Polish prosecutors, former Huawei executive Wang Weijing, 39, spent over seven years […]
Mali’s neighbours and its ally France are struggling to temper tensions in the Sahel country. Colonel Assimi Goita, the strongman behind a putsch in August, booted out an interim government. The African Union (AU) is amoung organisations that have suspended Mali from its ranks. Mali’s neighbours and its ally France have struggled to formulate a […]
The withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan has made many Afghans fearful of the Taliban’s return to power, prompting the country’s last remaining Jew to make plans to leave as soon as possible. “God willing, I cannot say seven to eight months, but I will definitely leave by the time the Taliban come,” […]
On the verge of being ousted after 12 years in power, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday sought to undermine a deal by opposition lawmakers to form a coalition government. In a Twitter post, Netanyahu asked members of the Knesset to oppose what he called a “dangerous left-wing government” when they hold a confidence […]
WASHINGTON/SOFIA – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Bulgarians and 64 companies linked to them over alleged corruption, including an oligarch accused of planning to create a conduit for Russian political leaders to influence the Bulgarian government. The Treasury Department in a statement called the move its single biggest action targeting graft […]
On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to commemorate the anniversary of the destruction of a prosperous Black community by a white mob that left up to 300 people dead and 10,000 homeless. “Just because history is silent, it doesn’t mean that it did not take place,” Biden said in remarks to […]
