Underfunded and Under Pressure, U.S. Pensions to Keep Investing in China
U.S. state pension funds that invested in Ant Group Co. were stung when the financial technology firm’s initial public offering was suddenly pulled on orders of China’s president. But few of...
Vietnam, Philippines fortify South China Sea bases
The Joe Biden administration’s increasingly tough stance against China, including multiple naval deployments to the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in recent weeks, has emboldened...
Colombia: Terrorist Turned Congressman Threatens to Kill President
A senior member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), handed a seat in Colombia’s Congress as part of a peace deal, threatened to kill President Iván Duque in a video surfacing...
Iran’s Nuclear Program: How Close Is Tehran to Developing Nuclear Weapons?
Iran has in recent months repeatedly violated the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, reducing the time it would need to produce a nuclear weapon. The violations, a response to U.S....
China targets Uighurs with more prosecutions, prison terms: HRW
China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison terms for dubious charges such as “picking quarrels” and...
Venezuela Stages Mega-Concert for Release of Accused Money Launderer
The regime of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro staged a mega-concert in Caracas this weekend to call for the release of Alex Saab, a Colombian national arrested in Cape Verde last...
Iran Limits Access to Nuclear Sites but Open to Talks With U.S.
Iran said it was open to a European proposal that would bring its officials together with American negotiators for the first time since the U.S. withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018,...
Spotlight on America: Ion Mihai Pacepa: 1928–2021- Highest-ranking Soviet-bloc officer ever to defect to the West has died
In 2017, Christopher Monckton, Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley and a former adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, called Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa the “most...
US Sanctions Myanmar Military Officials
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two more Myanmar military officials in response to the killing of peaceful protesters. The measures announced...
Beijing Seeks to Acquire US Tech by Enticing Silicon Valley Startups to Set Up in China
In China’s bid to acquire advanced technology from the United States, officials from the north-central city of Baoding tried to meet with Silicon Valley executives and discuss...
U.N. Welcomes Maduro After Declaring Him Guilty of ‘Crimes Against Humanity
The United Nations Human Rights Council welcomed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to deliver remarks at its annual regular session on Monday, despite the fact U.N. human rights experts have...
UK Calls for U.N. Investigation into Uyghur Genocide in China
UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab is calling on U.N. investigators to insist on urgent access to Uyghur camps in Xinjiang to ascertain the level of human rights abuses taking place in the Chinese...