Treasury Secretary Yellen says engagement with Beijing is possible, as long as American ‘leadership’ is preserved

The British government has already started shipments of depleted uranium rounds to Ukraine, a top minister said

Moscow has approved ‘temporary management’ of two European energy companies and may expand the measure in response to US and EU actions

US and UK envoys threatened Kazakhstan for allegedly enabling Russia to circumvent their sanctions over the Ukraine conflict

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Throughout his time on the most-watched show in cable news, Tucker Carlson ruffled feathers on both the left and the right.
The “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host and Fox News parted ways on April 24 after Carlson made a profound impact on the…

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I stand on the fantail and stare out at the buildings across the bay from the cutter. We’re moored in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, one of the more popular spring break destinations in this part of the world. Having spent the previous day driving back…

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At age 24, at the commencement of his teaching career—coincident with the appearance of multiculturalism, postmodernism, the idea that Western civilization is just one approach—this author understood that the career before him would be in the…

Taiwanese business, if not Taipei, seems to be following Washington away from China






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America’s recent moves to decouple its economy from China seem to have found a mirror in Taiwan.
It is not that Taipei’s official policy has embraced Washington’s…

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Author and newspaper columnist Damon Runyon wrote several stories about the rougher citizens of New York. Gangsters, gamblers, chorus girls, and apple sellers were the characters who came to life in his tales. Some of these short stories attracted…

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What’s motivating Japan and Prime Minister Kishida? The People’s Republic of China (PRC). Xi Jinping has succeeded in getting Japan to take its defense seriously—something the Americans never had much success at.
Some Japanese were concerned…

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Students of English and history are going the way of the dodo bird.
During just the last decade, their numbers at colleges and universities have dropped by a third—and humanities enrollment is down by 17 percent, Nathan Heller reports in his…

The former national campaign manager for the Conservative Party during the 2021 election has named every riding where the party believes there was outside interference.
Fred DeLorey provided the information as he testified before the House of Commons Standing…

Recent media reports on spring planting in China’s Raohe County have drawn attention to the challenges faced by Chinese farmers as the cost of growing grain rises and agricultural production sags due to the aging of the country’s population.
Raohe County…

The House of Representatives is formally condemning China’s communist regime for its continued imprisonment of a U.S. citizen on false charges.
The House moved to pass a bipartisan resolution on April 25 demanding that the Chinese Communist Party release…

Top lawmakers in Congress are pushing back after Chinese officials criticized their investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
The lawmakers are decrying what they describe as an attempt to interfere with the probe and are calling China to make available…

A senior adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told MPs that he was the one who briefed Trudeau during the 2019 election campaign after Canada’s spy agency reportedly warned the Liberal campaign about a candidate working in cahoots with the Chinese regime.…

Rep. Jim Banks  (R-Ind.) expressed concerns to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) over its waiver plan that allows U.S. colleges to receive DOD grants while hosting Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CIs).
“CIs act as agents of the Chinese Communist…

Homelessness is one of the things Hong Kong and New York have in common, two of the most expensive cities in the world.
In New York, you often see homeless people sitting on the corners near high-end shops around Time Square or Broadway, hoping for some…

Toronto Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Chinese Consulate on April 25 to commemorate the anniversary of a historic peaceful appeal by adherents in Beijing 24 years ago.
On April 25, 1999, more than 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside…