A strange scene in Chang’an, Beijing on October 1

  Backlink: THE BL On October 1 – China’s National Day – the streets of Beijing, especially the areas around Tiananmen Square were heavily guarded with plainclothes police everywhere. Some netizens discovered a strange sight: the Beijing hotel a short distance from Tiananmen Square was completely dark, the road in front of the Forbidden City was also dark.   […]

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America Can ‘100 Percent’ Avoid Recession If Biden Makes One Key Policy Shift: Billionaire John Catsimatidis

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES New York billionaire and refiner John Catsimatidis said that if the Biden administration reversed its hostile attitude toward oil and fossil fuels, America could “100 percent” avoid falling into a recession and inflation would ease.       […]

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Russia tells NASA space station pullout less imminent than indicated earlier

  Backlink: REUTERS Russian space officials have informed U.S. counterparts that Moscow would like to keep flying its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until their own orbital outpost is built and operational, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday.       […]

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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Sought Medical Care After COVID-19 Vaccination: CDC Data

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Some 782,900 people reported seeking medical attention, emergency room care, and/or hospitalization following COVID-19 vaccination. Another 2.5 million people reported needing to miss school, work, or other normal activities as a result of a health event after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.       […]

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Turkey Inflation Hits New 24-year High of 83% After Rate Cuts

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Turkish annual inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of 83.45% in September, data showed on Monday, still lower than forecast, after the central bank surprised markets by cutting rates twice in the last two months. Despite soaring prices, the central bank was expected to cut its policy rate again this month, […]

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UN Warns Central Banks Must Quickly Pivot Away From Hawkish Policy

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES As central banks across the world raised interest rates and doubled down on hawkish narratives that they were willing to do whatever it takes to bring down inflation caused by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) stimulus and quantitative easing at the end of September, the resulting turmoil appears to have spooked the United Nations.   […]

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Want to cause trouble for Xi? Over 200,000 people go to Tiananmen Square

  Backlink: THE BL October 1 was Chinese National Day. Early that morning, more than 200,000 people flocked to Tiananmen Square to watch the “flag raising ceremony.” According to Sound Of Hope, netizens mocked: Doing this before the 20th National Congress, to create some kind of pandemic outbreak, is this not causing more trouble for Xi […]

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What Chinese tactics look like to attack the US from within, according to new report

  Backlink: THE BL The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee recently released a report on espionage threats from foreign countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. They warned that government intelligence agencies are lagging in staunchly defending national interests.       […]

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McMaster on Putin threat: ‘If you use a nuclear weapon, it’s a suicide weapon’

  Backlink: THE HILLL Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday cautioned Russian President Vladimir Putin against carrying out his threat of a nuclear attack, saying it would be a “suicide weapon.”Vladimir Putin against carrying out his threat of a nuclear attack, saying it would be a “suicide weapon.”       […]

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U.S. to Send Mobile Rocket Launchers to Ukraine in $625 Million Aid Package -Officials

  Backlink: US NEWS The Biden administration’s next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to include four High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, munitions, mines and mine-resistant vehicles, two sources briefed on the $625 million package told Reuters on Monday.       […]

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They’re Coming for Your Food: New South Wales Government Expedites mRNA Vaccine for Foot-and-Mouth and Lumpy Skin Disease in Livestock

  Backlink: THE GATEWAY PUNDIT The government of New South Wales said on Wednesday that it had requested the American biotechnology company Tiba Biotech to speed up the development of the first mRNA vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and lumpy skin disease.       […]

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“Unlawful And Destabilising”: US Responds To North Korea Missile Launch

  Backlink: NDTV North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate the country’s missile alert system and order people to take shelter. “The United States condemns these actions and calls on the DPRK to refrain from further unlawful and destabilising acts,” it said in a statement issued […]

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Podcaster Metrics Are Being Inflated Through Junk Online Games

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Author Ashley Carman summarized the scheme in a Sept. 26 Bloomberg article, “Each time a player taps on one of these fleeting in-game ads—and wins some virtual loot for doing so—a podcast episode begins downloading on their device.” “The podcast company, in turn, can claim the gamer as a new listener to its program […]

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Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka-Shing sells property for $2.65 billion

  Backlink: THE BL According to Forbes, on September 29, CK Asset Holdings, the flagship real estate firm of Hong Kong’s richest tycoon Li Ka-Shing, has recently made an unexpected announcement. It will sell one of Asia’s most expensive residential projects to a Singapore fund for $2.65 billion amid a slump in the economy.       […]

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