Sri Lankan ousted President Rajapaksa returns home from Thailand

  Backlink: LIVE MINT Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country about two months ago during the nation’s worst-ever economic crisis situation, returned home from Thailand on Friday, according to news agency PTI. Rajapaksa fled the country on July 13 after protestors in Sri Lanka demanded his resignation and stormed the President’s House in […]

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Dollar at 2-decade high as U.S. job data looms

  Backlink: REUTERS The dollar edged back from a 20-year high on Friday as traders digested a report that showed the pace of hiring rose slightly more than expected in August, giving the Federal Reserve some wiggle room in how aggressively it hikes interest rates later this month. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 315,000 jobs in […]

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Tech billionaire unveils plan to fund training for 3 million Taiwanese against potential Chinese invasion

  Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS UMC founder Robert Tsao labels Chinese propaganda as ‘nonsense’. Tsao, the founder of the world’s second-largest contract chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), called a press conference to show his national ID card, saying he had renounced his Singaporean citizenship for Taiwanese citizenship. He said he would stay in Taiwan to defend […]

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Taiwan set for talks with Japan to evacuate 20,000 of its citizens if China invades

  Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS ‘Pre- and post-Chinese invasion-related evacuation scenarios’ to be discussed behind closed doors. Japanese lawmakers last week agreed to begin talks with Taiwan’s government on contingencies for the evacuation of its citizens from Taiwan if China invades. Although there are currently no signs of an invasion, if a PLA assault on Taiwan […]

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The South to North Water Diversion Project and the Three Gorges Project are the largest unfinished projects in China

  Backlink: THE BL On July 7, CCTV reported that the construction of the main route of the South-North Water Diversion project has begun in Danjiangkou Town, Hubei Province. This project aims to divert water from the Yangtze river from the Three Gorges Dam into the Han Jiang River – a major tributary of the Yangtze. This […]

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France Deploys AI Surveillance to Track Undeclared Swimming Pools, Takes €10 Million in Taxes

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES France is set to rake €10 million in taxes from homeowners after artificial intelligence surveillance software detected more than 20,000 undeclared swimming pools. A Google Translate of an Aug. 28 article by Le Parisien aptly captures the spirit of the modern state of affairs. “The tax authorities are rubbing their hands,” it reads.  The […]

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Dutch Farmer Protests Roll Into Neighboring Countries

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES As infuriated European farmers hit the streets of Germany and Belgium, some occupied the city of Hoogstraten, besieging the City Hall as a tentative apogee. The outrage was directed at the Hoogstraten Council because the area was one of the few municipalities that responded somewhat positively to the proposed nitrogen emissions reduction […]

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Chinese regime boosts local sports companies by a boycott of Nike and Adidas

  Backlink: THE BL Since the Chinese regime came to power, it has used all measures to implement its policies, and propaganda and disinformation have been great tools. Although in the economic field, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has allowed foreign brands to enter the Chinese market, recently, the famous brands Adidas and Nike suffered […]

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China Locks Down 21 Million People in Chengdu After COVID Outbreak

  Backlink: VOA NEWS   In a statement, Chengdu city officials said city residents must “stay home in principle” from 6 p.m. Thursday, while non-essential employees were asked to work from home to combat a new wave of infections. Households will be allowed to send one person per day to shop for necessities, provided they can […]

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Data for Newly Authorized COVID-19 Boosters Based on Mice, Not Humans

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The data for Pfizer’s booster was based on just 8 mice, Pfizer scientists told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory panel in June. The data for Moderna’s booster was based on 16 to 20 mice, some of which received the original booster, according to a presentation slated to be […]

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Over 50 Biden Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship Push: Documents

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Senior officials in the U.S. government, including White House lawyer Dana Remus, deputy assistant to the president Rob Flaherty, and onetime White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt, have been in touch with one or more major social media companies to try to get the companies to tighten rules on […]

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WEF: ‘Solid, Rational Reasons’ to Implant Microchips in Kids

  Backlink: CHILDREN’S HEALTH DEFENSE Claiming “augmented reality” technology “has the ability to transform society and individual lives,” the World Economic Forum recently suggested there are “solid,” “rational” and “ethical” reasons to consider implanting children with microchips. For example, implant technologies could supplant the role currently played by ingestible pharmaceutical products, could help dyslexic children […]

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Former CCP cop reveals he was trained in special skills to intimidate people

  Backlink: THE BL According to the accounts of a former policeman, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) security forces created a so-called “Tough Qigong Squad,” whose members were trained differently. They were forced to endure torture and all kinds of ruthless practices with the aim of forming “strong men” who would be in charge of […]

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Grain cradle hit by heat wave, China expected to lose 75% of grain output

  Backlink: THE BL The international scientific journal “New Scientist” reported on August 23rd that the heat wave in China was the worst recorded in human history. Although the heatwave has begun to ease, most farmers along the Yangtze River fear the damage from the extreme weather will be severe. Some economists said the affected […]

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