Backlink: REUTERS North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Saturday, hours before South Korea staged a large military show, displaying stealth fighters and its own missiles. Pyongyang’s fourth launch in a week comes amid a flurry of military muscle-flexing by countries in the region, including joint anti-submarine […]
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Backlink: THE BL In July, a vast parcel of agricultural land in Levy County, Florida, was acquired by a company with strong ties to the Chinese military. They plan to set up an experimental primate laboratory, causing great concern in the country. The Beijing-based JOINN laboratory has purchased 1,400 acres, for $5.5 million, in the small […]
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Backlink: RT The US is committed to the “open door” policy when it comes to NATO, but now is the wrong time to consider Ukraine’s membership application, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday. […]
Backlink: THE BL The film “Return to Dust,” which tells the story of a man and a woman living in poverty in China, was removed without warning from cinemas and streaming platforms in the country. Nevertheless, the film received international critical acclaim and competed in film festivals like the Berlin Film Festival. […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES The Ukraine war’s disruptions to grain and fertilizer flows have prompted the worst food security crisis since at least the one following the 2007-2008 global financial meltdown, with some 345 million people now facing life-threatening shortages, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES The Biden administration quietly issued an update to its student loan forgiveness plan on Thursday, drastically scaling back eligibility on the same day that six Republican-led states filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden, claiming his student loan forgiveness plan is illegal. As of Thursday, borrowers who have federal student loans that are owned by private entities and not by the U.S. […]
Backlink: VISIONTIMES Hundreds of students enrolled at China’s Zhengzhou University in the capital of Henan Province gathered in protest of new lockdowns enacted across school grounds. Crowds were seen chanting across campus, on balconies and in dormitories — demanding an end to the country’s prolonged lockdowns, and calling for the “restoration of basic human dignity.” […]
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Backlink: THE BL As reported, airports across China have widely canceled domestic flights recently, prompting questions and speculation about events in China. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is approaching, and large-scale flight cancellations have been a part of China’s previous significant incidents. Analysts said it brought the international community’s […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES Sanctions-hit VTB Bank has urged President Vladimir Putin to curb the activities of Western grain traders in Russia, citing the need to strengthen Russian traders’ role in the global market. In the letter, dated Sept. 14, VTB Chief Executive Andrei Kostin asked Putin to issue a decree to prohibit companies belonging to […]
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Backlink: THE BL Rumors that Xi Jinping was under house arrest appeared in major U.S. and European media sites, which really caused the Chinese Communist Party to lose face. RFA said that a director of a Chinese media agency, who asked to remain anonymous, directly denied the coup in Zhongnanhai. Previous related reports on some […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece, the company said on Thursday, giving a boost to the country’s efforts to become a world cloud computing hub. The deal is estimated to contribute some 2.2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to Greece’s economic output and create some 20,000 jobs […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES Twitter bans depictions of child sexual exploitation, which are illegal in most countries. But it permits adult content generally and is home to a thriving exchange of pornographic imagery. Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda and chemicals company Ecolab have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES U.S. President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on Wednesday, seeming to forget that she had passed away. Walorski, a Republican, was one of four Congressional co-sponsors of the bill to fund the conference. She […]
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Backlink: THE BL Taiwan’s digital minister, Audrey Tang, commented on September 14 that the island is analyzing alternatives for internet access, such as the Starlink satellite, which helped Ukraine to stay connected during the conflict with Russia. The island is taking precautions in case of an attack. […]
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