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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Megadrought Threatening Millions of Americans With Loss of Water and Power

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The Colorado River Basin meanders through seven U.S. states and supplies water to Lake Powell in the Upper Basin and Lake Mead in the Lower Basin. In turn, these reservoirs deliver water and power to millions of Americans. Pointedly, these drops threaten hydropower generation and municipal water needs for 40 million […]

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Russia Shuts Down Nord Stream Pipeline as Europe Faces Energy Crisis

  Backlink: NEWS WEEK Russian state-owned firm Gazprom has halted gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to western Europe for three days as Moscow faces accusations that it is weaponizing energy. Russia’s energy giant announced that maintenance work required a halt to natural gas flows to Germany from Wednesday to Saturday. Germany has […]

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Russia’s ‘Thinly Held’ Defenses Wrecked by Ukraine Counter-Offensive: U.K.

  Backlink: NEWS WEEK Ukraine’s counter-offensive in occupied Kherson is wrecking Russia’s “thinly held” defenses in the region that was seized by Moscow in the early stages of the war, the U.K. Ministry of Defense recently said. The British defense ministry said in an intelligence update Wednesday that Ukrainian armored forces have continued to assault Russian […]

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Thousands of ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’ Pills Seized by US Customs

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, operating out of Arizona, seized thousands of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills over the weekend that smugglers attempted to sneak into the United States over the border with Mexico. Officers in the border community of Nogales, which borders Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, seized 625,000 pills after conducting five separate […]

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Scandal: Chinese athlete Ye Zhaoying confessed she was forced to lose at Sydney 2000 Olympics

  Backlink: THE BL The badminton community was stunned by former superstar Ye Zhaoying’s statements at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She said that in the semi-final match against compatriot Gong Zhichao, Chinese officials ordered her to lose so that her teammate could have a better chance of winning the gold medal in the final against […]

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China’s Miss World contestant accused of using fake documents

  Backlink: THE BL NTD reported that Qin Zewen represented China at the 71st Miss World Global Finals 2022. Qin is currently accused of falsifying academic and work records. At the moment, Miss World organizers have also stepped in to investigate the incident. Chinese media introduced Qin, 25, as a person with a degree in computer engineering […]

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33% of Toronto Homeless Shelter Residents are Students Who Can’t Afford Rent

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES A third of all residents in one Toronto-area homeless shelter are students who are unable to afford rent in the city’s massively inflated housing bubble, a staff member told the media. The shocking figure was made public during an Aug. 25 Bloomberg article carried in Canada’s Financial Post by Mark Aston, an employee at […]

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Lured by Drug Cartel Money, US Citizens Risk All Smuggling Illegal Aliens Across Arizona Border

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES From grandmothers to college students, Americans have many reasons for aiding ‘Coyotes’. This is the second article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—Mexican drug cartel money drives international human smuggling operations in the United States, said Sam, owner of a private […]

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Taiwan President Says Restraint Does Not Mean We Won’t “Counter” China

  Backlink: NDTV But Taiwan has been particularly upset recently by Chinese drones flying very close to islands it controls next to China’s coast, which President Tsai said was part of Beijing’s “grey zone” warfare. The more China provokes the more calm Taiwan must be, but restraint does not mean there cannot be “strong countermeasures” […]

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France accuses Russia over gas supply as Nord Stream shutdown looms

  Backlink: REUTERS France accused Moscow on Tuesday of using energy supplies as “a weapon of war” after Russia’s Gazprom (GAZP.MM) cut deliveries to a major French customer and said it would shut its main gas pipeline to Germany for three days this week. European governments are trying to coordinate a response to soaring energy costs for […]

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Russia Burning Off Massive Amounts of Natural Gas Believed to Originally Be Destined for Germany

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES As Germany grapples with an energy crisis — due in large part to the country’s desire to curb its dependence on natural gas from Russia — Russia appears to be burning off millions of cubic meters of gas, every day, that experts say would previously have been exported to Germany.  A newly […]

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