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Beijing refused to take the defense secretary’s call after the Ballon has been shot down

Beijing refused to take the defense secretary’s call after the Ballon has been shot down

Beijing: China has rejected a telephone call between US Secretary of Defense William Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on the day a Chinese “high-altitude reconnaissance balloon” was destroyed…

Why Was the Turkish-Syrian Earthquake so Devastating

Why Was the Turkish-Syrian Earthquake so Devastating

The devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkey and neighboring Syria on Saturday had a lot to do with a confluence of factors, including its time and location, fault lines that…

US has tracked suspected Chinese surveillance balloons flying over sensitive sites

US has tracked suspected Chinese surveillance balloons flying over sensitive sites

The US government has detected a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the US mainland that officials believe belongs to China, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. But Chinese state media quoted experts…

The FBI searched Biden’s vacation home but reported finding no new classified documents

The FBI searched Biden’s vacation home but reported finding no new classified documents

A lawyer for U.S. President Joe Biden said FBI agents conducted a search of his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday, but reported finding no new classified documents,…

German Chancellor: Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine

German Chancellor: Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine

Scholz stressed that Germany’s “financial, humanitarian and military assistance” to Ukraine does not change the fact that Germany is not a party to the war. The German chancellor said Germany…

The United States has imposed sanctions on Chinese companies that helped Russia hire Wagoner

The United States has imposed sanctions on Chinese companies that helped Russia hire Wagoner

The United States announced sanctions against a Chinese company on Jan. 26. The company is suspected of providing satellite images of Ukraine to Russia and supporting the operations of the…

The United States is pressuring Germany to supply Ukraine with Leopard II battle tanks

The United States is pressuring Germany to supply Ukraine with Leopard II battle tanks

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin will use a meeting Thursday at the U.S. military’s Ramstein Air base in Germany to press new German Defense Minister Oscar Pistorius on a disagreement with…

US steps up crackdown on overseas police stations

US steps up crackdown on overseas police stations

A suspected Chinese government-run police station in New York has been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But China has played down the role of the posts, saying only…

How do Chinese netizens view the EU’s free gift of vaccines

How do Chinese netizens view the EU’s free gift of vaccines

China’s response to the EU’s offer to provide free messenger vaccine (mRNA), widely used in Western countries and widely recognized as effective against the novel coronavirus and its variants, is,…

British Prime Minister: Any unilateral Russian call for a ceasefire is pointless

British Prime Minister: Any unilateral Russian call for a ceasefire is pointless

“We must be clear that any unilateral Russian call for a ceasefire is completely meaningless under the circumstances,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said at the British-led Joint Forces Expeditionary…

Editorial reflecting U.S. Government Policy Position: World Human Rights Day 2022

Editorial reflecting U.S. Government Policy Position: World Human Rights Day 2022

December 10th is World Human Rights Day. The date commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. This is the…

Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer

Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer

Russia released jailed U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Griner Thursday swap with arms dealer Victor Bout, who had been held in a U.S. prison for 12 years. Britain’s Guardian newspaper…