• 03/17/2025

Taekwondoist holding Chinese flag at Korea event to be probed: Premier

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) The government will look into whether a taekwondo athlete from Taiwan who held a Chinese national flag after winning a bronze medal at the Asia-Pacific Masters Games (APMG) in South Korea last week has worked for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Taiwan, Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202305220020

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Dorm fire leaves at least 20 people dead in Guyana

Washington Post The cause of the fire in the town of Mahdia remains unknown. Within hours, critically injured victims had been evacuated to the capital of Georgetown. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/22/dorm-fireguyana/

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Musicologist and director Ivan Kuzminskyi killed in action

Pravda Ukraine Ivan Kuzminskyi, musicologist and director of the children’s TV channel Malyatko TV, has been killed in combat in Luhansk Oblast, defending Ukraine from the Russian invaders. He was 39 years old. This was reported by the press service of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting on Facebook. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/22/7403329/

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Russians now immune to Western propaganda, Putin’s high rating remains steady — Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that there is a certain degree of resistance in our society to the stream of fake news, deliberate lies and incompetent assessments https://tass.com/society/1621225

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Hungary to reject military aid to Ukraine as long as OTP Bank on its blacklist

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It was recalled that EU countries want to increase military assistance to Ukraine from the European Peace Facility to the tune of 500 million euro https://tass.com/world/1621223

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More than 150 Republicans unite to condemn Biden’s ‘ill-considered’ electric vehicle push

Fox News FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 151 House Republicans, including top leadership members, has written to the Biden administration condemning its recent environmental regulations aimed at forcing more electric vehicle (EV) purchases. The letter, sent Monday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, was led by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair…

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On ‘Succession,’ the Rules of Crying in Public

Wall Street Journal A son’s breakdown might have cost him everything. https://www.wsj.com/articles/succession-recap-funeral-logan-eb99bf82

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What Bakhmut Looks Like Now

New York Times Drone footage taken by The New York Times captured the scorched buildings, destroyed schools and cratered parks that now define the city in eastern Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/europe/bakhmut-ukraine.html

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