Category: Nations
PLA drills aimed at appeasing Chinese nationalists: Scholar
Taipei, April 9 (CNA) China’s ongoing military exercises around Taiwan are aimed at appeasing nationalists in China who were upset by the meeting between Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Taiwanese scholar said Sunday. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202304090012
Read MoreUS refugee orgs met with racism, sexism, verbal abuse from some Afghan evacuees: IG report
Fox News U.S. resettlement agencies involved in aiding approximately 72,000 Afghan evacuees brought to the U.S. in 2021 and 2022 experienced racism, sexism and verbal abuse from some of those evacuated, according to a State Department Inspector General report. The review by the IG looked into the resettlement of tens of thousands of evacuees who…
Read MoreRussia says it has destroyed 70,000-tonne fuel depot near Zaporizhzhia
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738785
Read MoreSports in China urged to channel ‘Long March’ spirit as corruption net cast wider
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘Spirit of taking the Long March again’ invoked as CCDI and sports regulatory officials pledge to fully support central government clean-up drive. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3216473/sports-china-urged-channel-long-march-spirit-corruption-net-cast-wider?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIsrael to extend visa permits, humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738783
Read MoreRussian Strikes Kill Father and Daughter in Southeast Ukraine
Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/09/russian-strikes-kill-father-and-daughter-in-southeast-ukraine-a80763
Read MoreIsrael’s Intel and Secret Services Subcommittee convenes for urgent meeting
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738781
Read MoreOld mortar shell found in West Bank, destroyed by police
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-738780
Read MoreHon Hai pledges NT$25 billion investment in Kaohsiung over 3 years
Kaohsiung, April 9 (CNA) Hon Hai Technology Group on Sunday announced that it had inked a deal to invest NT$25 billion (US$822 million) over three years in its smart city initiatives and electric vehicles operations in Kaohsiung. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202304090011
Read MoreSoros-backed prosecutor mired in scandal facing new complaints of negligence, misconduct
Fox News The George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis who’s facing an effort by Missouri’s attorney general to compel her to resign for allegedly neglecting her duties is now being hit with new complaints of negligence and potential misconduct in doing her job. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has a history riddled with allegations…
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