Month: March 2021

Grassley, Johnson Seek Intel Records on Hunter Biden’s Chinese Business Associates

Two Republican senators are asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) and intelligence community for any and all intelligence records tied to foreign nationals with links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who had business dealings with Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. In their letter (pdf) to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and…


Universal Studios Hollywood to Reopen on April 16

LOS ANGELES—Comcast’s Corp’s Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in California will reopen to a limited number of visitors on April 16, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Most rides will be operating at that time, though some will stay closed to comply with the state’s coronavirus restrictions, the statement said. Tickets will go…


Australian Labor Party to Recognise Palestine If Elected

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has pledged to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state if it wins the next federal election and forms government. Arthur Tane of The Council of Middle East Relations says the move is sudden and suspects Labor leader Anthony Albanese may be working to appease the left-leaning factions of his Party….


Database Reveals Secrets of China’s Loans to Developing Nations, Says Study

DAKAR—The terms of China’s loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritize repayment of Chinese state-owned banks ahead of other creditors, a study of a cache of such contracts showed on Wednesday. The dataset—compiled over three years by AidData, a U.S. research lab at the College of William & Mary—comprises…


Four Killed in Shooting at Office Building in Orange

ORANGE, Calif. (CNS) – Four people, including one child, were killed and a fifth wounded in a shooting at an office building in Orange March 31, and the suspected shooter was taken into custody. The surviving victim was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, according to Orange Police Department Lt. Jen Amat. The suspect…


4 Dead, Including Child, in Shooting in California: Police

Multiple people are dead, including a child, after a shooting late Wednesday at a two-story office building in Orange, California, according to police. The Orange Police Department announced in a statement that at 5:30 p.m. local time, it responded to a call of shots fired at 202 W. Lincoln Ave., Orange, a city about 30 miles southeast of…


4 Dead, Including Child, in Officer-Involved Shooting in California: Police

Multiple people are dead, including a child, after a shooting late Wednesday at a two-story office building in Orange, California, according to police. The Orange Police Department announced in a statement that at 5:30 p.m. local time, it responded to a call of shots fired at 202 W. Lincoln Ave., Orange, a city about 30 miles southeast of…


Hong Kong Court Finds 7 Pro-Democracy Figures Guilty of Unauthorised Assembly

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court found seven prominent pro-democracy figures guilty on Thursday of “unauthorized assembly,” including barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the latest blow to the city’s beleaguered democracy movement. The group were accused of taking part in an approved assembly on Aug. 18, 2019, when mass protests opposing the pro-Beijing…


Video: Fighting to Uphold the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution—Interview with Mike Fahner

Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid is currently before the Supreme Court. It’s a case about upholding the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution and protecting property owners’ rights. We speak to Mike Fahner, owner of Cedar Point Nursery, about challenging California’s union access regulation and protecting the Fifth Amendment. These stories and more in this episode…


Get Tough on China or Risk Losing Control of Global Trade, UK Tells G7

LONDON—Britain will on Wednesday push G7 allies to get tough on China over “pernicious practices” that undermine the international trading system, calling for an overhaul of outdated and ineffective World Trade Organization rules. Trade minister Liz Truss will host her G7 counterparts and the new head of the WTO, using Britain’s platform as current president…