Month: August 2021

Mississippi Highway Collapses, 2 Killed, at Least 10 Injured

LUCEDALE, Miss.—Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a highway collapsed after Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi. Torrential rain may have caused the collapse, and the drivers may not have seen that the roadway in front of them had disappeared Monday night,…


California Fire Approaches Lake Tahoe After Mass Evacuation

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—A ferocious wildfire swept toward Lake Tahoe on Tuesday just hours after roads were clogged with fleeing cars when the entire California resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered to evacuate and communities just across the state line in Nevada were warned to get ready to leave. The popular vacation haven…


More Than 1,200 People With Links to Canada Still in Afghanistan: Garneau

OTTAWA—Hundreds of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and family members remain in Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau revealed Tuesday as the federal government announced plans to resettle 5,000 Afghans previously brought out of the country by the United States. “The main thing that we needed to figure out was how many Canadian nationals or permanent…


CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines’ Effectiveness Against Hospitalization Drops

COVID-19 vaccines’ ability to keep people out of the hospital is waning, albeit slightly, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday during an advisory panel meeting. The agency has estimated that most people being treated for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus are unvaccinated, saying that about 97 percent haven’t received…


Americans Need a ‘Second Internet’ to Survive, Entrepreneur Argues

Freedom-loving-Americans need to build a “second internet” if they wish the United States to survive in this era of increasing left-wing big-tech domination of the nation’s communications infrastructure, according to tech entrepreneur Martín Avila. “These big tech companies are just gobbling up infrastructure companies, and they’re just trying to own the hard assets,” said Avila,…


Taiwan Launches News Platform For Westerners as Beijing Steps Up Propaganda Efforts

Taiwan launched the first international streaming platform on Aug. 30 to reach the English-speaking world, as Beijing continues pushing propaganda campaigns on the world stage. “Our story deserves to be told by Taiwanese voices,” said the president of the self-ruled island, describing the launch as “an exciting new initiative.” Government-funded TaiwanPlus will broadcast online the…


Taiwan Launches News Platform For Westerners as Beijing’s Propaganda Prevails

Taiwan launched the first international streaming platform on Aug. 30 to reach the English-speaking world, as Beijing continues pushing propaganda campaigns on the world stage. “Our story deserves to be told by Taiwanese voices,” said the president of the self-ruled island, describing the launch as “an exciting new initiative.” Government-funded TaiwanPlus will broadcast online the…


Geronimo the Alpaca Is Put Down, Ending High-Profile Legal Fight With UK Authorities

The British alpaca made famous by his owner’s dogged high-profile attempts to save him from being killed despite testing positive for bovine tuberculosis, has finally been put down. It ends his owner’s four-year-long legal battle with authorities over the validity of the test. The Department of Rural Affairs on Aug. 31 announced that Geronimo the…


China Says Foreign Vessels Must Report Identification in Disputed Waters

Beginning on September 1, China will require foreign vessels to report detailed information upon entering into the ocean areas the regime claims as its territory. An expert warns of the rising possibility of clashes in contested waters in the South China Sea. The move comes after Beijing passed a Coast Guard Law in late January,…


Accelerating China-Iran Strategic Partnership in the Middle East

Commentary Iran presents the ideal conditions for the Chinese regime to execute its proven takeover strategy that has already enveloped Iran’s much larger and nuclear-armed neighbor Pakistan and now possibly Afghanistan Client States, Not Partners A key pattern in Chinese alliance formation activities is a clear preference for asymmetric partnerships where Beijing serves as the…