Leaders of the United States, Australia, India, and Japan, released a lengthy joint statement on Friday, in part declaring their commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific” that is “undaunted by coercion” amid continued efforts from communist China to wrestle influence over the globe. The statement from leaders of “the Quad,” or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue,…
Quad Leaders Commit to a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Amid Concerns Over China Influence
Quad Leaders Signal Commitment to a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Amid Concerns Over Communist China Influence
Leaders of the United States, Australia, India, and Japan, released a lengthy joint statement on Friday, in part declaring their commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific” that is “undaunted by coercion” amid continued efforts from communist China to wrestle influence over the globe. The statement from leaders of “the Quad,” or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue,…
Quad Leaders Meet Amid Concerns Over Communist China Influence
Leaders of the United States, Australia, India, and Japan, released a lengthy joint statement on Friday declaring their commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific” that is “unaudited by coercion” amid continued efforts from communist China to wrestle influence over the globe. The statement from leaders of “the Quad,” or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, was released…
Federal Prosecutors Unveil Murder Evidence at Chicago ‘Four Corner Hustlers’ Gang Trial
CHICAGO—During the first week of a months-long Chicago gang trial, federal prosecutors laid before jurors evidence of what they call “brazen violent murders” committed by the notorious Four Corner Hustlers, a street gang that had terrorized the West Side of Chicago for decades. Pictures of lifeless bodies were shown on the screen, blood-stained shirts and…
Ukrainian Lawmakers Pass Law on Oligarchs After Assassination Attempt
KYIV—Ukraine’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to order “oligarchs” to register and stay out of politics, a day after an attempt to kill a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which officials said could have been a response to the reform. The law provides a definition for an oligarch and gives a body headed…
Autopsy: Actor Michael K. Williams Died of Drug Intoxication
NEW YORK—Actor Michael K. Williams died of acute drug intoxication in what New York City’s medical examiner said Friday was an accidental death. Williams had fentanyl, parafluorofentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in his system when he died Sept. 6 in Brooklyn. Williams, 54, was found dead by family members in his penthouse apartment. Police said at…
‘China Is Its Own Biggest Enemy’: French Report Gives Panoramic View of Beijing’s Push for Global Influence
Despite Beijing’s sweeping efforts to impose its own authoritarian model onto the free world, its biggest enemy is itself, according to a French government-affiliated think tank. The findings came from a nearly 650-page French-language report titled “Chinese Influence Operations” from the Institute for Strategic Studies of Military Schools (IRSEM), an independent agency affiliated with the…
Judge Denies Motion to Block Cincinnati Health System’s Vaccine Mandate
A federal judge on Friday denied a motion to block a vaccine mandate imposed by a Cincinnati health system. A group of past and present health care workers from St. Elizabeth Physicians sought a preliminary injunction from the court to block the employer’s vaccine mandate. The plaintiffs argued that the mandate violated their Constitutional rights…
Colorado Putting $275 Millon in Federal Funds Toward Child Care Programs
Colorado is putting $275 million in funds received under the federal American Rescue Plan toward child care expenses for families, Gov. Jared Polis’ administration announced on Monday. The federal money will also go toward raises and bonuses for more than 24,000 early childhood educators, as well as “offsetting operational expenses” for the state’s 4,700 child…
Can We Really Model Climate Change?
Commentary Hardly a day goes by when we are not assailed by claims of doom and gloom over “climate change,” with some well-known politicians warning us that our world will cease to exist as we know it by 2035 (a short 14 years from now!). Just a few weeks ago, representatives of the government blamed…
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