Month: February 2022

South Australian Ad Campaign Asks Elderly Drivers to Consider Staying off the Road

A new advertising campaign is underway in South Australia to encourage elderly road users to question whether they are still fit to drive after statistics have shown they are over-represented in serious injuries and lives lost on the state’s roads. The mass media campaign, developed by the South Australian Police (SAPOL) Media Road Safety Unit,…


Chinese Laser Incident a ‘Feint’ to Test Australian-US Response: Diplomacy Expert

The maritime incident involving a Chinese warship aiming a military-grade laser at an Australian surveillance aircraft was designed to test the response of allied forces in the region, according to a diplomacy expert. “I always thought if China wanted to probe America in the South China Sea, or they wanted to probe the Australian-American connection,…


14 Trapped in Coal Mine Collapse in Southern China

A coal mine collapse in southwestern China has trapped 14 miners, according to Chinese state media. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the Sanhe Shunxun coal mine in Guizhou Province had 14 people initially identified as trapped. The location where the roof collapse occurred is 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) away from the mine entrance, and the…


Gun Safety Protocols Largely Unchanged as Film Industry Waits for ‘Rust’ Investigation Results

The movie industry is still waiting for the results of the investigation into last year’s fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of actor Alec Baldwin’s film “Rust.” The investigation could lead to a change in gun safety protocols on movie sets. An active investigation into the shooting at the Bonanza Creek…


Biden, Don’t Trust China With American Intelligence on Russia

Commentary When President Joe Biden came to Xi Jinping with American intelligence about an upcoming Russian invasion of Ukraine, begging Xi to do something about it, Xi must have thought Biden pretty naive. First, Xi almost certainly knew and approved Vladimir Putin’s horrific plan in advance. Putin needed a buyer of last resort for the…


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Putin’s Ukrainian Gamble Blows Up

Commentary On the morning of Feb. 24, central European time, Russian military forces attacked Ukraine across four separate axes—from the north, east, and south. For the first time in 75 years, air raid sirens once again blared across one of Europe’s ancient capitals. The expectation among Western military analysts, and most certainly within the Kremlin,…