BANGKOK—World shares fell on Friday after technology companies led Wall Street benchmarks lower as investors weighed the implications of higher interest rates, surging coronavirus cases, and tensions between Beijing and Washington. Benchmarks declined in Paris, London, Frankfurt, and Tokyo but rose in Shanghai. U.S. shares dropped a day after the Federal Reserve said it’s preparing…
World Shares Mixed After Tech-Led Retreat on Wall Street
December 17, 2021
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How the CCP’s Bad Business is Costing Americans; Behind Student Protests on 2021 Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary
December 16, 2021
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is quietly altering its glowing projections of China’s economy into 2022 and beyond to a more realistic appraisal. Beijing authorities recently held a closed-door meeting of the Central Economic Work Conference, during which Xi Jinping revealed that China’s economy is in dire straits. What he neglected to mention is that…
Kidnapped North American Missionaries Freed in Haiti
After 61 days held captive in Haiti, 12 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries have been freed, according to a short statement Thursday from the Ohio-based mission organizer. Originally, 17 of its workers were abducted on Oct. 16 while on a trip to visit an orphanage supported by the organization. Since then, kidnappers released five people, and now…
Refugees Risk Perilous Path to Escape Socialist Venezuela Into Neighboring Guyana
Tens of Thousands of Venezuelan immigrants are flooding into neighboring South American country Guyana in a bid to escape destitution and instability of socialism. Escape routes away from coast guards and Venezuela’s armed gangs, also known as syndicates, take the refugees along perilous routes, risking starvation and sickness in search of a new and unprepared-for…
9 Dead After Florida-Bound Jet Crashes in Dominican Republic Shortly After Takeoff
Nine people have died after a Miami, Florida-bound private jet carrying two crew members and seven passengers crashed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as it attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft took off from La Isabela International Airport, in El Higüero, on Wednesday, and crashed shortly later at the nearby Las Americas International…
Brazil’s Top Court to Decide on Expanding Travel Vaccine Mandate to Citizens
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—The ministers of Brazil’s Supreme Court are scheduled to vote on Dec. 16 to decide on whether to expand a coronavirus vaccine mandate for travelers entering the country to apply to Brazilian citizens returning home. Federal Supreme Court (STF) Minister Luís Roberto Barroso ruled in favor of expanding the mandate on Dec. 11. The…
China Targets Taiwan’s Allies Amid US-Led Democracy Summit: Taiwan Foreign Minister
December 15, 2021
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Nicaragua’s decision to cut ties with Taiwan was part of a deliberate move by the Chinese regime targeting the island’s diplomatic allies, following Beijing’s exclusion from the U.S.-led democracy summit, Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Dec. 14. The government of Nicaragua announced on Dec. 9 that it terminated “diplomatic relations” with Taipei and switched allegiance to…
‘El Chapo’s’ Errand Runner—a Key to the Kingpin’s Ultimate Capture—Sentenced in San Diego
By Kristina Davis The San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO—As Mexican and U.S. forces closed in on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera in the winter of 2014, they set out first to find the man they hoped would unlock many of the drug kingpin’s secrets, and ultimately his whereabouts. Characterized as Guzmán’s personal assistant, Mario Hidalgo…
Farming Union Conflict Turns Violent Over Socialist Land Grab
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Smoke from gunpowder and tear gas lingered in the air as rival members of a local farmer’s union engaged in a brutal conflict over the Movement for Socialism (MAS) Party’s distribution of free land to party supporters on Dec. 13. Police arrested three combatants while five were injured in the conflict. For the past 15 years,…
Gasoline Truck Explodes in Northern Haiti; More Than 50 Killed
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said Tuesday. The blast occurred late Monday in the city of Cap-Haitien, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said, adding that he was devastated. “Three days of national mourning will be decreed throughout the territory, in memory…
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