Two men have been convicted of running a racket supplying fugitive drug traffickers and murderers with “genuine” passports that allowed them to pass through border control all over the world without any trouble. Christopher Zietek, who changed his name from McCormack after marrying his Polish girlfriend, and his sidekick Alan Thompson were convicted on Friday…
2 Men Convicted of Exploiting Loophole to Make ‘Genuine’ UK and Latvian Passports for Fugitives
New Zealand Bans TikTok From Parliamentary Devices, Citing ‘Unacceptable’ Risks
March 17, 2023
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New Zealand has moved to ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from all parliamentary devices, citing the “unacceptable” level of risks posed by the popular video app. Parliamentary Service Chief Executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero said on Friday that TikTok—owned by Beijing-based firm ByteDance—would be removed from “all devices with access to the parliamentary network.” However,…
Victoria Adds Just 74 New Public Dwellings Despite Multi-Billion-Dollar Program
March 17, 2023
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The Australian state of Victoria has added a slither of new social housing stock over the past four years, despite introducing a multi-billion-dollar program to boost social housing. The latest annual report by the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing revealed that the state had a total social housing stock of 86,887 dwellings by…
LIVE 10 AM ET: Taiwan and Its Partners Beyond the Silicon Shield: A Wilson Center Event
March 17, 2023
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With the world relying on advanced semiconductors from Taiwan, and when facing geopolitical challenges from the Chinese communist regime, the allies and partners of Taiwan may help to forge not only a “silicon shield” in defense, but a prosperous future for the island nation. Professor Shelley Rigger of Davidson College and Dan Blumenthal, senior fellow…
LIVE NOW: Taiwan and Its Partners Beyond the Silicon Shield: A Wilson Center Event
March 17, 2023
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With the world relying on advanced semiconductors from Taiwan, and when facing geopolitical challenges from the Chinese communist regime, the allies and partners of Taiwan may help to forge not only a “silicon shield” in defense, but a prosperous future for the island nation. Professor Shelley Rigger of Davidson College and Dan Blumenthal, senior fellow…
Taiwan and Its Partners Beyond the Silicon Shield: A Wilson Center Event
March 17, 2023
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With the world relying on advanced semiconductors from Taiwan, and when facing geopolitical challenges from the Chinese communist regime, the allies and partners of Taiwan may help to forge not only a “silicon shield” in defense, but a prosperous future for the island nation. Professor Shelley Rigger of Davidson College and Dan Blumenthal, senior fellow…
New Zealand Close to Recession as Economy Stutters: Statistics Bureau
March 17, 2023
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New Zealand may be heading into recession after Stats NZ revealed that national GDP had fallen into the red during the December quarter. It comes a few months after the governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), Adrian Orr, admitted it was engineering a recession to combat inflation. “What we are looking at…
Australians Set to Work Longer and Earn Less in the Future: Productivity Commission
March 16, 2023
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Australians will need to improve productivity levels if better standards of living are to be achieved, says Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The Labor treasurer predicts Australians will work two extra hours in the future while earning 40 percent less if the country fails to lift its game. In a speech to the Committee for Economic…
Australia Politics: A Conservative-Free Zone?
Commentary Pollster Graham Young recently predicted that the last centre-right Liberal government on the mainland looks set to fall in the upcoming New South Wales election. If his prediction comes true, all states and territories on the mainland will have centre-left Labor governments. It is sometimes argued, in the right-of-centre press, that this development is…
Australian Politics: A Conservative-Free Zone?
Commentary Pollster Graham Young recently predicted that the last centre-right Liberal government on the mainland looks set to fall in the upcoming New South Wales election. If his prediction comes true, all states and territories on the mainland will have centre-left Labor governments. It is sometimes argued, in the right-of-centre press, that this development is…
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