DHS defends presence in Portland amid unrest, answers press questions
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin extend the Black Sea grain deal in return for adding a Russian agricultural bank’s unit to the SWIFT payment network, Reuters reported citing sources. The deal, which allows Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea, is set to expire Monday. The deal was…
At least 76 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed a popular Turkish ski resort hotel, leaving some to jump out of windows. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there….
Germany was heavily reliant on China’s network equipment manufacturers for their 4G network and initial 5G networks. Now, Germany plans on banning China’s Huawei and ZTE from their newer and faster upcoming 5g networks. According to the German newspaper Zeit Online, the government intends to prohibit telecom carriers from using certain components from Chinese firms…
ROME — The Vatican announced this weekend that it will accept China’s autonomous appointment of a Catholic bishop without Church approval. Flouting its 2018 accord with the Vatican over the nomination of bishops in the country, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced this past April that it had installed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as the…
The bill would require voter ID in elections as early as this coming November The House of Representatives passed a massive election integrity overhaul bill on Wednesday despite opposition from the vast majority of Democrats. The House passed Rep. Chip Roy’s SAVE America Act, legislation that’s aimed at keeping non-citizens from voting in U.S. federal…
A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, if passed, would ban TikTok in the U.S. after years of broad concern across the Trump and Biden administrations about potential Chinese government influence on the company. Social media stocks like Meta and Snap were positive Tuesday when the news broke. Meta shares were up more than…