Afghan forces launch counter assault after Taliban offensive overshadows talks

posted in: Middle East, News

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan security forces launched a counteroffensive in the south against Taliban fighters, officials said on Tuesday, as fighting raged for a third straight day in a major insurgent offensive that has overshadowed peace talks. The … Read More

Trump, attorneys step up efforts to reverse election’s outcome

posted in: News, United States

President Trump and his legal team on Thursday stepped up their campaign to shift the outcome of the presidential election, with the president reaching out directly to Michigan officials and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani holding a combative press conference. Trump has invited some of … Read More

Iran threatens US with ‘crushing’ response after claims Trump mulled attack on its nuclear sites

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FILE PHOTO: An Iranian flag is pictured near in a missile during a military drill, Iran. © West Asia News Agency via REUTERS Tehran has warned that any attack against Iran by the US would be met with a “crushing” … Read More

Trump poised to settle for partial Afghan withdrawal, despite Pentagon shakeup – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s new Pentagon team has not yet signaled an imminent withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, raising expectations among U.S. officials and allies that Trump might settle for a partial reduction before leaving office. … Read More

Joe Biden: Our First Chinese President?

posted in: Far East, News

How China rents the U.S. media—and its politicians. The polls told America Joe Biden would win by 8 points. 10 points! The media used those polls as psychological operations to dispirit Donald Trump’s supporters into believing we were alone, destined to defeat, and … Read More

China joins massive Asian trade deal, a symbolic step to set standards without the U.S.

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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement was signed yesterday, promising to set trading standards for 10 Southeast Asian countries plus China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan. The deal is a strategic, but mostly symbolic win for China. … Read More

Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

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A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 09/14/2018. Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018 Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 13 November 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, The media tells us it’s over.  The election, that is. COVID-19 is running amok, or so all the news-breaks say.  Just as we thought, the COVID-19 scare is still picking up steam 10 months later. It is … Read More

Biden Plans To Reopen America To Refugees After Trump Slashed Admissions

A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the Turkish town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border in 2014. President-elect Joe Biden aims to reverse the Trump administration’s … Read More

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