Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
BANGKOK – Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 share index jumped as much as 5% to a record on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election. The Nikkei ended up 2,110.26 points from Friday to close at 56,363.94, having briefly topped 57,000 for the first time to set…
The last 4 junta camps in the gem-mining center fell on Wednesday, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said. Insurgent forces in Myanmar’s Mandalay region have captured the gem-mining town of Mogoke from military junta forces, a Ta’ang National Liberation Army spokeswoman told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday. The TNLA is part of an alliance of…
Several Nato countries, including the US, Germany and the UK, have ruled out deploying ground troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron said “nothing should be excluded”. Mr Macron said there was “no consensus” on sending Western soldiers to Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has warned of direct conflict if Nato troops deploy there….
Greetings from Tyler, All the network news is dead set against our President. They’ve worked overtime trying to engineer some crisis. Latest is the gift from Qatar. It’s a beautiful 747 and you’d think that the President was accepting it on his own behalf. It’s a 747 with all the bells and whistles that anybody could want. The mainstream is…
Elon Musk fired Twitter’s general counsel Tuesday following revelations about his alleged role in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story on the platform. Musk claimed that James Baker, the former deputy general counsel for the social media platform, gave “unconvincing” answers when questioned about his role in the suppression of the story. “In light of…
Move shows ‘what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable’, says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister’s support Canada’s parliament has unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China, but are now facing pressure to return. The vote on Wednesday builds on a February 2021 move by Canadian…