Is TikTok really a danger to the West?
The issue that critics have with TikTok is that it is owned by Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, making it unique as a non-American mainstream app. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube,…
Top court blocks Texas police from arresting migrants
The court places the law in limbo while emergency appeals from the Biden administration play out.
The US just announced an asbestos ban. What took so long?
The move comes decades after dozens of other Western nations took steps to ban the carcinogen.
US Navy aircraft carrier faces relentless battle against Houthi attacks
Captain Wroe lists the threats they’ve been facing over the past four months: anti-ship ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned surface vessels, and now unmanned underwater vessels, or…
Man convicted of ambush shooting in New Mexico
Aftab Hussein’s murder was one of three that caused widespread fear in Albuquerque’s Muslim community.
Ex-president Obama visits Sunak in Downing Street
The former US president arrived in London for an unannounced visit to see the UK PM. Barack Obama waved to the media but was tight-lipped as he walked into 10…
Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing
Hong Kong on Tuesday passed national security laws at the behest of Beijing, thwarting decades of public resistance in a move that critics say will strike a lasting blow to…
UK Citizens Just Got a Brief Foretaste of the Inherent Fragility of a Cashless Economy | naked capitalism
Unlike digital forms of payment, cash does not crash. “Cash payments only.” These are not words you’d normally expect to see adorning the tills of the UK’s second largest supermarket…
Gambia and the Campaign Against Cutting
Yesterday, lawmakers in Gambia voted to advance legislation that would legalize female genital cutting. Local analysts believe it is likely to pass. Women have achieved so much social progress worldwide.…
Blinken Warns China Against Armed Attack on Philippines
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned China on Tuesday that an “armed” attack against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea would trigger a mutual self-defense pact between Washington…