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Sebastian Hughes Two officials who oversee detention camps accused of committing genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, previously received fellowships from Harvard University, according to research by an Australian think-tank, The Financial Times reported. Between 2010 and 2011, Yao Ning studied as an Asia…
Read More Harvard Trained The People Overseeing China’s Genocide Camps
Ailan Evans A Saudi activist is suing Twitter for allegedly hiring two Saudi spies who, the activist claims, used their positions within the social media company to steal his personal information. The complaint, filed by activist Ali Al-Ahmed on Wednesday a California federal court, alleges that…
Read More Twitter Is Being Sued For Hiring Spies Who Allegedly Stole Data For Saudi Arabia
Andrew Kerr Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his wife hold at least $1 million in a Chinese investment fund that owns a significant stake in a Chinese technology company that aided China’s human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims, records show. Kerry reported…
Read More John Kerry Has At Least $1 Million Invested In Chinese Fund Supporting Company Blacklisted For Human Rights Abuses
Kaylee Greenlee The U.S. will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan but won’t recognize the Taliban as the country’s leaders, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. U.S. and Taliban officials met for the first time since American forces left the county in August in Doha, Qatar, according to…
Read More US To Provide Humanitarian Aid To Afghanistan
Kaylee Greenlee A top ISIS leader and al-Qaida affiliate was arrested during a cross-border operation in Iraq, leaders said on Monday, the Associated Press reported. Sami Jasim led ISIS‘ financial operations and was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s deputy leader of the terrorist organization, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said…
Read More ISIS Leader Arrested In Iraq: REPORT
Kaylee Greenlee At least 100 people were reportedly killed or injured after an explosion at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan, a Taliban official said, the Associated Press reported on Friday. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, though Islamic State militants…
Read More 100 Killed Or Injured In Afghanistan Mosque Explosion: REPORT
Sebastian Hughes President Joe Biden assured reporters that Chinese President Xi Jinping would respect the “Taiwan agreement” after a phone call with the leader in September. Tensions between China and Taiwan have increased recently as China ramped up incursions of Taiwan’s defense zone, with a record…
Read More Both China And US Will Abide By Taiwan Agreement, Biden Says After Phone Call With Xi Jinping
Kaylee Greenlee The Taliban banned women from attending and teaching at Kabul University in Afghanistan’s capital, CNN reported on Tuesday. Women won’t be allowed at the university until an Islamic environment is established on the campus, according to Taliban appointed Kabul University Chancellor Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat. He said the…
Read More “Businesslike And Professional” Taliban Bans Women From Kabul University
Google began its appeal Monday of a $5 billion fine levied by a European regulator over alleged market abuses. The European Commission slapped the tech giant with the fine in 2018 for a number of alleged anticompetitive practices, including forcing smartphone makers to pre-install the Google Chrome…
Read More Google Begins Appeal Of $5 Billion Fine, Disputes Allegations It’s A Monopoly
Kaylee Greenlee U.S. and Mexican officials are collaborating to deter more Haitian migrants from reaching the U.S., and some of the migrants who were deported didn’t know they were going back home, according to multiple reports. U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback directed Haitian migrants…
Read More US And Mexico Working Together To Stem Flow Of Haitian Migrants, Some Deported Shocked To Be Returned To Haiti