Geopolitics

Pillsbury on China's collusion: 'They want Joe Biden'

'In recent days, the Chinese have placed a new bet. They want Joe Biden to become president.' Read More.

Initial WHO report linked coronavirus to Wuhan, China

The World Health Organization (WHO) first reported on the spread of a previously-unknown virus on Dec. 31, 2019. The virus was linked to a number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in Eastern China. Read More.

Coronavirus fatalities in Italy had other serious health issues

A study by Italy's national health authority found that more than 99 percent of the country's coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions. Read More.

Border states with Canada have highest coronavirus rate

Millions of noncitizens were allowed to enter the United States via its northern border with Canada before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a national lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak. Read More.

Virologist: Leaders must 'first and foremost calm people down'

People are being whipped into an "unnecessary panic" and the world's leaders need to calm their citizens amid the coronavirus pandemic, a top Israeli virologist said. Read More.

NSC slams China's disinformation, expelling of journalists

The communist government in Beijing should be focused on stopping the coronavirus rather than spreading false information about the origins of the Wuhan virus while at the same time kicking American journalists out of China, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) said on Wednesday. Read More.

State Dept. using app to connect with Iranians on coronavirus

The United States is encouraging Iranian citizens to use an encrypted messaging app, which was originally set up to report terror suspects, to detail in real time what is happening with the coronavirus crisis. Read More.

Hamm: Russia, Saudis exploit virus in ‘direct attack’ on U.S. oil

Saudi Arabia and Russia are flooding the market with oil in a “direct attack” on U.S. producers, oil tycoon Harold Hamm said. Read More.

Coronavirus forces changes in EU's open borders policy

The Coronavirus, which started in China late last year in Wuhan has since mushroomed into a full-fledged flu epidemic from the Far East to Western Europe and Middle America. Read More.

Missing in Beijing: 'The cannon' mocked 'clown' Xi Jinping

A real estate tycoon who publicly criticized Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership over the government's handling of the Wuhan coronavirus has reportedly gone missing. Read More.

1,657 Chinese tried to enter U.S. from Mexico in last 6 months

Since October, authorities have apprehended more than 150,000 illegals attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico. That number includes more than 1,600 from China, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Read More.

McFarland: UK intelligence played key role in collusion probe

A top official in British intelligence intimated that the UK assisted in the Obama administration's investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion during the 2016 election, former Trump administration deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland said. Read More.

China's 'disinformation' on virus diverts focus from secret lab

The outrageous claim by China's Foreign Ministry that the U.S. Army sent the coronavirus to China is meant to deflect attention from the fact that the center of Beijing's biological weapons program is based in Wuhan, which has the most cases of the virus, a report said. Read More.

Canada threatened: 'Brazen' influence ops by China, Russia

"The fundamental building blocks of Canada’s democracy" are being threatened by "clandestine and coercive" efforts, primarily from China and Russia, to influence politicians, students and the media, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday. Read More.

Russia-Saudi oil power play 'declares war' on U.S. shale

Russia and Saudi Arabia are now engaged in a full-scale oil price war where the ultimate target is the U.S. shale oil industry. Russia provoked this war days ago when it refused to follow OPEC+ plans to decrease production to maintain prices as the coronavirus saps demand. Read More.