Geopolitics

Trump visit aims to deepen U.S.-India strategic ties vs China

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump make their first official visit to India next week. The president is using the occasion to "strengthen the United States-India strategic partnership," according to a White House statement. Read More.

Desperation in Seoul over communist threat; News blackout

A driving snowstorm and the continued threat of the Wuhan coronavirus could not stop thousands of South Koreans from taking to the streets in Seoul to protest the liberal policies of President Moon Jae-In, who they say is subordinating the country to communism under China and North Korea. Read More.

Weaponizing wealth: What Bloomberg is getting for his money

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has pumped more than $360 million of his personal fortune into his upstart bid for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination. Read More.

Intelligence agencies 'most immediate threat', says analyst

In a May 2019 interview, Attorney General William Barr noted that U.S. intelligence agencies have come to identify “the national interest with their own political preferences.” Read More.

Peace Prize nominee: Hong Kong opened border to virus

Hong Kong independence activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Andy Chan Ho-Tin condemned the Hong Kong government, which serves at the Chinese Communist Party’s whim, for refusing to close its border with China, greatly increasing the risk that the Wuhan coronavirus would spread in the autonomous territory. Read More.

Strong words on China from top U.S. diplomat

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has mounted a broad campaign warning against China’s infiltration of American life from university campuses to American companies, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Read More.

DOJ: Huawei boosted N. Korea, helped Iran spy on protesters

The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 13 filed new charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, accusing it, among other things, of stealing U.S. trade secrets and assisting the Iranian government to spy on protesters and illegally doing business with North Korea. Read More.

Hong Kong's Andy Chan nominated for Peace Prize

One of the young leaders of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Read More.

NATO's demise over Huawei ‘exaggerated’, Pompeo says

A rift that has opened between Europe and the United States over Europe’s use of China’s Huawei for 5G technology has led to concerns over the stability of the NATO alliance, reports say. Read More.

China rebuffs U.S. help: 'Don't know what their motives are'

U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser suggested that China is not being “honest with us” about its handling of the Wuhan coronavirus. Read More.

Soros group hires Obama officials, targets Hungary and Poland

Another influential group aiming to spread the radical global agenda of leftist billionaire George Soros has popped up in the United States. Read More.

Report: $6.5 billion in foreign cash subsidized U.S. universities

Harvard and Yale over the past four years have failed to disclose some $375 million in gifts and contracts from China and Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday. Read More.

'Bad news for Hong Kong': Communist Party tightens grip

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is purging officials from its ranks as the political fallout from the communist government’s handling of the Wuhan coronavirus crisis escalated on Thursday amid a huge increase in the number of reported deaths and infections. Read More.

Philippines set to end U.S. defense pact in bow to China

The Philippines announced Tuesday that it would end a security agreement with the United States that has been in place since 1999. Read More.

Chernobyl fungi that eats radiation tested in space station

A black fungus which feeds on radiation was first found at Russia’s Chernobyl nuclear facility in 1991, five years after the nuclear reactor exploded. But scientists have now discovered the fungi’s unique properties could help protect humans from radiation, reports say. Read More.