Geopolitics

U.S.-Turkey troubles: Missiles, 'coup' mystery and a DEA asset

At this week's virtual NATO Atlantic Council event, Turkey repeated its offer to the United States to form a technical working group, including NATO, to resolve a dispute over Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles. Read More.

U.S. scientists warned of 'safety issues' at Wuhan lab in 2018

The U.S. State Department in 2018 specifically warned about “safety issues” at a virology lab in Wuhan, China, a report said. Read More.

‘First global war of the 21st century’ launched without firing a shot

A Wuhan doctor who tried to sound the alarm on the coronavirus "triggered" the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) "authoritarian control on information," a retired U.S. general noted. Read More.

Taiwan offers proof it warned WHO about virus in December

Taiwan's government emailed a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December warning of a breakout of "atypical pneumonia" in China in which infected persons had been isolated for treatment. Read More.

Fatality rate for coronavirus 3 times higher in Europe than U.S.

Europe's five most populated countries have a combined population of 324 million. The United States population is 330 million. Yet those five European nations, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain have more than three times the coronavirus deaths as the U.S. Read More.

'Synthetic'? Chinese data needed to confirm findings

The Wuhan coronavirus has four more amino acids than other coronaviruses, making its transmission easier, according to a French research team which examined the gene sequence of COVID-19. Read More.

China issues 'clear threat' to Taiwan after loss of face

Communist China has issued "a clear threat to destroy Taiwan if it continues to offer a counter-coronavirus example to the world," a columnist noted. Read More.

CCP's 'naked self-interest': Virus sparks widespread call for action

The coronavirus crisis is not the first time the world has suffered due to China's negligence during a viral outbreak. But governments worldwide should work to ensure that it is the last, analysts say. Read More.

'Absurd and immoral': China wins seat on UN Human Rights Council

China's appointment to a seat on the Consultative Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has sparked global outrage from human rights groups. Read More.

Japan sets fund to help firms shift operations from China

The disruption of supply chains due to the Wuhan coronavirus crisis has led Japan to set aside ¥243.5 billion (nearly 2.5 U.S.) of its economic support package to help manufacturers shift production out of China. Read More.

Who is WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus?

When the term of World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, a Chinese citizen, ended in 2017, the regime of Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping pushed hard for Ethiopian microbiologist Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as her successor. Read More.

WHO chief in war of words with USA and Taiwan, but not China

President Donald Trump intends to continue asking "tough questions" of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the WHO's director-general launched into a tirade over criticism of the organization's repeating Chinese propaganda on the extent of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. officials say. Read More.

High-tech totalitarianism: CCP tactics well known by minorities

The repressive policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which have seen hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities sent to prison camps in China, are also responsible for tens of thousands of deaths worldwide due to the CCP's decision to hide the extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, activists say. Read More.

What China omitted from its official coronavirus timeline

A timeline for the coronavirus published by China's official propaganda outlet Xinhua failed to mention several critical events in the crisis. Read More.

Making China pay: Lawsuit filed in Texas for $20 trillion

People died and economies collapsed as the result of China's coronavirus negligence. Many are calling on China to pay for the damage it maliciously inflicted on the world. Read More.