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‘The real cancer plaguing China is the CCP itself’: Statements From the Tuidang Movement (August 2024)
The Tuidang movement, started in November 2004, encourages Chinese around the world to renounce their oaths made to lay down their lives for communism when they joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or its affiliated...
HP to Receive $50 Million for Oregon Semiconductor Facility
The U.S. Commerce Department announced plans on Tuesday, Aug. 27 to award $50 million to HP to support the boost of key semiconductor technologies. The project will involve the expansion and modernization of an existing...
Japan Protests First-time Breach of Its Airspace by Chinese Military Plane
A brief incursion of Japan's southwestern airspace by a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft on Aug. 26 (Monday) prompted Tokyo to scramble fighter jets and issue a strong protest with the Chinese embassy, officials said. Though Japan...
Musk’s SpaceX Testing Breakthrough Tech in High-stakes Private Spacewalk Trial
SpaceX will attempt the first ever private spacewalk next week, which will be a test of trailblazing equipment, including slim spacesuits and a cabin with no airlock. That will be one of the riskiest missions...
China and Vietnam Sign 14 Strategic Deals After Xi Jinping Meets With To Lam in Beijing
On Aug. 19 (Monday), after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam's new communist party leader To Lam in Beijing, China and Vietnam signed 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports. Lam's visit to...
Entrepreneurs Mike Lynch and Jonathan Bloomer Among Missing After Luxury Yacht Sinks Near Palermo, Sicily
One man was confirmed dead and six other people missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and International Morgan Stanley’s Chairman Jonathan Bloomer, after a luxury yacht was struck by a sudden violent storm and...
Kamala Harris Picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for Vice President
On Aug. 6 (Tuesday), Democratic presidential candidate and sitting U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. A progressive policy champion, Walz...
Poland Closer to Buying US Apache Attack Helicopters
Poland's defense ministry signed offset deals with Boeing and General Electric worth nearly 1 billion zlotys ($255 million) on Monday, Aug. 5, bringing it closer to finalizing a $12 billion agreement to buy 96 AH-64E...
Gold’s Run to Record High Could Slow Demand
Gold has been the standout commodity performer so far this year, gaining 18.5 percent since the start of January and posting a record high. Spot gold ended at $2,443.29 an ounce on Aug. 2, and...
US and Russia Agree to Biggest Post-Cold War Prisoner Swap
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Tuesday, Aug. 2, after being freed from Russian detention as part of a major prisoner swap. It was the...
China and Philippines Arrive at ‘Provisional Arrangement’ for South China Sea Resupply Missions
The Philippine foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday, July 21 that Manila and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have "reached an understanding on the provisional arrangement" for resupply missions to a beached...
Oil Drops to Two-Month Low as China Concerns Weigh In
Oil traded at its lowest levels since early June on Tuesday, July 30, as worries about low demand in China offset the prospect of lower U.S. crude and product inventories. Brent crude fell by 77...