Costco Prepares for Its Biggest Overhaul in a Decade
Costco is preparing for a transformative year. In 2026, the warehouse retailer will introduce a series...
Political Red Flags at China’s Politburo Meeting Point to Li Xi’s Waning Power
By Li Jingyao, Vision Times On Dec. 8, China’s year-end Politburo meeting convened to review the country...
China’s Debt-Relief Strategy Is Fueling a Larger Fiscal Crisis
By Jing Ye The Debt Relief Plan Failed Almost Immediately When Beijing rolled out its $1.68 trillion...
Covid-19 Whistleblower Says the CCP Engineered the Hong Kong Fire
By Cai Siyun A catastrophic blaze tore through Hong Kong’s Hung Fuk Yuen estate, leveling seven residential...
Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire Threatened After New Airstrikes Launched
On Dec. 8, Thailand launched airstrikes on its border with Cambodia, threatening the uneasy ceasefire between the two countries. A spokesman for the Thai military said in a statement on Monday that aircraft were deployed...
Every Day Is Precious – Learn to Make the Most of Your Time
You may have noticed that time seems to go faster and faster with each passing year; and it’s not just your imagination. Both physiological and psychological factors influence our perception of time to make it...
Taiwan’s $40B Defense Budget Blocked Again by Opposition
By Li Zexu Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan’s Procedure Committee met again on Dec. 9, and once more, the Executive Yuan’s proposed US$40 billion (approximately NT$1.25 trillion) special defense budget failed to make it onto the agenda....
Unfiltered Xi Jinping Video Sparks Health Rumors and Wave of Public Anger
By Jian Yi It took less than a day for a one-minute, ten-second clip of Chinese Communist leader Xi Jinping to surpass two million views. The caption said it all: this was a moment “CCTV’s...
Machado’s Absence at Nobel Peace Prize Highlights Venezuela’s Political Crisis
By Yang Tianzi On Dec. 10, Oslo, Norway, hosted the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Inside the solemn Oslo City Hall, King Harald V, Queen Sonja, and Latin American leaders including Argentine President Milei and Ecuadorian...
Trump Backs $1,500 HSA Checks for Millions Under Republican Plan
The Daily Mail reports that President Trump is backing a Republican proposal to send $1,500 checks directly to the health savings accounts (HSAs) of millions of Americans. Under the plan, led by Senators Bill Cassidy...
How Chen Zhili Turned China’s Schools into Tools of CCP Control
By Quchi China’s Communist Party has spent decades reshaping the nation’s schools, universities, historical memory, and moral consciousness. Few officials embodied the Party’s corrosive influence over education more clearly than Chen Zhili. Rising through Jiang...
Multiple Crashes on Lianhuo Expressway Leave 9 Dead, 7 Injured
On the evening of Dec. 6, two separate sections of China’s G30 Lianhuo Expressway, about one kilometer apart and roughly 70 kilometers from Wusu city in Xinjiang, were the sites of consecutive rear-end collisions involving...