Hundreds of Taiwanese Nationals Handed Over to Mainland China: Report
According to an investigation titled China’s Hunt for Overseas Taiwanese released on Nov. 30 by Safeguard...
British Expert ‘Very Confident’ About Exact Location of Missing Flight MH370
British aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey, a founding member of the non-government MH370 independent...
85% of Chinese Ships ‘Disappear’, AIS Base Stations Seized Along China’s Coast
Since early November, the number of vessels sending the Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal...
Seeming Betrayal Was Actually Assistance – A Chinese Tale of Friendship
Zhang San and Li Si were good friends. Li Si's family was running a very prosperous business while Zhang...
Austria Mandatory Vaccination Bill Draft Text Will Punish Unvaccinated With 3,600 Euro Fines, Four Months in Prison
Austria will begin imposing heavy fines and prison sentences on citizens who refuse Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination starting in February, according to media reports. In the Google translate version of a Nov. 29 paywalled...
American Economy Could Be Headed Toward 1970s-Style Stagflation, Warns Economist
The United States is grappling with the highest levels of inflation in over thirty years. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers released lately showed that prices rose 6.2 percent in October compared with the same...
PLA Strengthens Combat Units as China Continues to Abuse International Maritime and Airspace Laws
The Chinese government has begun a new effort to expand its military forces. According to state-media reports, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been “optimizing” its personnel structure by deploying more troops and slashing approximately...
Macau Casino Mogul to Await Trial on Charges He Ran Illegal Gambling Business in China
Macau’s most well-known casino junket magnate Alvin Chau Cheok-wa is currently being held in a county jail after being arrested for illegal cross-border gambling and money-laundering activities. The 47-year-old is the founder and CEO of...
Scientists Invent World’s First Self-Replicating Robots, Raising Fears of a ‘Gray Goo’ Catastrophe
Biologists at Tufts University and computer scientists from the University of Vermont have announced the development of the world’s first, self-replicating living robots. Dubbed Xenobots 3.0, the robots — machine-animal hybrids that are approximately one...
Yemen War Death Toll to Exceed 377,000 by Year-End
A United Nations report states that by 2022, 337,000 people will have died during the Yemen war mainly due to indirect causes. The report, issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Nov. 23...
Remembering Wilbur Smith
After spending the morning reading and writing with his wife Niso by his side, global bestselling author Wilbur Smith passed away suddenly on Nov. 13 in Cape Town, South Africa, according to a statement on...
US Lawmakers’ Visit to Taiwan Triggers ‘Combat Readiness Patrol’ by Beijing
Beijing deployed what it called “combat readiness” patrols over the Taiwan Strait last Friday in response to a visit by a delegation of U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan. The Congressional delegation’s arrival to the island is...