Washington Received Embassy Cables in July Warning That Kabul Could Fall Rapidly: Wall Street Journal
Washington was aware of the possibility that Kabul would collapse within days once the U.S. troops fully...
RNC Report Claims Democrats Used COVID-19 to Influence 2020 Election, Warns Against Federalizing Elections
A newly released report by the Republican National Committee (RNC) reveals that Democrats used the COVID...
Maria Andrejczyk Does Poland a Double Honor, and Is Twice Rewarded
There is no shortage of heartwarming tales of champion athletes using their power of victory to fill...
Google Whistleblower Says Company Rewrote Algorithm to Thwart Trump
A former Google engineer who stepped forward in 2019 to blow the whistle on a shift in company policy...
Composting Restores Soil, Plant and Human Health
While the word “dirt” usually carries negative connotations, it can also be seen as the basis of our...
Eying Mineral Wealth, China Prepares to ‘Cash In’ on Taliban Takeover
The People's Republic of China (PRC) was one of the first countries to rush forward to legitimize the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Beijing will “respect the wishes...
California Fires Rage On
Northern California continues to reel under blazing forest fires. Ten days ago, the town of Greenville was decimated by Dixie, the nation’s largest wildfire. Officials have warned of new blazes erupting across the West due...
Facebook Shuts Down Research Team Investigating Instagram Algorithm
A German-based research group, AlgorithmWatch, was forced to stop its study of Instagram’s algorithm after receiving legal threats from the social network’s parent company, Facebook. The organization was investigating how the Instagram algorithm prioritizes content....
Georgia Board to Review Elections in Fulton County
The GOP-controlled State Election Board of Georgia has voted to appoint a bipartisan panel of lawmakers to review Fulton County’s election management. The review could lead to the election board taking over the management of...
Beijing Carries Out Military Drills Near Taiwan, Media Uses Afganistan Example as ‘Lesson for Taiwan’s DPP’
On Aug. 17, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted military drills near Taiwan, with fighter jets, combat ships, and anti-submarine aircraft participating in the exercise. The drills were conducted near the southeastern and southwestern...
FBI Says Jan. 6 Riots Not a Case of Organized Insurrection
FBI investigators say 95 percent of the more than 570 arrested participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol Building riots are “one-off cases,” according to an August 20 exclusive by Reuters. Relying on comments from four...
Taliban Declares ‘Islamic Emirate’ of Afghanistan
Having regained control over Afghanistan and toppling the U.S.-backed government, the Taliban resurrected its old name for the country, “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”, on Thursday, Aug. 19. Zabihullah Mujahid, frontman of the Taliban, shared...