Giorno: 3 Febbraio 2023

China’s Xi has ordered military to be ready for Taiwan invasion by 2027, CIA Director Burns says

CIA Director William Burns has revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed his country’s army “to be ready by 2027 to conduct a successful invasion” of Taiwan. Burns made the remark Thursday during an event at Georgetown University, where he also said he believes that Xi has been closely watching Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

Award-winning Iranian director released on bail 2 days after starting a hunger strike

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said. Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back to 2011 that had never been […]

Fla. Mom Pressing Charges Against Students who Beat her Kids on Bus

A Florida mother is pressing charges against the students who beat her children on a school bus, Local10 reported.

Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will be US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

Read More The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the […]

GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz to retire from Congress in 2024, will not seek ‘any office’

Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., announced Friday that she will retire from Congress at the end of her current term in 2025. Spartz, whose career in politics began in the Indiana state Senate in 2017, said she will not seek an additional two terms in the House or seek “any office” in the next election cycle. […]

Chinese spy balloon over central US, will be in US airspace for ‘a few days,’ Pentagon says

Defense Department spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Friday that the Chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the United States has moved to the central part of the country, but declined to get into specifics about its location. Ryder said the North American Aerospace Defense Command is closely monitoring the balloon’s location and that it is […]

Maine Democratic lawmaker stripped from only committee assignment after being indicted on forgery charge

A Democratic lawmaker indicted on a forgery charge has been stripped of his only committee assignment. House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, a Democrat, removed Rep. Clinton E. Collamore Sr. of Waldoboro, from the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee on Thursday. The move puts more pressure on Collamore to resign from his House District 45 seat, […]

NV legislature to propose unprecedented spending on education amid state’s historic budget surplus

With a historic budget surplus and schools strapped for resources, Nevada’s biennial legislative session will feature proposals for unprecedented spending on public education and school choice measures. The stakes are high as Nevada looks to craft a two-year plan to improve educational outcomes that historically have placed the state toward the bottom of national rankings. […]

Pakistani Troops Kill 2 Terrorists in Raid Near Afghan Border

Read More ISLAMABAD—Pakistani troops on Friday raided a terrorist hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban terrorist group, in the country’s northwest and near the border with Afghanistan, the military said. The raid triggered a shootout that killed two terrorists. The shootout in North Waziristan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, came days after a suicide bomber […]

One Show Two Takes: The Menu

Read More We’re in the thick of award season and that means none of us can resist reaching for our phones and letting the whole world know why we, and we alone, know which films and music deserve to be honoured as the best.  Taste in art is often at the centre of how we […]