Giorno: 7 Febbraio 2023

Japanese court denies medical aid for children of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors

A Japanese court on Tuesday rejected a damage suit filed by a group of children of Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors seeking government support for medical costs, saying the hereditary impact of radiation exposure is still unknown. A group of 28 plaintiffs whose parents suffered radiation exposure in the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic attack were […]

Japanese LGBTQ activists demand country to adopt equal rights laws after aide’s recent discriminatory remark

Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups condemned a recent discriminatory remark by a senior aide of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, demanding his government enact laws to ban discrimination against sexual minorities, legalize same-sex marriage and guarantee equal rights before Japan hosts a Group of Seven summit in May. Their comments at a news conference Tuesday […]

LIVE NOW: The Corrupting Influence of Chinese Development Aid in Angola: Hudson Institute Discussion

Read MoreThe Chinese Communist Party has strived to penetrate governments all over the world with its unique way of using money and corruption. The first foreign trip of Qin Gang, the newly installed Chinese Foreign Minister, was to Angola and some other African countries, where he offered a package to build high-speed telecommunications infrastructure. The […]

McCarthy Pushing for All-of-Congress Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon

Read More House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been pushing for a “full briefing” for all members of Congress on the Chinese balloon that last week traveled across the country and surveilled U.S. military sites, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) revealed on Feb. 7. The Chinese surveillance balloon, which traversed the United States for about […]

Shelter to challenge Home Office plan to uproot Afghan refugees

Read More Home Office plans to uproot Afghan refugees from a London hotel and move them hundreds of miles from their children’s schools could result in a court battle, a lawyer has warned. About 40 families with 150 children have been told by the government that they must move from Kensington to a hotel in […]

US Man Convicted of Aiding Islamic State as Sniper, Trainer

A former New York stockbroker-turned-Islamic State group militant was convicted Tuesday of becoming a sniper and trainer for the extremist group during its brutal reign in Syria and Iraq.The trial of Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a Kazakh-born U.S. citizen, was the latest in a…

Biden judicial nominee under fire for alleged lack of legal knowledge, experience

President Biden’s nominee for a federal judgeship in Washington state is facing intense scrutiny for what critics call an insufficient resume after already triggering backlash over her nomination when she recently failed to answer simple questions about the Constitution. Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren of the Spokane County Superior Court made headlines last month during her confirmation […]

Don’t look up: The bigger China threat worrying lawmakers is in the palm of your hand, not the sky

Don’t look up, look down! The most nefarious threat to American security may be at your fingertips, from an app on your phone called TikTok, according to many lawmakers. “The Chinese Communist government has access to all of the information TikTok collects,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on CBS. “I’m fearful that what they’re doing […]

Biden’s IRS plans to crack down on waiters’ tips

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed a revenue procedure this week cracking down on service industry’s reporting of tips. The so-called Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA) program would be a voluntary tip reporting system in which the IRS and service industry companies cooperate, according to the announcement Monday. As part of the proposal, the […]

House GOP gets ahead of Biden State of the Union with debt ceiling calls, Chinese spy flights rebuke

The House GOP attempted to get ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening by issuing debt limit demands and criticism over the Chinese surveillance balloon. In a prebuttal to Biden’s address, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Monday evening demanded spending cuts as a precondition to reaching a compromise with Republicans. Anticipating […]