CBP: 170K May Border Encounters Double Biden’s First Month
The latest Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report for May logs almost 170,000 southern border encounters, more than double the roughly 71,000 encounters recorded during President Joe Biden’s first month in office.
Guerra Ucraina – Russia, le news di oggi. Putin: “Presto dispiegati nuovi missili nucleari”. Zelensky: “Controffensiva più lenta del previsto”
Read More Il capo dell’Intelligence ucraina, Kyrylo Budanov, considerato dalla Russia il ‘nemico pubblico numero due’ dopo Volodymyr Zelensky, torna a farsi vedere per dimostrare che le voci che lo volevano ricoverato in coma in un ospedale in Germania sono false. Budanov accusa la Russia di aver minato la centrale nucleare di Zaporizhzhia e di […]
IN-DEPTH: Beijing’s China Visit a ‘Great Propaganda Coup’ for CCP, Analysts Say
Read More Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to China gave Beijing the perfect opportunity to stage a propaganda coup while bringing little benefit to the United States, according to analysts. The two-day trip—marking the first such visit by a U.S. top diplomat in five years—ended on June 19 with Blinken holding talks with Chinese […]
3 Men Convicted in NY Trial of Harassing, Intimidating Chinese Dissidents in US on Behalf of CCP
Read More Three men were convicted in Brooklyn federal court on June 20 for stalking a family in New Jersey and pressuring them to return to China on behalf of China’s communist regime. The case is related to the regime’s Operation Fox Hunt, an effort to coerce expatriates and dissidents to return to China for trial. […]
Former Nissan Chairman Sues Car Company $1 Billion for Defamation
Read More Ghosn alleged that the charges were in fact aimed at derailing his plans for a merger between Nissan and Renault. The multilingual international former executive made world headlines by fleeing Japan in a daring escape after he was smuggled out in an audio-equipment box and onto a private jet while awaiting trial in […]
Governance collapses when the state retreats
Read More Police clear the remnants of protest action in Jeppestown, Johannesburg. File photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Pinpointing when the state lost its way has become something of a chicken-or-the-egg situation. Some will say it started with state capture — a period easily identified as the start of governance collapsing, sending the economy […]
Four SADC countries scrap cell phone roaming charges
Read More The Southern African Development Community states have joined other regions on the continent as countries begin to merge their digital economies The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is getting close to realising a One Network Area after four countries — Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana — agreed to remove cell phone roaming charges […]
Climate change hits African women
Read More Climate change is hitting the most vulnerable hardest, and contributing to food insecurity, population displacement and stress on water resources. (Photo by: Universal Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The African continent is the most affected by the adverse effects of climate change despite contributing the least to global warming. Climate change is […]
Former health spokesperson Popo Maja in court over alleged Digital Vibes graft
Read More Popo Maja Former head of communications in the department of health Popo Maja was charged with corruption during an appearance at the specialised commercial crimes court on Wednesday, police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Brenda Muridili confirmed. Maja was placed on suspension in September 2021 along with a number of other health department executives over […]
The Del Monte deaths: Shocking claims of violence at pineapple plantation
Read More In a joint investigation by the Mail & Guardian, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian, TBIJ explores the shocking claims of violence at food giant Del Monte’s pineapple plantation in Kenya Stephen Thuo Nyoike’s battered body was found by the side of the road. He was 22. “He had been strangled […]