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Feb 26 2021
News
As Beijing’s power grows, can it shift meaning of ‘human rights’?
The Beijing Winter Olympics may be a year away, but China’s official media has already shown leader Xi Jinping in a fur hat and long coat, inspecting ski slopes and ice arenas.
Around the world, however, many activists are hoping those venues go unused as they call on nations to boycott the 2022 Games. Canada’s House of Commons on Monday overwhelmingly passed a motion accusing China of
Christian Science MonitorMar 17 2022
Opinion
What Is Our Moral Obligation in Ukraine?
In 1994, I was a young journalist in the information graphics department at The Detroit News, just two years out of college.
In April of that year, the Rwandan genocide — a war of ethnic tensions — erupted, resulting in 100 days of unspeakable carnage.
The United States, still stinging from its failed peacekeeping mission in Somalia the year before, refused to fully intervene. I
Charles BlowAug 04 2022
News
Chinese info operation uses false news and social media to hammer U.S., cyber firm says
A forged letter from Sen. Marco Rubio, false news sites criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, and fake social media accounts are all part of a complex pro-China information operation revealed by the cybersecurity firm Mandiant on Thursday.
Mandiant said it found 72 suspected false news sites targeting audiences in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia with
Washington TimesMay 25 2022
Data
What Do Americans Know About International Affairs?
Americans know a great deal about certain global leaders and institutions. For example, nearly eight-in-ten U.S. adults can look at a photo of Kim Jong Un and correctly identify him as the leader of North Korea, and nearly two-thirds know that Boris Johnson is the current prime minister of the United Kingdom. A slim majority also know that Ukraine is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty
Pew Research CenterOct 08 2021
Analysis
Psaki Says Trump Was Silent on Human Rights Abuses in China
CLAIM: President Joe Biden, unlike President Donald Trump, has spoken out against human rights abuses in China.
VERDICT: FALSE. The Trump administration accused China of genocide; meanwhile, Biden has been soft on China.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Wednesday that President Biden had spoken out against human rights abuses in China — whereas, she said, President
Breitbart Fact CheckApr 17 2022
News
Zelenskyy says Biden 'should come' to Ukraine days after White House says he has no plans to go
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged President Biden to visit Ukraine and see the carnage that Russian troops have exacted on the civilian population.
"It’s his decision of course, and about the safety situation, it depends," Zelenskyy told "State of the Union" host Jake Tapper. "I think he is the leader of the United States, and that’s why he should come here to see."
Fox News (Online News)Dec 17 2021
News
Congress Passes Ban on Goods From China’s Xinjiang Region Over Forced Labor Concerns
The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to approve legislation that would ban the import of a wide array of products made in China’s Xinjiang region in a drive to prevent companies from sourcing goods produced through forced labor by persecuted Muslim minorities.
Its passage was a victory for supporters of an aggressive human rights measure that faced a fierce corporate lobbying
New York Times (News)Feb 24 2022
News
Here's what we know about how Russia's invasion of Ukraine unfolded
Russian forces invaded Ukraine from three sides, while explosions rang through a number of cities, including the capital Kyiv, in a broad attack that began before dawn on Thursday.
Here's how it unfolded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech early Thursday morning, saying he had decided "to conduct a special military operation ... to protect people who have been
CNN (Online News)Jul 06 2022
Opinion
How Biden’s Energy Policies Harm African Americans
While gas prices remain at an average of $4.80 a gallon, the Biden administration continues to promote “environmental justice” policies that Donna Jackson says are harming black Americans.
“When you have someone that’s spending more than 30% of their income for gasoline and they’re making choices between whether their kids can have … food to eat, or medicine, or pay their energy bills
The Daily CallerDec 01 2019
News
Sudan’s revolution could end the conflict in Darfur
Men with guns fill the town of el-Fasher in western Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. At the airport dozens are boarding or disembarking from planes, wearing uniforms of the Rapid Support Forces (rsf), a unit formed from Sudan’s murderous militia known as the Janjaweed.
Down the road is the headquarters of unamid, the un peacekeeping force that was brought in 12 years ago to stop a
The Economist