Navalny died in a high-security penal colony near the Arctic Circle in February, at the age of 47. Russian authorities attributed his death to natural causes, but media reports have claimed that Navalny showed signs of poisoning before his death. While Navalny had seemingly accepted his fate, he did not do so with “contemplative passivity,”…
“Russia, Russia, Russia” is suddenly in re-runs as Democrats and allied media blast out “new” stories of supposedly sinister ties between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Is there any better evidence of their desperation as Election Day nears? The latest claims: As president, Trump cozied up to Putin, even sending the Russian leader COVID testing…
Typhoon Krathon tracked toward Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, with the storm set to make landfall early Thursday and potentially keep the island’s $2.5 trillion stock market closed for a second day. Krathon has maximum sustained winds of 173 kilometers (107 miles) per hour, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. The intensity of…
By Didi Tang and David Klepper | Associated Press WASHINGTON — When veteran U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022…
A Hong Kong judge has sentenced a former editor of a shuttered pro-democracy news publication to 21 months in prison in a landmark case amid a security crackdown in the China-ruled city. Former Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen, 55, was convicted on Thursday alongside his colleague, former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam, 36, but the latter…
Open this photo in gallery: Patrick Lam, left, and Chung Pui-kuen leave court during the hearing on charges of conspiring to publish seditious publications, in Hong Kong, in this June 27, 2023, file photo.Tyrone Siu/Reuters When Chung Pui-kuen founded the media outlet Stand News, he meant the name literally. It was 2014, and media in…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Chinese President Xi Jinping greetings with what appeared to be restrained rhetoric that comes as Pyongyang moves closer to Russia and depends less on its long-time Asian ally. Kim wished “the Chinese people greater success in building a modern socialist country,” in a reply message to Xi for…
Chinese stocks listed on mainland markets eked out a modest gain after a holiday break, seeking to catch up to Hong Kong equities’ momentum amid calls for major economic stimulus. The benchmark CSI 300 Index closed up 0.4% after fluctuating throughout the day, as investors debated whether weaker macro data will prompt the government to…
The Taiwanese company Gold Apollo Co. denied it manufactured the pagers used in attacks across Lebanon, following media reports that identified the low-profile firm as the supplier of the devices. “Those devices aren’t ours,” said a company official, asking not to be named before a formal statement. “We didn’t manufacture the pagers.” Source link
Prolific poster and world’s richest man Elon Musk constantly interacted on his social network X with right-wing influencers paid by a Russia-funded company. Two employees of Russian state-controlled media operation RT allegedly funneled $10 million into Tennessee-based Tenet Media, with the goal of supporting Russian objectives, according to an unsealed indictment in the Southern District…