While aware that China suppresses freedom of expression within its borders and territories, we are rarely privy to how Beijing’s propaganda keeps its citizenry acquiescent. Adopting Orwell’s 1984’s Newspeak the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state-run media projects an image of […]
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. ambassador to Zambia said a high court ruling sentencing two men to 15 years in prison for homosexuality was horrifying. Ambassador Daniel Foote urged the government to reconsider laws that punish minority groups. “I was personally […]
The charity Prince Andrew partnered with to help sex trafficked women in India has told the Telegraph it will “review” its connection to him in the wake of the Epstein scandal. Senior figures at the Women’s Interlink Foundation (WIF), with […]
A woman is suing a bar claiming bouncers stood by and watched as she was sexually assaulted in an alley. Video footage shows a man dressed in black opening the back door of the El Hefe bar and restaurant, in […]
Baghdad (AFP) – By torching Tehran’s consulates and slapping their muddy shoes against photographs of top Iranian officials, Iraqi protesters have shattered a taboo on public criticism of their influential eastern neighbour. But even as it faces red-hot rage in […]
NEWTON, N.J. — New Jersey investigators were looking into a routine complaint from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend was harassing her when they uncovered something far more dire: The 25-year-old man had stockpiled weapons and far-right propaganda and had […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first shot was fired in the middle of the afternoon in early October, back when the Appalachian leaves had barely turned orange and store shelves were lined with Halloween candy. It came in the form of […]
WASHINGTON — In early November, a few days after Sen. Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign announced widespread layoffs and an intensified focus on Iowa, her senior aides gathered for a staff meeting at their Baltimore headquarters and pelted campaign manager Juan […]
CANBERRA, Australia — A Chinese defector to Australia who detailed political interference by Beijing. A businessman found dead after telling the authorities about a Chinese plot to install him in Parliament. Suspicious men following critics of Beijing in major Australian […]
A man armed only with a 5ft narwhal tusk has been commended as a hero after footage of him confronting the London Bridge attacker was shared online. A video from the incident appears to show three men – including one […]