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  • The U.S. State Department has directed embassies in Western nations to analyze human rights abuses stemming from mass immigration, focusing on policies favoring migrants over citizens.
  • Tensions rise between the U.S. and China as Chinese tankers approach Venezuelan waters despite a U.S.-imposed blockade, potentially indicating a new phase in geopolitical confrontations.
  • A significant backlash continues in Iran, where protests over economic hardships have sparked widespread civil unrest, prompting the government to engage in dialogue with protest leaders about their demands.
  • In a controversial political move, President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of National Guard troops from major U.S. cities while warning that they could be redeployed if crime rates rise again.
  • Chinese firms are increasingly utilizing Dubai's free trade zones to circumvent trade barriers and expand their operations amid global economic shifts.

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  • US Instructs Its Western-Nation Embassies To Report On Abuses Due To Mass Immigration 25 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    US Instructs Its Western-Nation Embassies To Report On Abuses Due To Mass Immigration Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of State has instructed U.S. embassies located in Western nations to report human rights abuses occurring there due to mass immigration, according to a Dec. 30 thread on X. The embassies will “analyze government policies that facilitate mass migration or privilege migrants over citizens,” the department said. “The United States urges governments to protect their borders and defend their citizens against the human rights abuses caused by mass migration. The United States stands ready to work alongside nations across the Western

  • Trans Covenant School Shooter Made Pros-And-Cons List Before Massacre an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Trans Covenant School Shooter Made Pros-And-Cons List Before Massacre The public has been waiting for years to see the contents of Audrey Hale’s journals and manifesto ever since she shot and killed three students and three staff members at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 2023. Her writings were kept under wraps for years by the Biden administration and local law enforcement as court battles dragged on, with media outlets seeking their release. Many suspected the FBI, operating under Joe Biden, was slow-walking disclosure out of concern that the contents would undermine the preferred narrative at the time—that “white

  • Trump Pulls National Guard Out Of Chicago, Los Angeles & Portland 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Trump Pulls National Guard Out Of Chicago, Los Angeles & Portland President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he's pulling National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland.  "We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact," he wrote on Truth Social, adding that federal forces will "come back" if crime spikes again.  Earlier this month a federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration from deploying members of the California National Guard in Los Angeles, and also directed the

  • New Trump-Xi Showdown Approaches As Chinese Tankers Press Ahead To Venezuela Despite Blockade 3 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    New Trump-Xi Showdown Approaches As Chinese Tankers Press Ahead To Venezuela Despite Blockade Two Chinese-flagged very large crude carriers are proceeding toward Venezuelan waters despite a U.S.-imposed blockade on sanctioned oil tankers, raising the prospect of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over Venezuela's crude exports. Thousand Sunny oil tanker (photo: Tommy Chia) Shipping data published by Lloyd's List on Tuesday shows the Thousand Sunny is expected to arrive at Venezuela's Jose Terminal in mid-January after rounding the Cape of Good Hope empty in the southern Atlantic, Newsweek reports. The vessel, which is not subject to U.S. sanctions, has historically transported Venezuelan Merey

  • In Texas, A 400-Acre Muslim Development Sparks Controversy 3 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    In Texas, A 400-Acre Muslim Development Sparks Controversy Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, JOSEPHINE, Texas - This rural town with farmland stretching to the horizon might as well be a million miles away from New York City with its skyscrapers and big-city worries. But the residents of the Big Apple and Josephine have something in common—controversy over the construction of a mosque. Perhaps not since the “Ground Zero Mosque” was proposed two blocks from the World Trade Center site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has a mosque drawn so much attention. The proposed 2009 Manhattan mosque and Islamic cultural center was


The Guardian

  • Guinea’s junta chief elected president after opposition boycott 18 hours ago by Agence France-Presse in Conakry
    Guinea, Africa, World news

    Mamady Doumbouya reneged on promise not to stand and hand west African country back to civilian rule The head of Guinea’s junta, Mamady Doumbouya, who had pledged not to run for office after seizing power four years ago, has been elected president after the country’s electoral commission said he had secured a sweeping majority of the vote. Doumbouya, 41, faced eight rivals for the presidency but the main opposition leaders were barred from running and had urged a boycott of the vote held over the weekend. Continue reading...

  • Tensions between Saudis and Emiratis over future of Yemen reach boiling point a day ago by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
    Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Middle East and north Africa, World news, Sudan, Africa, Houthis

    Dispute has potential to create civil war in south of Yemen and spill over into neighbouring countries Tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the future of Yemen and the imminent possibility of the declaration of an independent southern state have reached boiling point with Saudi Arabia in effect accusing the UAE of threatening its future security. The dispute has the potential to create a civil war within the south of Yemen and also spill over into other disputes including in Sudan and the Horn of Africa where the two countries often find themselves backing opposite sides. Yemen could

  • Anthony Joshua’s camp confirm two of his close friends died in Nigeria car crash 2 days ago by Rachel Savage
    Anthony Joshua, Boxing, Sport, Nigeria, Africa, World news

    * British former boxing champion sustained minor injuries * Sina Ghami and Kevin ‘Lateef’ Ayodel killed in accident The British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has issued a statement after he was injured in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday morning which killed two of his close friends. The former world heavyweight boxing champion was taken to an undisclosed hospital after his car hit a stationary vehicle at about 11am on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Ogun state police commissioner, Lanre Ogunlowo, said. The driver of Joshua’s vehicle was also injured, he added. Continue reading...

  • More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2025 2 days ago by Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
    Spain, Migration, Mauritania, Africa, Europe, World news

    Tighter border controls caused arrivals to decline sharply but forced people on to more dangerous routes, activists say More than 3,000 people died trying to reach Spain by sea over the past year, a sharp fall from the previous 12 months. However, activists cautioned that the drop reflected tighter border controls that have forced migrants to take increasingly dangerous routes. Continue reading...

  • Central African Republic goes to polls as president seeks third term 4 days ago by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
    Central African Republic, Africa, World news

    Opposition hopes to tap into frustrations of people living in country where conflict remains a daily reality Central African Republic goes to the polls on Sunday with the president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, seeking a third term. As many as 2.3 million registered voters will cast ballots for what observers are calling a quadruple election: votes for the presidency and parliament as well as local and municipal offices. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • Key lessons from China’s ascent over the past 25 years 25 minutes ago by Wang Huiyao

    Few developments over the past quarter century have been as consequential or widely debated as China’s ascent to global prominence as the vanguard of a rising Global South. To understand this change, we must look not only at outcomes but at the underlying drivers that made them possible. China’s development over the last 25 years did not occur by accident. It was not the result of any single policy. Rather, it was the cumulative product of farsighted design and vision as well as an evolving...

  • Trump says National Guard being removed from Chicago, LA and Portland 2 hours ago by Reuters

    US President Donald Trump said ‍on Wednesday that his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, but he added in his social media post that federal forces would “come back” if crime rates go up. Local leaders in those cities and Democrats have said ⁠the deployments, which have faced legal challenges, were unnecessary. They have accused the Trump administration of federal overreach and of exaggerating isolated episodes of violence at mostly peaceful...

  • Trump issues first vetoes, as ally who backed Epstein vote fears ‘retaliation’ 7 hours ago by Bloomberg

    US President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term, killing two bills sponsored by Republicans in Congress, including one from a prominent lawmaker who bucked the administration over the release of files pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump vetoed legislation late on Tuesday to help complete a water pipeline project, a measure backed by congresswoman Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican who is close to the White House. Trump, in his veto message, said he rejected the bill to...

  • World welcomes 2026 with fireworks, lightshows and hopes for peace 8 hours ago by Agencies

    As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the ‍new year to come. In Croatia, revels got off to an early start. Since 2000, the town of Fuzine has held its countdown at noon, a tradition that has since spread across the country. Crowds cheered, toasted each other with champagne and danced ⁠to music – all in the middle of the day. Some brave souls in Santa hats took a plunge into the icy waters of Lake...

  • China buys two-thirds of pledged US soybeans as 2025 closes 9 hours ago by Bloomberg

    China has bought at least 8 million tons (7.25 million tonnes) of US soybeans this year, according to people familiar with the matter, putting the world’s top importer on track to meet a pledge it made two months ago as part of an apparent trade truce with Washington. State-owned buyers have continued to book US cargoes into late December, the people said, asking not to be named as they are not authorised to discuss the purchases. That extends a buying spree that began in October and maintains a...


New York Times

  • Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation 9 hours ago by Tyler Pager
    Trump, Donald J, Vetoes (US), Law and Legislation, Land Use Policies, Colorado, Florida, Water, Pipelines, Miccosukee Tribe, Native Americans, House of Representatives, Senate, United States Politics and Government, Boebert, Lauren

    The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.

  • Trump’s Veto of Water Project Is His Latest Targeted Hit on Colorado 5 hours ago by Jack Healy
    United States Politics and Government, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Infrastructure (Public Works), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boebert, Lauren, Peters, Tina, Trump, Donald J, Colorado

    The president seems to be at war with the Democratic-led state as he raises the pressure on Colorado leaders to release a convicted election denier, Tina Peters, from state prison.

  • Mamdani Reverses Call to End Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools 2 hours ago by Troy Closson
    Mamdani, Zohran, Education (K-12), Education Department (NYC), Samuels, Kamar, Liss, Emmy, New York City, Mayors, Elections, Mayors, Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Segregation and Desegregation

    The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.

  • On His Last Day, Adams Drops From View but Still Flexes His Muscle 39 minutes ago by Jeffery C. Mays
    Adams, Eric L, New York City, Mayors, Appointments and Executive Changes, Vetoes (US), Content Type: Personal Profile, Charter Revision Commission, City Council (NYC), Times Square and 42nd Street (Manhattan, NY)

    Mayor Eric Adams had one public appearance on his schedule, but that didn’t stop him from naming a third charter commission in the last hours of his administration.

  • Mamdani’s Man-of-the-People Style Could Present Security Challenges 5 hours ago by Maria Cramer
    Mayors, Security and Warning Systems, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Threats and Threatening Messages, Mamdani, Zohran, New York City

    Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, gregarious with constituents and vilified by a range of critics, is taking office at a time of anxiety about political violence.


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