CommentarySen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) cried as he left the Senate chambers.
He had just voted for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, predicted to cut U.S. emissions by 40 percent by 2030.
“We’ve been fighting for this for decades,” he told The New York…

CommentaryThe latest inflation news looks remarkably good, at least on the surface. The Labor Department reported that overall the consumer price index (CPI) for July showed no inflation.
After months of horrific news and no small amount of fear, this seemingly…

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“The issue of creating an international reserve currency based on a basket of currencies of our countries is being worked out,” said Vladimir Putin in June, at a meeting of the BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India…

CommentaryI am not a TV fan, but upon my wife’s recommendation, I watched some Netflix series. After “Stranger Things,” it was “Resident Evil,” in which I was absorbed. This is based on a Japanese video game, which has been adapted into movies and TV series…

CommentaryFor much of the past 10 to 15 years, the Chinese economy followed a familiar boom and bust pattern, even if the official GDP data was suspiciously straight.
Central government authorities would flood the market with fiscal and monetary stimulus…

News AnalysisIt appears China’s national chipmaking campaign is coming to an end, with huge investments drained and key figures in the semiconductor industry arrested recently.
According to Chinese financial media Caixin, on Aug. 2, Zhao Weiguo, former chairman…

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis has voiced support for the movement of Chinese people cutting their ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as the number of people who have withdrawn from the Party and its affiliated organizations recently hit the milestone…

It’s been over a week since the fourth “End CCP Tour of America” started its cross-country journey, and on Aug. 3 it reached its westernmost destination, Seattle, Washington, where the tour participants met up with a local Polish group. Then they headed southeast…

It was customary for soldiers of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to “break in” their standard combat boots.“There were not many people who actually had to carry packs and equipment long distances who didn’t have to bash these boots in to make sure they…

President Joe Biden will likely meet with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping later in the year for the pair’s first face-to-face, according to a White House official.Kurt Campbell, White House Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific, confirmed that…

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s government says its population has shrunk for a second year as anti-virus controls hampered the inflow of new workers and births declined, but it made no mention of an exodus of residents following a clampdown on a pro-democracy movement.The…