The China Challenge Continues to Mount
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 a superior society with even greater safety and freedoms than in the west. Beijing’s claims…
Prince Andrew scandal: Charity Duke partnered with to help sex trafficked women will review its connection to him
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 which the Duke started his Key To Freedom initiative in 2012, told the Telegraph they…
UPDATE 1-Winter storm strands 1,000 in Arizona, delays Thanksgiving travelers
(Updates with residents, tourists stranded in Arizona town) By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Some 1,000 people were stranded without heat or power in a small Arizona town near the Grand Canyon on Friday during a major winter storm that threatened to disrupt travel for millions as it moves east one day after…
Woman sexually assaulted outside bar ‘while bouncers watched,’ lawyer says
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 Chicago, followed by another man who appears to be holding the woman by the neck…
2 Men Stockpiled Guns and Far-Right Propaganda in New Jersey. Are They Alone?
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 talked about shooting up a hospital. Two months later, New Jersey State Police responding to…
How Kamala Harris' Campaign Unraveled
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 Rodriguez with questions. What exactly was Harris’ new strategy? How much money and manpower could…
Suddenly, the Chinese Threat to Australia Seems Very Real
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 cities. For a country that just wants calm commerce with China — the propellant behind…
London Bridge Hero Uses 5ft Narwhal Tusk To Confront Terrorist
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 armed with a huge narwhal tusk and another with a fire extinguisher – pursuing the…
UK police: Suspect in attack had served time for terrorism
LONDON (AP) — UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year managed to stab several people before being tackled by bystanders and shot dead by officers on London Bridge. Two people were killed and three wounded. Neil Basu, London’s police counterterrorism chief,…
Lumière 2018 – Javier Bardem : “Il faut savoir s’oublier et se jeter à corps perdu dans la fiction”
Invité du festival Lumière, le comédien espagnol Javier Bardem nous a parlé de ses touts premiers souvenirs de cinéma, d’Al Pacino, de ses débuts d’acteur devant la caméra de Bigas Luna et de rugby. Rencontre. AlloCiné : Quel est votre tout premier souvenir de cinéma en tant que spectateur ? Javier Bardem : C’était un film…