Republicans have pressed the federal government to publish more information about the genesis of the global health crisis
The US House Intelligence Committee has adopted its own version of a bill seeking to force the government to declassify all that it knows about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, namely information that relates to a major virology lab in China,
The meeting will reportedly be held in California to avoid triggering Beijing’s ire
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is set to meet Taiwanese President Tai Ing-wen in the United States next month, the Financial Times reported, noting he agreed to skip a planned visit to the island after past American delegations to Taipei prompted harsh reactions from Chinese authorities.
Pyongyang has accused Washington and Seoul of continued military provocations despite repeated warnings
North Korea has warned of a “realistic” threat of nuclear conflict following the latest round of American and South Korean military exercises, and predicted a “catastrophic escalation” in the region.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing recent joint air drills between Washington and Seoul,
The US House speaker says people deserve “transparency” when learning about the 2021 events
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has defended his decision to share more than 40,000 hours of security camera footage from the January 6, 2021 riots with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Carlson aired some of the clips on his show ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight,’ claiming the people who broke into the US Capitol in Washington,
Beijing has dismissed the new charges as “paranoia”
The Pentagon sees the giant Chinese-made cranes operating at US ports, including several shipping hubs used by the military, as a potential “Trojan horse” that China could use to gather intelligence on materiel being moved in and out of the country, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
The Israeli PM has challenged the UN watchdog’s statement that any attacks against nuclear plants are “outlawed”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that the option of attacking an Iranian nuclear facility in “self-defense” must be left on the table, arguing that the chief of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) made an “unworthy” statement when he declared that any such strikes are banned.
The German chancellor says Beijing will face “consequences” if it sends arms to Moscow
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said China will face unspecified sanctions if it meddles in the Ukrainian conflict and offers military assistance to Russia, even as European officials admit they have yet to see any evidence that Beijing intends to do so.
Help is available to Australian aviators “troubled by the experiences they saw,” RAAF Air Vice Marshal Darren Goldie says
Pilots of Royal Australian Air Force are being offered psychological assistance after aerial encounters with Chinese warplanes over the South China Sea, RAAF Air Commander, Air Vice Marshal Darren Goldie has said.
“The mental health of our aviators and people… coming in contact with things like intercepts or challenges on the radio… it’s important that when we bring them back,
US intelligence agencies found “no credible evidence” to pin the mysterious malaise on a foreign adversary
The US government will continue paying benefits to employees afflicted with the mysterious condition known as Havana Syndrome, a State Department spokesman told the Wall Street Journal on Friday, citing an open-ended 2021 law enabling government agencies to provide financial support to affected individuals.
Washington and Seoul have announced their largest military drills in years despite warnings from Pyongyang
The US and South Korean militaries have announced their largest joint exercises in at least five years and their longest on record, defying threats from North Korea that such drills could be considered a “declaration of war” and lead to “unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions.”
The exercises,
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