Category: response

US Should Not Let WHO ‘Usurp’ Its Pandemic Response Authority, Says Sen. Roger Marshall

Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) is urging restraint and skepticism before the United States accepts a recently proposed World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic response agreement, known as WHO CA+. The WHO recently introduced an early-stage draft proposal for a convention, agreement, or “other international instrument” for coordinating global pandemic responses. The draft document states that the…


US Military and Biden Admin Failed in Their Response to Chinese Spy Balloon: Gordon Chang

That the Chinese spy balloon was allowed to traverse the United States for eight days before being shot down was a failure by the U.S. military and the Biden administration, China expert Gordon Chang said in an interview, which aired on “Newsmakers” by NTD on Feb. 8. “Jan. 28, this balloon entered the U.S. Air Defense…


LIVE NOW: House Committees Hold Joint Hearing on Federal Response to COVID-19

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, holds a joint hearing on “The Federal Response to COVID-19.” Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr….


House Committees Hold Joint Hearing on Federal Response to COVID-19

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, holds a joint hearing on “The Federal Response to COVID-19.” Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr….


Seoul Says Allies Agree ‘Unparalleled’ Response Needed to a North Korea Nuclear Test

TOKYO—South Korea said on in Wednesday it had agreed with the United States and Japan that a resumption of nuclear testing by North Korea would have to be met with an “unparalleled” response. Washington and its allies believe North Korea could be about to resume nuclear bomb testing for the first time since 2017, but…


Conservatives Push for All Party Committee to Examine Canada’s Afghanistan Response

OTTAWA—Conservatives will push for a vote on a new all-party House of Commons committee to look back at Canada’s plan for the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the response to the humanitarian crisis that followed. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says the committee will help Canadians understand why Canada failed to act when the…


Fed’s Waller: ‘More Aggressive’ Response May Be Needed If Inflation Stays High

WASHINGTON—If inflation keeps rising at its current pace in coming months rather than subsiding as expected, Federal Reserve policymakers may need to adopt “a more aggressive policy response” next year, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Tuesday. For now, Waller said in remarks to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, he continues to believes…


German Industry Urges EU to Toughen Response to Unfair Chinese Trade Practices

BERLIN-The European Union should take a tougher approach to protecting companies from unfair Chinese trade practices as Beijing is not keeping its promise to further open up its economy, Germany’s BDI industry association said on Thursday. China has become Germany’s most important trading partner and exports of “Made in Germany” goods to the country have…


How Change Affects Mindset

After the pandemic struck, change became a commonality spreading across the world like wildfire. “Change management” has been a buzzword as long as I’ve been working in organizational leadership, but it took on an epic level after the pandemic started. You were probably faced with some really tough decisions in 2020, weren’t you? Business leaders,…


Biden’s Virus Response Mimics Trump’s, Adds Bureaucracy

President Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to turn the tide of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, telling Americans that he had a superior plan to the one that was being executed by the administration of President Donald Trump. Biden unveiled his strategy in the first days of his administration amid a flurry…