Category: International

ANALYSIS: TikTok Faces Escalated Ban Worldwide, Poisoning the Minds of Teens a Main Concern

New Analysis The Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok has become increasingly scrutinized over reports of censoring anti-Beijing content, tracking users, and concerns that it hands user information to authorities in Beijing. A number of governments have escalated efforts to restrict access to the video app citing security concerns. Lawmakers in the United States, Australia, Canada, and…


ANALYSIS: TikTok Faces Escalated Restrictions Worldwide; Harms on Children a Main Concern

New Analysis The Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok has become increasingly scrutinized over reports of censoring anti-Beijing content, tracking users, and concerns that it hands user information to authorities in Beijing. A number of governments have escalated efforts to restrict access to the video app citing security concerns. Lawmakers in the United States, Australia, Canada, and…


Biden Announces New Military Aid in Meeting With Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Japan

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 21, on the sidelines of the G-7 summit of world leaders in Hiroshima, Japan. At a press conference following their bilateral meeting, Biden announced the United States would provide Ukraine with a new military aid package of up to $375 million. “The United States continues to…


Biden Announces New Military Aid for Ukraine During Meeting With Zelenskyy

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden announced a new $375 million package of military aid to Ukraine during a May 21 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G-7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan. “The United States continues to help Ukraine respond, recover, and rebuild. We are also supporting peace,” Biden said during his first face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy since making a…


Australian PM Backs G7 Statement Against China’s Economic Coercion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…


Australian PM Backs G-7 Statement Against China’s Economic Coercion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed Australia’s support for the leaders’ statement coming from the G-7 summit against China asserting its disputed claims in the Indo-Pacific region through force and coercion. “We have said for some time that China’s activity, and we expressed concern for ourselves as well, the chafing of one of our aircraft,…


Biden to Meet With Zelenskyy at Hiroshima Summit: White House

President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Hiroshima Summit, the White House said. The meeting will happen in the afternoon of May 21 local time. “We do expect that the president will have a bilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy … In that meeting, the president will continue to reiterate the…


British Climber Scales Everest for 17th Time, the Most by a Non-Sherpa Guide

KATHMANDU, Nepal—A British mountain guide returned to Nepal’s capital on Friday after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been doing it almost every year since then. “I…


WHO Calls for ‘Global Governance’ While GOP Lawmakers Say Quit and Defund the WHO

House Republicans took to the podium on May 17 to condemn the Biden administration’s negotiation of global pandemic agreements that they say will grant additional power to the World Health Organization (WHO) and centralize authority in an organization they say failed the American public during the COVID pandemic. Shortly thereafter, on May 19, WHO Director…


GOP Pushes Back Against WHO Plans for ‘Global Governance’ on Emergencies

House Republicans took to the podium on May 17 to condemn the Biden administration’s negotiation of global pandemic agreements that they say will grant additional power to the World Health Organization (WHO) and centralize authority in an organization they say failed the American public during the COVID pandemic. Shortly thereafter, on May 19, WHO Director…