A Chinese company has offered the Taliban $10 billion and a proposal to build key strategic infrastructure connecting north-south Afghanistan in exchange for access to the country’s lithium reserves. Some experts raised concerns that the offer would allow the Chinese regime to expand its influence in the region. The proposal was discussed between a representative…
IN-DEPTH: Chinese Firm Offers Taliban $10 Billion for Access to Lithium
April 20, 2023
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IN-DEPTH: The Real Reason Behind China’s $10 Billion Offer to Taliban for Lithium
April 20, 2023
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A Chinese company has offered the Taliban $10 billion and a proposal to build key strategic infrastructure connecting north-south Afghanistan in exchange for access to the country’s lithium reserves. Some experts raised concerns that the offer would allow the Chinese regime to expand its influence in the region. The proposal was discussed between a representative…
Yemen Stampede: At Least 78 Killed in Surge for Ramadan Donations
SANAA—At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as residents gathered at a school to receive cash donations distributed by merchants during Ramadan, witnesses and the Houthi administration said on Thursday. Hundreds of people crowded to receive the alms, which amounted to 5,000 Yemeni riyals, or about $9 per…
Biden Wants World to Follow Example of New EPA Tailpipe Standards
April 20, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden is suggesting that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new tailpipe emissions standards set a global standard at the April 20 Major Economies Forum (MEF) on energy and climate change. That’s according to senior officials who spoke to reporters on April 19. “President Biden will invite leaders to join the United States…
Biden Wants World to Follow Example of New EPA Emissions Standards
April 20, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden is suggesting that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new tailpipe emissions standards set a global standard at the April 20 Major Economies Forum (MEF) on energy and climate change. That’s according to senior officials who spoke to reporters on April 19. “President Biden will invite leaders to join the United States…
US Military Failed in Training, Advising, Equipping Afghan Forces: Pentagon Watchdog
The U.S. military failed to properly train, advise, assist, and equip the Afghan military, according to the Pentagon’s watchdog. This assessment comes as watchdog representatives from the Defense Department, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) testified before the House Oversight Committee on April…
US Government Watchdog Blames Both Biden and Trump for Afghanistan Collapse
April 19, 2023
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The Trump and Biden administrations are to blame for the collapse of Afghanistan’s government due to the U.S. withdrawal from there in 2021, according to a U.S. government watchdog. This revelation comes as watchdogs from relevant departments testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on April 19: the Department of Defense’s Robert Storch, the…
US Government Watchdog Blames Both Biden, Trump for Afghanistan Collapse
April 19, 2023
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The Trump and Biden administrations are to blame for the collapse of Afghanistan’s government due to the U.S. withdrawal from the country in 2021, according to a U.S. government watchdog. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR’s) John Sopko testified to the House Oversight Committee on April 19. In written testimony (pdf) before the committee,…
US Approves F-16 Upgrade After Turkey Eases Stand on NATO
WASHINGTON—The U.S. agreed Monday to sell Turkey $259 million in software it has long sought to upgrade its fleet of U.S. F-16 fighter jets. State Department approval of the sale comes about two weeks after Turkey dropped its objections to Finland joining NATO. Turkey continues to withhold its approval for Sweden to join the military…
US Helicopter Raid in Syria Kills ISIS Leader
BEIRUT—A helicopter raid by U.S. forces in northern Syria early on Monday killed a senior leader of the ISIS terrorist group, the U.S. military said. The U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the ISIS leader, Abd-al-Hadi Mahmud al-Haji Ali, was “responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe.” Two other…
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