Commentary The U.S. government just gave the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a victory, and violated international law, by repatriating a former bank manager to China. The repatriation will chill internal resistance in China. On Nov. 14, China’s anti-graft watchdog announced that Xu Guojun, former president of the Bank of China’s Kaiping branch, was repatriated to…
Ford Motor to Require Most of Its 32,000 US Salaried Employees Be Vaccinated
WASHINGTON—Ford Motor will require most of its 32,000-strong U.S. salaried workforce to be vaccinated by Dec. 8. The second largest U.S. automaker said on Wednesday more than 84 percent of U.S. salaried employees already are vaccinated. The company deadline for most salaried workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 “aligns to federal contractor guidelines.” Ford was…
Bill Gertz: China Is Entering the ‘Graveyard of Empires’ in Gamble With Taliban
Was the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a “strategic success” for China? The United States has now officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, and President Joe Biden states that one of the main reasons for doing so was to allow the United States to “shore up” and refocus U.S. military resources on greater threats. Biden pointed to the…
Bill Gertz: China Entering ‘Graveyard of Empires’ in Gamble With Taliban
Was the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a “strategic success” for China? The United States has now officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, and President Joe Biden states that one of the main reasons for doing so was to allow the United States to “shore up” and refocus U.S. military resources on greater threats. Biden pointed to the…
Bill Gertz: US Withdrawal from Afghanistan a ‘Strategic Success’ for China
Was the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a “strategic success” for China? The United States has now officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, and President Joe Biden states that one of the main reasons for doing so was to allow the United States to “shore up” and refocus U.S. military resources on greater threats. Biden pointed to the…
US Says a Dozen Countries to Let Kabul Evacuation Flights Transit
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps up its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey,…
US Households Paying No Income Tax Hit 61 Percent of Total in 2020
By Laura Davison From Bloomberg News Nearly 61 percent of U.S households paid no federal income taxes during pandemic-stricken year of 2020, because of declines in income and boosts to government subsidies that wiped away tax liabilities, according to data from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. The number of households owing nothing came in at…
Wet and Unwelcome, Fred Spawns Twisters and Flooding in US
RALEIGH, N.C.—Tropical Storm Fred weakened to a depression and spawned several apparent tornadoes in Georgia and North Carolina on Tuesday as it dumped heavy rains into the Appalachian mountains along a path that could cause flash floods as far north as upstate New York. One death was reported—a Las Vegas man whose car hydroplaned near…
Fred Drenches US Southeast; Grace Again a Tropical Storm
Fred weakened from a tropical storm to a depression early Tuesday as it spread heavy rains over the U.S. Southeast and spawned several apparent tornadoes in Georgia. Flash flooding and mudslides were possible in mountainous areas as it moves toward the mid-Atlantic states. No injuries have been reported from Fred, and fewer than 30,000 customers…
FDA Declines to Approve Sesen Bio’s Bladder Cancer Treatment, Shares Plunge
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to approve Sesen Bio Inc’s lead therapy candidate for a type of bladder cancer, the company said on Friday, sending its shares down more than 80 percent. The FDA notified the drug developer that it cannot approve the marketing application for the drug, Vicineum, in its present…
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