Turkey deployed combat troops in Syria to fight Daesh. Recent reports by the U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general stated our operations have impacted the group’s “ability to smuggle fighters, …
Fact-check: Black Lives Matter protesters did not deface Vietnam Memorial in Washington
A reverse image search shows that the image in the post is not the wall in Washington, but a Vietnam memorial in California that was defaced in 2016.
Vietnam Vet, ‘Forrest Gump’ Author Winston Groom Dead at 77
Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, …
India and Pakistan Clash on Border As China Conflict Looms Heavy
India and Pakistan accused one another of launching “unprovoked” aggressions in statements sent to Newsweek, while yet another standoff involving China kept the region on edge.
Google Briefly Removes India Payments App For Betting Violations Ahead Of IPL
Google Friday removed one of India’s biggest digital payment apps for several hours from its online store for breaching gambling rules, a day before the start of the lucrative Indian Premier League …
U.S. Slams China’s ‘Aggressive, Destabilizing’ Military Actions During Taiwan Visit
Pentagon spokesperson John Supple told Newsweek that China’s air and naval show of force was another example of the country “using its military as a tool of coercion with Taiwan and other neighbors,” …
‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal
When downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging service are barred in the U.S. starting at midnight on Sunday, the feud between the countries will hit home for millions of people.
In China, WeChat is everything: Text messaging, video chat and mobile payments
And, beyond being the top app in China and a way to connect families spread across the globe, WeChat is also used here to do business. The Trump announcement means downloads of the app, as well as …
China and Russia are ahead in the global coronavirus vaccine race, bending long-standing rules as they go
China is now the sole supplier of coronavirus vaccine to the Middle East. Meanwhile, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund signed a deal this week to supply India with 100 million doses of the Sputnik V …
The WeChat ban is a difficult but necessary step toward openness in China
WeChat is not a bridge — it’s a closed system that keeps its 1.2 billion users in a parallel universe where they are free to interact as long as they don’t cross the lines.