U.S. envoy William Brent Christensen joined the president of Taiwan on Sunday in marking the 62nd anniversary of a deadly Chinese attack, amid rising tensions between Washington and ... ( read original story ...)
F-16V Fighters For Taiwan: $8 Billion Well Spent? Yes and No.
It is incumbent on President Tsai and her advisers to mull the opportunity costs of the looming F-16V purchase. What Taipei spends on Vipers cannot be spent on something else, barring a major increase ... ( read original story ...)
Three die of COVID-19 in Bahrain
Bahrain ... ( read original story ...)
Fraternity House at Georgia College on Lockdown Following Coronavirus Outbreak
Residents of a fraternity house at Georgia Tech entered isolation mid-way through last week, after reporting at least 17 positive cases of COVID-19 among members. ( read original story ...)
Josh Brolin ditches Hollywood for Georgia
Josh Brolin and his family have moved to Georgia for a "new adventure", just months ahead of his wife Kathryn Boyd's due date. ( read original story ...)
No fans allowed for Charlotte 49ers’ football home opener against Georgia State | Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte 49ers’ football home opener scheduled for Sept. 26 against Georgia State at Richardson Stadium will be played without fans due to coronavirus concerns, UNC Charlotte announced Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Georgia cop fired for using stun gun on Black woman during arrest
A white police officer “violated (the department’s) policy and did not meet our core values” when he used a stun gun on a Black woman while arresting her in a now-viral TikTok video. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait Crown Prince calls for unity in tackling corruption
Earlier last week, Kuwait suspended the director-general of state security, the former director of the money laundering department, and a number of high-ranking officers over leaked recordings that ... ( read original story ...)
EU spent €5m. promoting east Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital in 2019
Grants designed to preserve the Palestinian identity of east Jerusalem with the aim of promoting it as the capital of a future State of Palestine were handed to a number of NGOs in the region. ( read original story ...)
Palestine records 326 new COVID-19 cases, 25,035 in total
(Xinhua) -- Palestine recorded on Sunday 326 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the Palestinian territories to 25,035. Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said in a ... ( read original story ...)