China doesn't want to become America. Why that's bad news … for America.
American democracy is no longer seen as a better alternative to young Chinese — and no wonder. China is playing the long game. We are not. Read from Source
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Taiwan’s top military official dies in helicopter crash which kills eight – The Telegraph
Taiwan’s top military official dies in helicopter crash which kills eight The Telegraph Taiwan’s top military officer among 8 killed in helicopter crash Fox News Taiwan’s Military Chief Among 8 Dead After A Helicopter Carrying Leaders Crashed | TIME TIME Taiwan’s officials news agency reports island’s top military official is among at least 11 survivors of copter crash Washington … Read more
Ten senators to watch on Trump impeachment trial | TheHill – The Hill
Ten senators to watch on Trump impeachment trial | TheHill The Hill Trump begins new year fending off Democrats and attempting to win a 2nd term ABC News Giuliani says he would be willing to testify in impeachment trial and would ‘love to try the case’ USA TODAY Truce? Progressive Democrats need Republican moderates to beat Donald Trump … Read more
Trump has created a foreign student crisis
A company that spurned talent it badly needed couldn't thrive. The same is true for a country.But that isn't stopping the Trump administration from blithely driving foreign students into the open arms of other countries with its ill-advised immigration policies.For three years in a row, the number of new foreign students enrolling in American universities … Read more
India's Russian-Made Aircraft Carrier Is a Total Disaster. Here's Why.
n the early 2000s, India went shopping for a new aircraft carrier. What followed was a military-industrial nightmare. Read from Source
Three mountain lions shot in US after feeding on human remains
Wildlife officials in the US state of Arizona said they have shot three mountain lions which fed on human remains found near a popular hiking trail. Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday it had found human remains at Pima Canyon Trail in the hills north of Tucson. The three lions were killed overnight, Arizona Game … Read more
Carlos Ghosn fled Japan using a 2nd French passport that the courts let him keep, reports say
The former Nissan CEO abruptly appeared in Lebanon, from which he cannot be extradited, after giving authorities in Japan the slip. Read from Source
Taiwan’s Top Uniformed Military Officer Dies in Helicopter Crash
(Bloomberg) — The two main contenders in Taiwan’s presidential race curtailed their election campaigns Thursday after the top uniformed military officer died in a helicopter crash.Chief of General Staff Shen Yi-ming and other officials were en route to meet military personnel in the run up to the Lunar New Year holiday when their UH-60M Black … Read more
Centrist Democrats need a 2020 reality check before it's too late
In obsessively pursuing white, middle-class midwestern voters, Democratic leaders are setting their party up for disaster • Julián Castro drops out of 2020 race, plus the rest of the day in US politics – live Let’s start the new year with a reality check. Remember that dad, uncle or neighbor, who told you over Christmas … Read more
Yes, Bernie Sanders Could Be the Nominee—and It Would Be an Epic Nightmare for Democrats
It suddenly seems that Bernie Sanders—the democratic socialist candidate competing in the Democratic primaries—might actually have a chance of winning a significant number of primaries, thus becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 2020. As Holly Otterbein and David Siders write in Politico, the man who was written off by party insiders “as a candidate … Read more