he recent felony conviction and eight month prison sentence of January 6th protester Paul Hodgkins is an affront to any notion of justice. It is a political charge and a political verdict by a political court.
US securities regulators plan to require additional information from Chinese companies seeking to go public on American exchanges, saying the move will protect domestic investors.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaffirmed its full support of transgender athletes Friday when medical director Richard Budgett declared “transwomen are women” and should be included in women’s sport “when we possibly can.”
On Wednesday, Chinese officials hosted Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and a Taliban political delegation in Tianjin. During the high-profile visit, China’s Foreign Ministry publicly expressed support for the Taliban, saying they would “play an important role in the process of peace, reconciliation and reconstruction in Afghanistan.”
apanese Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga on Thursday officially announced a state of emergency in Tokyo just two weeks ahead of the Olympics amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in the capital city.
