Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Department of Energy Sam Brinton has been charged for stealing luggage at an airport.
Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero COVID” strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.
Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China’s powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party.
The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, citing an “unacceptable risk” to national security.
"This was a horrible thing to experience. Poll workers conveyed a shocking lack of competence — it actually looked like willful incompetence," a Maricopa poll observer said.
