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Bloomberg employee detained in China
Months after another Chinese journalist was held by authorities and not been since, another has been detained, this time a Bloomberg employee . In the days since her disappearance, the news outlet has reportedly been seeking information about Fan's whereabouts and condition from the communist government as well as from the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. [Full Article...]
Netherlands expels 2 Russian diplomats accused of spying
Both have been declared "persona non grata" by the foreign ministry meaning they can no longer work as diplomats and will have to leave the country. "That way we can disrupt these espionage attempts, as we have done here". "Some individuals were paid by the intelligence officer in exchange for information", it said. Dutch-Russian relations have been under severe strain for years. [Full Article...]
Caretaker PM Diab & 3 Former Ministers Charged Over Beirut Blast
He pledged not to let anyone violate "the post of prime minister" - a seat reserved for a Sunni Muslim in Lebanon's power-sharing system. Since the material arrived in Lebanon in late 2013, four prime ministers have been in office during the past seven years. [Full Article...]
Vehicle Plows Into Manhattan Black Lives Matter Protest, Multiple People Injured
Six people were struck by the vehicle, a police source told NBC New York . According to reports, a few protesters are believed to have surrounded a auto. He said it was "too early to tell" whether it was intentional or a traffic accident. "Information at this time is preliminary, updates to follow", said the NYPD News Twitter account. [Full Article...]
Prince William pays tribute to 'legend' Barbara Windsor
British Royal Family News says that after the devastating experience that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had with their miscarriage this summer, there's a very good chance that the royal couple will be particularly careful about how they will announce their next pregnancy, if they even do so. [Full Article...]
HK to receive 1st batch of Covid-19 vaccine in Jan 2021
AstraZeneca and Oxford University have more work to do to confirm if their Covid-19 vaccine can be 90 per cent effective, a peer-reviewed paper in The Lancet showed on Tuesday, potentially slowing its roll-out in the fight against the pandemic. [Full Article...]
Axios’ Swan: Swalwell Blaming Trump for Spy Story ‘Completely Absurd’
Axios reported Tuesday a Chinese operative named Fang Fang (aka Christine Fang ) developed relationships with a number of politicians, including Swalwell. Fang also helped place an intern in Swalwell's office. Fang came on the radar of U.S. counterintelligence officials as they were investigating another person suspected of being a Chinese spy , a current counterintelligence official said... [Full Article...]
Fortescue (ASX:FMG) responds to Juukan Gorge scandal
An Australian parliamentary inquiry recommended late on Wednesday (Dec 9) that the Anglo-Australian mining giant pay restitution to the PKKP, rebuild the destroyed site and commit to a permanent moratorium on mining in the area. The committee now says that it aims to finish the report in the second half of 2021, once it has heard testimony from other states after disruptions related to the COVID... [Full Article...]