TAIPEI, TAIWAN — The threat posed by authoritarian regimes is a “wake-up call for democrats worldwide,” Taiwan’s leader said Tuesday, as she opened a meeting of global activists that included fugitive Hong Kong dissident Nathan Law.
About 200 political and civic leaders from 70 countries, including Iran, Russia and Ukraine, were attending the assembly in Taipei.
UN Security Council discusses Russia ‘dirty bomb’ claim
The Security Council met behind closed doors to discuss Moscow’s claim, first made public Sunday, that it believed Ukraine would explode a crude nuclear device in the war zone and blame Russian forces for it.
“We think it’s a very serious danger,” Russia’s deputy UN Ambassador Dimitry Polyanskiy said after the meeting.
Iran Tensions Mount as Students Protest Ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
student may die but will not accept humiliation,” they chanted at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, in an online video verified by AFP.
Young women and schoolgirls have been at the forefront of protests sparked by Amini’s death last month, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women.
Musk businesses suspected of being indirectly involved in military operations against Taiwan
A NATO intelligence official has informed Taiwan’s media that Elon Musk’s vast business interests in China were at least indirectly involved in People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military exercises around Taiwan in August.
Putin’s Army Facing ‘Irreversible’ Defeat’
Former U.S. generals say Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s army in Ukraine may be near “irreversible” defeat, according to comments they made on Sunday.
“No amount of shambolic mobilization, which is the only way to describe it, no amount of annexation, no amount of even veiled nuclear threats can actually get [Putin] out of this particular situation,” said retired Army General David Petraeus on ABC News on Sunday. “He is losing, and the battlefield reality he faces is, I think, irreversible.”
Africa’s Headed for a Climate Showdown With Rich Nations
African leaders say industrialized countries should pay to save the planet rather than expecting them to forego oil and gas development.
Developing nations need financing to help cope with worsening storms, droughts and floods.
CHIPS and Science Act leads to today’s groundbreaking of Intel’s $20B plant
Columbus, Ohio will soon be the home of a new $20 billion Intel plant focused on creating semiconductor chips, which have become crucial to everyday life in 2022.
Wokie Dolo responds! Influencers, despite what Henry Costa reported
Wokie Dolo responds! Influencers, despite what Henry Costa reported last night, Wokie Dolo has been in communication with the organizers of the Miss Liberia pageant for some time now.
Citizens of Nimba calls for Clarification on New Liberian Bank notes
The Citizens of Nimba County said, amidst the hardship in Liberia financially, seeing the lawmaker with over five hundred million Liberian Dollars new Bank notes is something that worth questioning.
Government of Liberia is expected to deliver the remains of the late Princess Cooper
Several months ago, the government pathologist enunciated the autopsy result of Princess Cooper that she died of Tuberculosis(TB) which caused her to cough out blood from both her mouth and nose, has the government refused to give the body to the family because of the disease that had murdered miss Cooper. This result had every citizen in the country in a devastating state leaving their hearts with so many questions wondering about the poor girl’s death.

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