March 2, 2023 Havana Syndrome 'Patient Zero' rejects intelligence community findings that foreign adversary 'very unlikely' The Victims of Havana Syndrome say they reject the findings that a foreign adversary is "very unlikely" to be behind the Anomalous Health Incidents.
March 2, 2023 US’ $619M munitions sale to Taiwan won’t impact weapons to Ukraine: National Security Adviser John Kirby The approved $619 million of munitions and other equipment to Taiwan is not expected to impact the flow of weapons to Ukraine, the Biden administration said.
March 2, 2023 TikTok's only defenders in Washington are those 'paid to do so': FCC commissioner Federal Communications Commission commissioner Brendan Carr says policy against TikTok is a 'step in the right direction,' but it will eventually be banned.
March 2, 2023 Massive Hong Kong fire consumes skyscraper under construction, raining burning embers onto street A massive fire broke out early Friday at a skyscraper in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, raining embers and smoke down into the urban area as firefighters fought the blaze.
March 2, 2023 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is calling on China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia Olaf Scholz is asking China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia. He believes China should use its influence to press Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine.
March 2, 2023 China says US 'pushing the envelope' on Taiwan with weapon sales China dismissed Secretary of State Antony Blinken's criticism of its peace plan, characterizing the US positions on Ukraine and Taiwan as hypocritical.
March 2, 2023 McCarthy’s China mission: Give Biden a ‘backbone,’ ‘empower’ him to tackle the CCP threat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he intends to make policy that will give President Biden a “backbone” and “empower” him to tackle the emerging China threat.
March 2, 2023 Credibility crisis: Media ‘fact-checkers’ were eager to debunk COVID lab leak theory, had to issue corrections Fact-checkers at outlets like the Washington Post and PolitiFact eagerly dismissed the COVID lab leak theory in 2020, and some were forced to issue updates and corrections.
March 1, 2023 US approves sale of F-16s munitions, other military equipment to Taiwan The Pentagon has approved the potential $619 million sale of F-16 munitions and related equipment to Taiwan amid heightened tensions with Beijing.
March 1, 2023 House subcommittee sets date for first hearing on COVID origins following FBI's lab leak admission The House COVID Subcommittee announced that it will hold its first hearing on the origins of the coronavirus next week, which comes after the FBI's admission that it likely came from a lab.