The US is seeking to reshape Taiwan’s defense systems in light of the experience gained from sending military aid to Ukraine, which is currently locked in a conflict with Russia, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed American officials. Washington’s new strategy focuses on providing Taiwan with asymmetric …
Read More »Taiwan says it’s drawing ‘lessons’ from Ukraine conflict
Taiwan has observed the conflict in Ukraine and drawn several lessons for its own confrontation with mainland China, the disputed island’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, told CNN in an interview aired on Sunday. Wu argued that Beijing is hesitant to move on the island due to what he described as …
Read More »19 years since the US invasion of Iraq, has the West learned any lessons?
The US-led invasion of Iraq in March, 2003 was a war now accepted to have been built on lies and is said to have killed as many as one million Iraqis. However, despite the horrific bloodshed inflicted on the Iraqi people, the Western public seem to have forgotten so many …
Read More »Chicago teachers agree to resume in-person lessons
Chicago public schools are set to continue in-person classes after the city’s teachers union backed a plan with the local school district to establish new pandemic safety measures, ending a standoff that lasted nearly a week. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) House of Delegates voted to resume face-to-face learning on …
Read More »Slavoj Žižek: The lessons we can learn from China’s silence on a ‘missing’ tennis player
The story has been well documented in the media. On 2 November, Peng Shuai, a leading Chinese tennis player, posted a lengthy message on her Weibo account, accusing Zhang Gaoli, a former senior Chinese vice premier and high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), of sexual assault. This was the first time a member …
Read More »Five lessons from this week’s US elections, including one Trump surprise
With roughly a year to go until the midterm elections, it’s time to look at the top five takeaways from the 2021 election cycle in the wake of Republican victories in Virginia and beyond. Takeaway No.1: The Democrats are not in touch with voters on most issues. This takeaway is …
Read More »RT Creative Lab scores Emmy nomination for WWII tribute ‘Lessons of Auschwitz’ VR project
RT Creative Lab’s project has been shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Interactive Media: Documentary’ category. The nomination was announced on Tuesday by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) based in New York, US. The awards will be presented on September 28-29 and the ceremony streamed online. The Emmy …
Read More »School days may get longer, says UK education minister, as govt unveils £1.4bn scheme to make up for lessons lost to lockdowns
Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government would be working with schools, teachers, and parents to deliver the best outcome for Britain’s kids. He noted there was “a debate to be had as to whether children should be exiting the school gate – as …
Read More »The five lessons a post-Trump Republican party needs to learn from the president… and five things it would do well to ditch
Although his time as president seems to be at an end, I believe that Donald Trump has a great many things to be proud of. It’s safe to say that Trump did well for the Republican Party, given his significant achievements in foreign policy and the fact that the only …
Read More »When promoting Christian family values & querying LGBT lessons gets you fired, it’s clear the Bible is woke militia’s new target
Negotiating life in modern woke culture requires real dexterity. Sometimes a person slips up, finding it impossible to hold their tongue about how they really feel and then discovering that, in blurting out beliefs considered ‘not quite right,’ they have unleashed a maelstrom. Beware! If the woke police catch you, …
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