China truth, military mishap exposes Xi’s paranoia?【News Watch Li Muyang 3.28】
During a military exercise, a Chinese Communist Party infantry fighting vehicle fired a smoke grenade that directly hit an observation platform packed with officials....
Why are smugglers swarming East Africa for ants to send to China and Europe?
For most people, ants are unwelcome guests at a picnic, but international demand for the insects is driving a new black market in East...
As Iran’s drones swarm Gulf, Ukraine’s wartime tech lands billion-dollar deals
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country had “undoubtedly changed the geopolitical situation” in the Middle East with a series of...
One rule for Israel and another for Iran risks nuclear disaster
Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet the double standard associated with this is...
DHS Shutdown Ties for the Longest in History
The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tied for the longest shutdown in U.S. history on March 28. DHS has been...
Malaysia’s Yong Zheng Xi on the ‘95% hard work’ behind his Bridgerton fame
From a law lecture hall to Barbie and later the glitzy ballroom of Bridgerton, Malaysian-born actor Yong Zheng Xi is quietly carving out a...
Iran Allowing 20 More Ships Through Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan Says
Iran has agreed to allow 20 Pakistani-flagged ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz unharmed, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on March 28....
China proposes a new way to measure academic influence in a departure from impact factor
Chinese researchers have introduced a new methodology for evaluating medical and life science journals worldwide that does not rely on the “impact factor” traditionally...
As Cambodia’s scam crackdown deadline looms, criminal gangs flee
Young, naive and now sleeping rough on a plastic sheet outside their embassy in Phnom Penh, Indonesians Abdul* and Hafiz* are among the expendable...