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Commentary “In America, I post comments without fear of disgrace In China, they’re censored, what a great loss of face!” Ironically, these lines about online censorship, translated here from the original Chinese, were what led to me being censored for the first time in my life. As an American exchange student in Nanjing completing the […]

A knife-wielding man was shot by police during a Costa Mesa robbery March 11, police said. The shooting was preceded by a 4:45 a.m. report of a fight at a business at the 2200 block of Fairview Road, the Costa Mesa Police Department said in a release. Police arrived to find a man stabbing the

Four more cases of the Brazilian variant of the CCP virus, known as P.1, have been found in England, Public Health England (PHE) announced on Thursday. The latest cases brought the UK total of P.1 variant cases to 10, including seven in England and three in Scotland. All of 10 cases either have direct links

A coalition of over 90 Montana lawmakers signed a letter to President Joe Biden seeking to bring attention to the merits of the Keystone XL pipeline—a project cancelled by Biden on his first day in office. The letter signed by lawmakers across the state’s legislature argues the pipeline is not the same project reviewed by

OTTAWA—A state-affiliated publication in China says two Canadian men will “soon” receive their first trial after more than two years in detention. But a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada says Canadian diplomats have not been notified of any court hearings and are not aware of any set timelines for trials. Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor

Twenty-four Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have written to European Union leaders and lawmakers urging them to block the EU-China investment deal unless the Chinese regime repeals its National Security Law for the former British colony. Thirteen of the co-signatories of the letter are now living in exile as a result of Beijing’s increasingly brutal crackdown

MEXICO CITY—Mexico has received 280 pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces that were in the United States, amid efforts by authorities to recover part of the country’s cultural heritage, the Mexican government said. The pieces are at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico City where they will be studied and cataloged, the government said

Many public servants in Hong Kong may be forced to quit their jobs because they refused to pledge an oath of loyalty to the Chinese regime. All Hong Kong civil servants were required to take an oath or sign a declaration to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative

Warren Buffett’s fortune reached $100 billion on Wednesday, as investors drove the stock price for his company Berkshire Hathaway to a record level. Buffett’s net worth, as measured by Forbes magazine, comes almost entirely from owning about one-sixth of Berkshire, a roughly $600 billion company. Berkshire’s stock price has surged higher in March, with its

MINNEAPOLIS—A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill reinstated the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get appellate courts to block it. Cahill had earlier rejected the charge as not warranted