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BEIJING, CHINA—On Tuesday, May 26, at 12:54 a.m. (China Standard Time), a 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Mentougou District area of Beijing. The depth of focus is 18-kelometer. Mentougou District is in western Beijing with 306,000 population (Census 2014). The epicenter is 17-kilometer away from the Government Hall of Mentougou District. “I didn’t feel anything," said a Beijing resident/ “I got...

UNITED STATES—During a virtual meeting on Monday, March 1, President Joe Biden met with the President Andrés Manuel Lόpez Obrador of Mexico to come to an agreement on a new immigrant labor policy that would bring immigrants from Mexico and Central America legally to work in the U.S. Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal that U.S., unemployment...

SINGAPORE—Only two months after the first inter-Korean summit, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, June 12. The meeting is over 68 years in the making and transpired in Singapore between the two leaders. Trump indicated during a press conference that the effort toward denuclearization is imminent, something that the...

UNITED STATES—After 23 years at Fox News, Shepard Smith announced on Friday, October 11, that he was leaving the network. Smith has worked for Fox News since its inception in 1996. He has worked as a journalist for 33 years and did not disclose a reason for his departure from the network, where he earned more than $10 million...

WASHINGTON D.C.—On Thursday, August 13th, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office he had secured a landmark agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to Trump, the two countries have agreed to a "full normalization of relations" in exchange for Israel fully suspending their plan to annex the occupied West Bank Territory. If this agreement goes through,...

UNITED STATES—On Tuesday, August 31, President Joe Biden addressed the nation about the end of the war with Afghanistan. “We completed one of the biggest airlifts in history, with more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety,” said Biden. “The number is more than double what most experts thought were possible. No nation, no nation, has ever done anything like it...

UNITED STATES—Customs & Border Patrol Agents (CBP) arrested over 7000 illegal immigrants at the Yuma, Arizona port of entry. During the March 5 press conference, CBP Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs, Andrew Meehan, spoke about the numbers of immigrants who infiltrated the border in the month of February. A total of 76,103 illegal immigrants were apprehended including both individuals inadmissible at...

UNITED STATES−Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo gave a press briefing announcing new sanctions on Iran on Friday, January 10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTCErLFbu4Q&feature=youtu.be Mnuchin and Pompeo announced the sanctions imposed in keeping the President’s promise to place sanctions against the Iranian regime. “First, the President is issuing an executive order authorizing the imposition of additional sanctions against any...

SYDNEY—On Monday, September 28, United States President Donald Trump was nominated for the third time this year for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. David Flint, speaking on behalf of a group of Australian law professors who nominated Trump, explained why he decided to nominate Trump in an interview with Sky News Australia.  Flint praised the “Trump Doctrine,” which is “reducing...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After 294 days in a Russian prison, WNBA star Brittney Griner is returning to the United States after the Biden administration and the Kremlin agreed to release Griner in exchange for Russian arms dealer named Viktor Bout on Thursday, December 8. "She is safe, she is on a plane, she's on her way home," declared President Joe Biden in...