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Mask Requirement at Island County Auditor's Office Produces Standoff
(The Center Square) – An Island County elections observer was escorted out of the Auditor’s Office on Monday for refusing to wear a facemask.
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Trump continues leading polls in North Carolina
(The Center Square) – With just eight days until the general election, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck-in-neck in North Carolina....
Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from operating in Israel
Israel passed a law on Monday banning the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact its work in war-torn Gaza....
Factbox-Trump's second-term agenda: trade wars, mass deportations, destroying 'deep state'
USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-AGENDA-FACTBOX:Factbox-Trump's second-term agenda: trade wars, mass deportations, destroying 'deep state'...
U.S. Think Tank: Temu is a CCP Spyware Disguised as an E-commerce Platform
According to a report from a U.S. think tank, the Chinese cross-border e-commerce platform Temu poses significant risks, potentially posing a threat on par with TikTok. Experts warn that Temu may be a CCP spyware tool for espionage and cyberwarfare disguised as an e-commerce site....
Israel wants more peace deals with Arab countries after war, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he hopes to reach peace deals with more Arab countries once the war against Iranian proxies Hamas and Hezbollah is complete....
US joins calls for investigation of reports of election related violations in Georgia
GEORGIA-ELECTION-USA:US joins calls for investigation of reports of election related violations in Georgia...
CCP Eyes U.S. Election, Fails to Interfere and Brings Humiliation on Itself
As the U.S. presidential election countdown heats up, the CCP’s interference attempts have reached a desperate last-ditch effort. Recently, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) detected that a group of hackers had breached parts of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure through electronic methods....
Mexico raises concerns about US plan to bar Chinese vehicle software, hardware
The Mexican government on Monday raised concerns about the Biden administration's proposal to prohibit key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns....
Xi Strikes Back with High-Profile Anti-Corruption at Politburo Meeting; Fourth Plenary Session Shelved
CCP’s Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CCP, presided over a Politburo meeting on October 28. The meeting avoided discussing the economy and instead used a review of the 20th Central Committee’s third round of inspections to launch a high-profile anti-corruption campaign....
Florida's mail-in voting numbers exceed 2016 totals
(The Center Square) – Vote by mail numbers in Florida have exceeded numbers from the 2016 election when former President Donald Trump won his first term in office....
Both Fan Changlong and Zhang Youxia Visited Vietnam, With Different Reports from State Media
After overseas reports exposed that Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), visited Vietnam and was received with high-level hospitality by the Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary, the President, and the Prime Minister, CCP state media only published related reports on October 26....
Biden casts early ballot for Harris as Election Day nears
USA-ELECTION-BIDEN:Biden casts early ballot for Harris as Election Day nears...
Treasury likely to keep debt plans in place before US elections
USA-TREASURY-BORROWING-PREVIEW:Treasury likely to keep debt plans in place before US elections...
Trump Media surges 20% in final stretch of White House race
USA-STOCKS-TRUMP-MEDIA:Trump Media surges 20% in final stretch of White House race...
Poll: New Yorkers want Adams to step down
(The Center Square) — A majority of New Yorkers want indicted Mayor Eric Adams to step down, and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Leticia James are...
Philadelphia prosecutor sues Elon Musk group to stop $1 million lottery for voters
USA-ELECTION-MUSK:Philadelphia prosecutor sues Elon Musk group to stop $1 million lottery for voters...
South Korea's Yoon says North Korean troops' Ukraine war deployment may come sooner than expected
UKRAINE-CRISIS-SOUTHKOREA-EU:South Korea's Yoon says North Korean troops' Ukraine war deployment may come sooner than expected...
AT&T announces $1 billion fiber deal with Corning
AT-T-FIBER-CORNING:AT&T announces $1 billion fiber deal with Corning...
NATO chief says he can confirm North Korean troops are in Russia's Kursk
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region....
BMW’s First Global 5S Store, Beijing Xingdebao, Shuts Down; Industry Winter Persists
Beijing Xingdebao Automobile Sales and Service Co., Ltd., BMW’s first 5S store worldwide, recently posted an announcement stating it would close its doors, making it the first 5S store to go out of business....
Shanghai Deploys Massive Police Force to Block Halloween Activities – What Is the CCP Afraid Of
Halloween is originally a Western holiday where people dress up as various characters for entertainment, and children go door to door for treats, along with the display of various pumpkin decorations. But in China’s largest city, Shanghai, Halloween celebrations have become taboo. This past weekend, Shanghai police patrolled the city’s central streets, cracking down on Halloween celebrations in this relatively most international Chinese city....
In First Nine Months, CCP Arrests More Village Corrupt Officials than All of Last Year, Sparking Heated Discussion
The CCP recently released anti-corruption statistics for January to September of this year, showing that not only are more high-ranking officials being taken down, but village-level secretaries and directors under investigation have already exceeded the total from last year....
Israeli troops capture around 100 Hamas militants in north Gaza hospital, military says
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-HOSPITAL:Israeli troops capture around 100 Hamas militants in north Gaza hospital, military says...
Chinese Communist Party Military Newspaper Calls for Ban on Referring to Leader’s Secretary as ‘Big Secretary,’ Draws Mockery
Following a call to “rectify” the practice of referring to military personnel as “Big Boss” and “Second Boss,” the CCP’s military newspaper has published another article criticizing the informal and outdated ways that officers and soldiers address each other, such as calling the leader’s secretary “Big Secretary,” urging senior generals to lead in correcting this....
"Those who gather firewood for the people should not be left to freeze in the wind and snow" – Los Angeles Dissidents Support Human Rights Lawyers Detained by the CCP
On the afternoon of Saturday, October 26 (local time), Chinese dissidents in Los Angeles held a protest in front of the Chinese consulate, condemning the illegal arrest and detention of human rights lawyers Wang Yu, Jiang Tianyong, and others by the Weixian County police in Handan City, Hebei Province, China....
Rereading Li Zhisui: Reassessing Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping
Thirty years ago, in 1994, Mao Zedong’s former doctor, Li Zhisui, published The Private Life of Chairman Mao in the United States....
European Shares Rise as Key Data and US Tech Earnings Loom
European shares edged up on Monday as investors prepared for a busy schedule of key economic data releases and earnings from major U.S. companies....
Philippines Confident in US Security Policy Continuity Regardless of Election
The Philippines is confident in the continuity of U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific region after the U.S. presidential election, its defence chief said, underlining that Philippine-U.S. ties would remain strong regardless of the outcome....
Russian State Media Says Moscow Spirited a U.S. Citizen Working for It Out of Ukraine
Russian state media said on Monday that Moscow's forces fighting in Ukraine had successfully extracted a U.S. citizen from eastern Ukraine who had secretly helped them target Ukraine for at least two years....
Taiwan Q3 Growth Seen Slowing on Dull Investment, Consumption: Reuters Poll
TAIWAN-ECONOMY-GDP:Taiwan Q3 growth seen slowing on dull investment, consumption: Reuters poll...
Tense Atmosphere in Shanghai on Halloween Eve: Authorities Ban 'Cosplay,' but 'Strange Costumes' Still Seen in Busy Streets
this year, on the eve of Halloween, the atmosphere in Shanghai is unusually tense....