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When Facebook and its related sites went down recently, traffic to actual news sites went up. Frances Haugen, the whistleblower who revealed that Facebook knew it was bad for people, and especially young women, has appeared on 60 Minutes. She revealed that Facebook was aware of how divisive its platform was, but refused to make …

More than two feet of rain fell in Italy in a single day, the first time that’s happened in European history. Nobel prize winner Giorgio Parisi, an Italian, has called climate change a “huge threat” to humanity. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe have taken to the streets to call for systemic changes …

Biden has sided with China as tensions heat up between China and Taiwan, reiterating that the U.S. will abide by the “one China” policy––meaning the US will follow the Chinese assertion that Taiwan is its territory. Taiwan has recorded a record number of Chinese jets in its airspace. This past summer, Chinese jets entered Taiwanese airspace …

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has signed a mandate that would require people to show proof of vaccination before entering bars, restaurants, gyms, and other indoor spaces. The US Army mandated that all active duty soldiers must be vaccinated by December 15. Meanwhile, police in Los Angeles are suing over vaccine mandates, while officers elsewhere …

A Chinese detective in exile spoke to CNN about the torture Uighurs have been subjected to in China, including sexual assault, electrocution, starvation, and waterboarding. Marchers gathered in Paris to demand that the EU ban products made with Uighur labor. Fourteen new Chinese companies have been added to the U.S. blacklist over human rights violation …

Southwest has become the latest airline to require vaccines, joining an ever-growing number of organizations doing so. Almost all Fox News employees have now been vaccinated, even as hosts go on the air and cast doubt on vaccine efficacy. The US Army mandated that all active duty soldiers must be vaccinated by December 15. Meanwhile, …

Frances Haugen, the whistleblower who revealed that Facebook knew it was bad for people, and especially young women, has appeared on 60 Minutes. She revealed that Facebook was aware of how divisive its platform was, but refused to make any changes to the algorithm because it brought it more ad revenue. According to internal documents, …

Taiwan has recorded a record number of Chinese jets in its airspace. This past summer, Chinese jets entered Taiwanese airspace multiple times. In June, China  sent a massive force of 28 aircraft into Taiwanese airspace, including nuclear-capable bombers, the largest and most threatening show of force yet. The Chinese government, angered by recent developments between the …

Forty-nine employees of Kentucky public schools have died of COVID, the most recent a 46-year-old woman. The COVID death toll in the United States has reached 700,000. Canadian psychologists tracking pandemic anxiety since March 2020 report that higher levels of anxiety persists, even though life is returning to normal. Partly responsible: continued news of rising …

Marchers gathered in Paris to demand that the EU ban products made with Uighur labor. Fourteen new Chinese companies have been added to the U.S. blacklist over human rights violation in Xinjiang. Just after the January elections, in his first call with Chinese official Yang Jiechi, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pressed China …

The Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi “in the friggin’ brain” has pled guilty to a misdemeanor for illegally protesting. Recently, Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington has challenged the Justice Department’s punishments for the Capitol rioters, wondering why they are being fined $1.5m when taxpayers are footing a …

The COVID death toll in the United States has reached 700,000. Canadian psychologists tracking pandemic anxiety since March 2020 report that higher levels of anxiety persists, even though life is returning to normal. Partly responsible: continued news of rising COVID cases. The rate of daily COVID deaths has climbed to the highest levels since March. …