BREAKING: Haitian police kill four of President Moise's assassins; two arrested
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Very early Wednesday morning, highly-trained assassins made their way into Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s Port-au-Prince home and killed him with a bullet to the head. His wife, Martine Moise, was injured in the attack and flown to Florida to receive medical treatment. “Haiti has lost a true statesman,” interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement. “We will ensure that those responsible for this heinous act are swiftly brought to justice.” President Joe Biden called the assassination a “heinous” act and the US has pledged to support Haiti in the aftermath of the tragedy. The US ..read more
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Interview: Tahir Imin Uyghurian (Part 1)
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Tahir Imin, an Uyghur activist who spent nearly a year in a concentration camp in Xinjiang (The New York Times) Tahir Imin has been arrested, persecuted, and disowned by his family; all because he stood up to the Chinese Communist Party in the face of genocide. Altogether, he spent over two years as a prisoner of the CCP. After fleeing China, he moved to Israel, where he studied at Haifa University. Today, he lives in Washington, D.C., where he works to tell the world what is happening to his people in eastern China. The CCP has killed Uyghur culture and now they are killing the Uyghur people ..read more
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BREAKING: Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has died
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Donald Rumsfeld, President George W. Bush’s secretary of defense who oversaw the beginning of the War on Terror, has died at age 88. "It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico," the Rumsfeld family said in a statement. "History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we wi ..read more
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Ebrahim Raisi will be Iran’s next President
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (AP) Hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran’s presidential election with 17.8 million votes. Mohsen Rezaei, another hardliner, came in second place with 3.3 million votes. Raisi has not previously served in any elected position, instead he has been a member of the judiciary. After the 1979 revolution, Raisi was involved in the trials of thousands of opposition figures, most of which resulted in their executions. He is currently under US sanctions for his involvement in those cases. Raisi is loyal to Ayatollah Khameinei and many see him as a potential successo ..read more
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The IDF carries out airstrikes in Gaza after Hamas releases incendiary balloons into Israel
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Tuesday evening, the IDF destroyed multiple Hamas military compounds in Gaza via airstrikes after Hamas sent incendiary balloon devices across the border into Israel that sparked nearly two dozen fires. The balloon attacks were apparently in response to the flag march that took place in Jerusalem on Tuesday. “The Hamas terror organization is responsible for all events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and will bear consequences for its actions,” the IDF said in a statement. “The IDF is prepared for any scenario, including a resumption of hostilities, in the face of continuing terror activities fr ..read more
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BREAKING: Naftali Bennet has been sworn in as Israel's 13th Prime Minister
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Prime Minister Naftali Bennet addresses a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 13th (AFP) Sunday night, the Israeli Knesset voted to approve the new government formed Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennet and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, making Naftali Bennet Israel’s 13th prime minister and ending Benjamin Netanyahu’s record-breaking time in office. The government was approved by 60 MKs and opposed by 59. MK Saeed Alharomi of the Ra’am Party abstained. “The new government will be a government which strives for real, practical solutions to the problems faced by the country and its ..read more
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BREAKING: Russian court declares Alexei Navalny’s opposition group an “extremist” organization
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Getty Images) In the Kremlin’s latest attack on opposition-leader Alexei Navalny, a Russian court on Wednesday declared Alexei Navalny’s opposition network to be an “extremist” organization. The move comes less than a week after President Putin signed a law banning “extremist” organizations from participating in elections in any way. “We will not retreat from our goals and ideas,” Navalny wrote in an Instagram post after the news broke. “This is our country and we have no other.” It will be interesting to see whether or not President Biden challenges P ..read more
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BREAKING: China announces three-child policy
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
A woman with her baby in Wuhan, China on Monday (Getty Images) China has announced a three-child policy to replace the two-child policy that has been in place since 2016. The news comes after China’s once-a-decade census showed that the Chinese population grew at the slowest rate since the 1950s and the average fertility rate was just 1.3 per woman. The change was approved during a politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping on Monday, as reported by the Xinhua News Agency. China's Politburo also announced it would phase in delays in the country's retirement ages but did not provide ..read more
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TGR Weekly Review - 7.4.21
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
Two hundred and forty-five years ago, the American colonies declared themselves independent from British royalty. For many of the signers, it was not an easy decision. In putting their name down on the document, they were committing treason against the crown; a crime punishable by death. Legend goes that as the founders were debating whether or not to sign the Declaration of Independence, an unknown man who had somehow found his way into the Philadelphia Convention Hall rose and spoke: “Gibbet? They may stretch our necks on all the gibbets in the land—they may turn every rock into a scaffold ..read more
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Here are some of the most important—and terrifying—lines from Xi Jinping's 100th-anniversary speech
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by Antonio Jimenez
2y ago
(Getty Images) On Thursday, the Chinese Communist Party commemorated its 100th anniversary with a dazzling spectacle of dancing, singing, and fireworks. Millions of red flags were waved and a giant hammer and sickle was hoisted up in Beijing. It was both awesome and terrifying.  Established on July 1st, 1921 (though some say the founding was actually on June 23rd), the party was created as a Marxist organization in the style of the Bolsheviks. They formed an unlikely alliance with the Nationalists, led by Sun Yat-sen, who ran the country.  Two years after Sun Yat-sen’s death in 1925 ..read more
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