WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Denied Bail
The judge said Assange ‘has an incentive to abscond’ before the U.S. appeals her extradition decision.
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British Judge Denies U.S. Request to Extradite Julian Assange
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled on Monday that Assange's mental health prevented extradition to the U.S.
The Coming Global Backlash against China
Xi Jinping’s policies of repression at home and aggression abroad have backfired.
Google Services Suffer Major Outage
The outage came after U.S. government agencies were hacked in a suspected Russian cyberattack.
Russian Intelligence Suspected in Cyberattack on Federal Agencies
The hack was apparently orchestrated via a malicious software update from SolarWinds Inc.
U.S. Sanctions 14 Chinese Officials over Hong Kong Crackdown
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman promised China would respond with ‘vigorous countermeasures.’
Nike, Coca-Cola, Apple among Companies Lobbying against Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
Numerous global supply chains are based in Xinjiang, including for cotton and coal, and China has employed forced Uyghur labor for various factories.
Atlantic Cover Story Treats Abortion as a Given
It’s the ubiquity of abortion, not genetic testing, that’s creating “The Last Children of Down Syndrome.”
Jan Morris, R.I.P.
Jan Morris was undoubtedly a brilliant writer.
A Growing Threat from China
U.S. dependence on strategic minerals poses a looming threat to America’s position in the world.