American President-elect Donald Trump confirmed that he held a phone call with genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Friday, which he described as a "very good one" that will help Washington and Beijing "solve many problems."
Chinese app RedNote β known in China as "Xiaohongshu" and often described as the Chinese version of Instagram β is blocking posts about the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre and Uyghurs as U.S. TikTok users migrate to the platform ahead of a likely ban in the United States this Sunday. Startled westerners are also learning that China's platforms don't take kindly to woke LGBT content.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) answered concerns about his longstanding, vocal stance against the atrocities committed by communist China in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday where he appeared following his nomination to be secretary of state.
China is wielding TikTok as a weapon to wage unrestricted warfare on the United States. This is whyΒ the Chinese Communist Party viewsΒ TikTok as a βmodern day Trojan Horseβ and classifiedΒ its powerful algorithm as a top secretΒ βnational security asset.β
American TikTok users are saying "goodbye" to their "personal Chinese spy" in viral videos trending on the Chinese social media platform mocking the app's potential ban in the United States this Sunday.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol did not attend his first impeachment hearing on Tuesday, reportedly out of fear for his security, making it impossible for the Constitutional Court to address most of the issues presented before it today.
The Chinese state-run propaganda outletΒ Global Times berated Americans on Tuesday forΒ alleged "finger-pointing" and a lack of "unity" in the face of the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, condemning reasonable criticisms regarding California's lack of preparation to handle the destruction.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published a video on social media on Sunday of two men Ukraine claims are North Korean soldiers captured on the front lines of the Russian invasion, allegedly fighting without having been told they were going to war.
British treasurer Rachel Reeves said Saturday that London was a "natural home" for Chinese finance during a visit to Beijing in the shadow of bond market turmoil back home.
A new carnivore has come to town β 165 million years ago at least.Β
The Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, a new species and genus of theropod dinosaur, has been discovered in Kyrgyzstan by an expedition team of German and Kyrgyz researchers, according to the Bavarian State Natural History Collections in Germany.Β
Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus is the first theropod dinosaur found in Kyrgyzstan and the "find is one of the most significant in Central Asia," the institution said in a news release.Β
Before the new species' discovery, no large Jurassic predatory dinosaurs had been known to live in the area around Kyrgyzstan between Central Europe and Eastern Asia, according to the institution.Β
The first fossils of Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus were uncovered in 2006 by Kyrgyz paleontologist Aizek Bakirov in a mountainous desert area of the country near the city of Tashkumyr.
Between 2006 and last year, more fossils, including skull bones, pelvic vertebrae and forearms, were found.Β
The dinosaur is believed to be around 30 feet long.
"Particularly impressive is its extremely protruding βeyebrowβ on the so-called postorbital bone, a skull bone behind the eye-opening, which indicates the presence of a horn at this point," the institution said. "Other unique features are found on the dorsal vertebrae and the femur."
Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus and Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) were both theropods β although T. rex lived later during the Cretaceous period and in different parts of the world β dinosaurs who walked on strong back legs and had shorter front limbs. Modern-day birds evolved from theropods.Β
Professor Oliver Rauhut of the Bavarian Collection of Paleontology and Geology in Munich, who was a first author of the study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, said in a statement: "This discovery closes a huge gap in our knowledge of the Jurassic theropods. It leads us to important new insights into the evolution and biogeography of these animals."Β
A smaller, juvenile Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus specimen was found at the site along with the adult dinosaur, leading researchers to believe it may have been a parent and child.Β
Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus is named for a mythological KyrgyzΒ bird called Alpkarakush that often aids heroes in critical moments and for being found in the Kyrgyz Republic.Β