Trump missed chance to call out Harris on inflation
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported September 11 that “core” inflation (excluding energy and food prices) rose 3% year-on-year.
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Bigger than Blackwater: Privatization of security goes worldwide
In August 2024, due to a US$4 million budget shortfall, Idaho’s Caldwell School District terminated its $296,807 contract with the local police department, opting instead for armed guards from Eagle Eye Security.
Beijing slams US House for hawkish ‘China week’
Chinese officials and state media have criticized the United States House of Representatives for pushing at least 25 hawkish China-related bills in a “China week” ahead of the US presidential election in November.
US may block Indonesia nickel on forced labor issues
JAKARTA – The US Department of Labor has put Indonesian nickel on a list of products made using forced labor, a potential significant setback for the Southeast Asian nation’s bid to become a key global supplier of coveted battery materials for both Western and Chinese firms.
China and SpaceX envision reaching Mars in different ways
While Chinese scientists vowed to bring back rock samples from Mars to Earth with two unmanned vehicles in 2028-2031, their American counterparts said they will launch an uncrewed spaceship to the Red Planet in 2026 and a crewed one in 2028.
Ukraine war is a racket, as is NATO expansion
In 1935 retired Marine General and two-time Medal of Honor winner Smedley Butler published a 55-page pamphlet that caused a sensation. The pamphlet, entitled “War is a Racket,” was reprinted in Reader’s Digest, assuring a mass circulation at the time. Butler summarized his argument this way:
Huawei struggling to make enough chips for Mate70
Huawei Technologies, a Shenzhen-based telecommunication maker, is reportedly struggling to secure enough high-end chips for the next version of its Mate70 flagship smartphone, the latest upshot in the US-initiated chip war on China.
Midstream tech firms to move out of China, S&P says
Some global midstream technology hardware firms have started moving out of China or adding new capacity elsewhere, following in the footsteps of their customers, according to an S&P report.