Epstein Secrets

has rejected any need for Western ships to patrol the waters along its -southern coast, instead pledging to secure the Strait of Hormuz itself. ... The United States has said that it envisages a scheme whereby nations would protect ships that carry their own flag, but that joint operations would be designed to c

oup of protesters is still inside Hong Kong's Polytechnic University after a series of mass arrests. Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, Casey Quackenbush and Gerry Shih report: "Hong Kong's police force said Tuesday that it had apprehended 1,100 people over the past day alone, as months of violent clashes appeared

) distanced herself from the Medicare-for-all plan that she co-sponsored with Bernie Sanders. From the Daily Beast: "I think almost every member of the United States Senate who's running for president, and many others, have signed on to a variety of plans in the Senate. And I have done the same,' Harris said, ac

Al I It.1,1. -- A British consular official was detained by Chinese authorities while returning from a trip to China, the British government said. Gerry Shih reports: "Simon Cheng, a 28-year-old trade and investment officer at the consulate, planned to attend a technology conference in the border city o

sexual assault remain endemic. Marianne Williamson is alarmed that the mistakes made at the dawn of our republic will be repeated in Afghanistan as the United States negotiates a troop drawdown with the Taliban. While her fellow Democratic presidential candidates tout their desire to end America's longest war as

- A British consular official was detained by Chinese authorities while returning from a trip to China, the British government said. EFTA00046784 Gerry Shih reports: "Simon Cheng, a 28-year-old trade and investment officer at the consulate, planned to attend a technology conference in the border city of

ge Grounds,' due to take effect Oct. 15, will set stricter standards for Page 14227 EFTA00044738 applicants seeking legal permanent residency in the United States, criteria that will skew the process in favor of the highly skilled, high-income immigrants Trump covets. ... `Through the public charge rule, Pres

RLD ORDER: -- Protesters reoccunied the Hona Kona airnort today. Page 14241 EFTA00044752 disrupting flights for a second day of demonstrations. Gerry Shih and Timothy McLaughlin report: "After mass cancellations the previous evening, flights had been gradually returning to normal throughout Tuesday, t

ment jails. ... Immigrants apprehended in Iowa, Nebraska or other inland states would have to prove to immigration officials that they have been in the United States continuously for the past two years, or they could end up in an immigration jail facing quick deportation. And it could be relatively low- level imm

as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology." -- Chinese officials are literally burning books that diverge from Communist Party ideology. Gerry Shih reports: "The book-burning incident, with all its dark historical precedents from this country and Nazi-era Germany, has heightened alarm at a time

y in Copenhagen had vetoed his participation because of his previous criticisms of [Trump], Mr. Sloan said on Facebook on Saturday. Carla Sands, the United States ambassador to Denmark, did not want Mr. Sloan to participate, and the Danish Atlantic Council 'had no other option' than to revoke his invitation to

as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology." -- Chinese officials are literally burning books that diverge from Communist Party ideology. Gerry Shih reports: "The book-burning incident, with all its dark historical precedents from this country and Nazi-era Germany, has heightened alarm at a time

i reports: "News stories emerged last week about squalid conditions at a Border Patrol detention facility housing about 300 migrant children on the U.S.- Mexico border. ... Apart from their appalling specifics, the stories were notable for one element: They were all based on secondhand accounts. Repo

left him in a precarious position." -- The son of an American jailed in China on spy charges asked Trump to plead his father's case at the summit. Gerry Shih reports: "Harrison Li, the son of the New York-based aircraft parts exporter Kai Li, is calling on Trump to raise the case of his father — believed