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Niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Urges World to Cut Ties With Tehran
DUBAI—Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran over its violent crackdown on popular unrest kindled by the death in police custody of a young woman. A video of a statement by Farideh Moradkhani, an engineer whose late father was […]
Biden Says Twitter Owner Musk’s Foreign Ties ‘Worthy of Being Looked At’
The Biden administration is weighing up probing Elon Musk’s “relationships with other countries” after the businessman purchased Twitter. President Joe Biden told reporters at a White House press conference on Nov. 9 that the industrialist’s “cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at.” Biden’s response came after he was asked […]
Blinken to Cambodia: US Wants Strong, Positive Ties
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Washington wanted a “strong, positive relationship” between their two countries, adding that he’s looking forward to talks on many issues, and future cooperation.
Reuters Cuts Ties With Russian News Agency TASS
Reuters has cut ties with a Russian agency, the news agency said Wednesday. Reuters began listing TASS, a state-backed Russian outlet, on its content marketplace in 2020. That partnership has been revoked, a spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email. “We have decided to remove all TASS content from the business-to-business marketplace on our Reuters […]
Researcher Under FBI Investigation for Allegedly Hiding Ties to China
A Chinese researcher who once worked at The Jackson Laboratory is under FBI investigation, for allegedly failing to disclose his financial ties to China in applications for U.S. government funding. Ruan Yijun, a geneticist, failed to disclose his participation in a Chinese state-sponsored recruitment program called the Thousand Talents program and his collaboration agreement with […]