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Eileen Gu, the California-born Olympian who chose to represent Communist China instead of the United States, says it is “not her business” to address the fate of thousands of Muslim-majority Uyghurs experiencing genocide in the country she competes for. In a TIME magazine profile weeks ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics she was asked about their fate. Gu responded: I’m not an expert on this. I haven’t done the research. I don’t think it’s my business. I’m not going to make big claims on my social media. But as a Stanford international-relations major, TIME pushed the skier. The outlet asked if…

Initiative Foods issued a nationwide recall for one of its baby fruit purées after federal testing found elevated levels of a toxin that can pose health risks.  The brand announced on Friday that it is recalling one lot of its “Tippy Toes” Apple Pear Banana Fruit purée after testing showed elevated levels of patulin, Fox Business reported. While patulin naturally occurs in molds that grow on fruits, exposure to the toxin over time can cause health issues like immune suppression, nerve damage, headaches, fever, and nausea.  “At Initiative Foods, the safety of our consumers and their families is our highest priority,” Initiative…

Cooperation between the navies of member countries would help protect sea lanes, Nikolay Patrushev has said The BRICS countries need strategic maritime cooperation in order to enhance security along global shipping lanes from Western piracy, a top Russian official has said.Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev’s comments calling for cooperation between BRICS countries come at a time when the US is seizing tankers that it claims are transporting sanctioned oil.“We will tap into the potential of BRICS, which needs to be given a full-fledged strategic maritime dimension,” he told the Russian outlet Argumenty i Fakty on Monday.The member countries are already…

It is “not fair” that U.S. President Donald Trump more often calls on Ukraine to compromise to achieve peace than Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said amid “difficult” two-day peace talks in Switzerland. Two-day Ukraine War peace talks broke abruptly and apparently early on Wednesday morning, the second day’s session having lasted just two hours, amid remarks from both sides about how arduous progress had been so far. And even as the Ukrainian leader observed that he saw what could be a “final stage” in talks, he decried Russia for trying to further “drag out” progress and the United States for…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making it clear to the world’s migrants that they do not have a right to immigrate to the United States. During a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, alongside Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Rubio said that the U.S. under the Trump administration is singularly focused on what benefits and does not benefit the national interest. Part of that, Rubio said, is ensuring that foreign nationals are aware that they do not have a right to a visa in the U.S. “My job at the State Department is, if I identify someone who I believe — someone…

The Russia-US-Ukraine peace talks in Geneva are “very big,” the president has said Ukraine must swiftly give up its uncompromising stance in the negotiations to settle the conflict with Russia, US President Donald Trump has warned.He made the comments ahead of talks between Russia, the US, and Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday and Wednesday. The parties previously held two trilateral meetings in Abu Dhabi in January. Territorial issues – namely Ukraine’s refusal to abandon its claim to Donbass – reportedly remain the key item hampering progress towards peace.When asked about his expectations from the Swiss negotiations by journalists aboard…

There is an epidemic of child sex crimes in and around Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since 2021, and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, dozens of elite soldiers stationed at the military base have been convicted of raping children, distributing child pornography, and other similar offenses.  Many of these soldiers served in Afghanistan, where it is now acknowledged that the U.S. military aided their local allies in “bacha bazi” (boy play): the practice of kidnapping and keeping boys as sex slaves, large numbers of whom were enslaved on U.S. military compounds.  MintPress News explores this dark and deeply disturbing topic.  Unspeakable…

The United States once regularly resettled migrants from the most corrupt nations in the world across American communities, a new analysis details. Last year, though, President Donald Trump halted much of this immigration via executive orders. The analysis, published by the Center for Immigration Studies, looked at countries whose nationals Trump’s executive orders have either entirely or partially banned from immigrating to the United States. In particular, the analysis highlights corruption levels on a nation-by-nation basis, showing that in Fiscal Year 2024, and likely prior years, the U.S. issued visas to tens of thousands of foreign nationals from the most…

Lawmakers’ attempt at a backdoor ban is facing resistance from import-reliant member states The European Union is bracing itself for a fight over a proposed ban on Russian steel imports, as lawmakers attempt to push the restrictions through a legislative backdoor, according to Euronews.Members of the European Parliament and EU member states will begin negotiations next week on whether to completely ban Russian steel, in line with a wider EU sanctions campaign over Ukraine.Belgium, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Denmark are resisting the measure, saying they rely on Russian semi-finished steel for further processing, Euronews reported on Tuesday.“What began as…

Chinese state media outlets confirmed Monday eight people died in eastern Jiangsu province on Sunday after “improper” detonations near a fireworks store caused a massive explosion and fire. China will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, welcoming the Year of the Horse. The occasion is typically one of the biggest holidays in the country and celebrated throughout China with parades, fireworks displays, and other celebrations. Outside of the major cities, informal fireworks “displays” by locals are not uncommon. According to the state-run Global Times newspaper, the deadly blast on Sunday occurred in a village in Jiangsu and was attributable…