jrpeganChina Beijing denounces New York Times' decision to publish leaked Xinjiang documentsCNN - By Ben Westcott, CNNHong Kong (CNN) — The Chinese government has reacted furiously to the publication of more than 400 pages of sensitive Communist Party documents by the New York Times, which linked President Xi Jinping
jrpeganU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Cost for foreign investors to buy green card to grow from $500,000 to $900,000NBC News - Chris FuchsA new federal rule, which takes effect Nov. 21, will nearly double the minimum amount a foreign investor must put toward an EB-5 visa. Buying a green card is about to get a lot more expensive. A new federal
jrpeganNorthern California Here's where PG&E blackouts will start WednesdaySFGate - Alix MartichouxPacific Gas & Electric announced it would shut off power for the fourth time in two months to a wide swath of Northern California in another attempt to prevent wildfires from igniting. This week's round
jrpeganSanta Clarita ShootingThe California High School Shooting Is Now Driving Another Group Of Teen Gun Control Activists Because "The Future Of Americabuzzfeednews.com - Julia Reinstein and Stephanie K. Baer "As students, it shouldn't be our job to fight for this change, but it's gonna have to be." SANTA CLARITA, California — Students at Saugus High School …
jrpeganU.S. Politics North Korea snubs Trump, saying he hasn’t earned a new summit to ‘brag about’The Washington Post - Anne Gearan“We are no longer interested in such talks that bring nothing to us,” said Kim Kye Gwan, a veteran diplomat and Foreign Ministry adviser. “As we have got nothing in return, we will no longer gift the president
jrpeganHong Kong Campus under siege as Hong Kong police battle protestersAssociated Press - By KEN MORITSUGU and KELVIN K. CHAN, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped overnight Tuesday in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing
jrpeganXinjiang Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiangboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow The New York Times has received a 403-page leak of internal Chinese state documents related to the ethnic cleansing effort in Xinjiang province, …
jrpeganHong Kong 'They seem so helpless': Hongkongers flock to aid besieged protestersThe Guardian - Lily Kuo in Hong KongAs hundreds of protesters were trapped inside a university on Monday night, besieged on all sides by riot police, thousands of Hongkongers rose up in protest, filling highways, public squares and bridges
jrpeganOpinion The End of the American International Order: What Comes Next?TIME - Ian BremmerBremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME. This is the text of a speech delivered by Ian Bremmer on November 18 at the 2019 GZERO Summit in Tokyo. China has made its decision.
jrpeganPolitics Trump’s Retribution Against the Washington Post Owner Is His Gravest Abuse of PowerNew York Magazine - Jonathan Chait The saga of President Trump’s reprisals against Amazon has lurked on the margin of the news, largely overshadowed by the Ukraine scandal. Late …
jrpeganNews At Hong Kong university, a daring escape but fears of bloodshedReuters - James PomfretHONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of Hong Kong protesters staged a dramatic escape from a university campus sealed off by police on Monday by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting
jrpeganCollege & University California remains the top U.S. destination for foreign students, yet enrollment is slippingLos Angeles Times - Teresa WatanabeCalifornia remains the top U.S. destination for foreign students, who primarily come from China and India, with enrollment dipping slightly in the 2018-19 school year for the first time in at least a according
jrpeganCognitive Computing The 6 Career-Defining Tech Trends In 2020 Everyone Must Prepare For NowForbes - Bernard MarrThe 6 Career-Defining Tech Trends In 2020 Everyone Must Prepare for Now Now that natural language processing, the ability for a machine to “read” language like a human and then take action from that information,
jrpeganHong Kong Hong Kong: Protesters and police in fiery stand-off at universityBBC Newshttp://vod-pro-ww-live.akamaized.net/av_pv7_pa3/modav/bUnknown-1fba13cf-1338-41e8-b994-124bb4a025a9_p07v88v9_cUnknown_1574030461299.mp4?__gda__=1574175380_ea485b743ed7c40a3bc6087a95d735d5 A stand-off a
jrpeganWorld News 'All hell is breaking loose': Explosions as Hong Kong eruptsnzherald.co.nz - Rohan Smith A heavily-fortified university campus in Hong Kong has been stormed by police with some declaring it a "war zone". Police stormed the Hong Kong …
jrpeganWildfires PG&E: Power shutoffs possible for NorCal counties this weekkcra.com - KCRA Staff Pacific Gas and Electric Co. says it's monitoring a "potentially strong offshore wind event" Wednesday that could prompt the utility to turn off the …
jrpeganDemocrats How America EndsThe Atlantic - Yoni AppelbaumA tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together? Democracy depends on the consent of the losers. For most of the 20th century, parties and candidates in the United States have
jrpeganLong-form Journalism The everything town in the middle of nowhereThe Verge - Josh DziezaOn any given day, thousands of packages from Walmarts, Targets, and stores around the country travel north along a two-lane road out of Billings, Montana — past the Tumbleweed Saloon, past cows grazing
jrpeganWorld News The flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the globe. Does it hide a darker core?CNN - By Rob Picheta, CNN(CNN) — "I don't want to be a flat Earther," David Weiss says, his voice weary as he reflects on his personal awakening. "Would you wake up in the morning and want everyone to think you're an idiot?" Weiss
jrpeganMobile Technology California will no longer buy cars made by automakers aligned with Trump against clean airElectrek - Fred LambertThe California state government has fired back against the Trump administration’s attempt to destroy the state’s emission regulations by banning the state government and agencies from buying most gas-powered
jrpeganCelebrity Gossip 8-Year-Old Mexican Girl, Who Was Bullied and Labeled 'Weird,' Has Higher IQ Than Einstein: ReportPeople - By Benjamin VanHooseShe may not have reached double digits in terms of age, but Adhara Pérez is well into the triple-digit IQ range. The 8-year-old Mexico City native reportedly boasts an intelligence quotient of 162 — a
jrpeganHong Kong Hong Kong campus protesters fire arrows as anti-government unrest...Reuters - Scott MurdochHONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong protesters shot arrows and hurled petrol bombs from a barricaded university on Sunday at police who fired tear gas and water cannon in some of the worst violence in the
jrpeganChina Vietnam Shows Malaysia And The Philippines How To Fight The South China Sea WarsForbes - Panos Mourdoukoutascow’s tongue.” The nine-dash line contains areas claimed by neighboring countries like Vietnam and the Philippines. It’s an area which allows China the right to control almost the entire South China and
jrpeganBusiness Red and Blue Economies Are Heading in Sharply Different DirectionsThe New York Times - Jed KolkoAt a quick glance, red and blue metropolitan areas are performing equally well on average in the most watched indicators of labor market health. Employment growth in the year ending in the first quarter
jrpeganHong Kong Hong Kong's government is being willfully blind to the chaos it's creatingCNN - Analysis by James Griffiths, CNNHong Kong (CNN) — In almost six months of protests, you might be forgiven for thinking Hong Kong had seen it all. And yet, this week brought a new sight: men in suits and women in heels joining with student
jrpeganStudents Students Barricaded And Armed Themselves With Scissors During A Mass Shooting At A California High Schoolbuzzfeednews.com - Salvador Hernandez and Stephanie K. Baer "The lights turn off and I'm just sitting there thinking, 'Oh my god, this is happening,'" one girl said. SANTA CLARITA, California — Terrified …
jrpeganScience Watch Protestors Kill a Drone Using Hundreds of Laser Pointersfuturism.com - Dan Robitzski In response to rising public transit costs, Chileans have taken to the streets in ongoing protests that have now evolved to encompass broader …
jrpeganIncome Inequality The poorest half of Americans have nothing left, so now the 1%'s growth comes from the upper middle classboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow The Fed's latest figures on American household wealth paint a rosy picture -- in the aggregate. US households now own a record-breaking $107T worth …
jrpeganFerdinand Marcos How to make a damning documentary about a world-class liarVox - Alissa WilkinsonLauren Greenfield has built a career partly on chronicling excess. In films like The Queen of Versailles (2012) and Generation Wealth (2018), the documentarian explores the fabulous, over-the-top wealth
