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Biden expected to tighten rules on US investment in China
WILMINGTON, Del. ((DailyNews)) — The Biden administration is close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by U.S. companies in an effort to limit...
Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
HONG KONG ((DailyNews)) — Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were...
Why TikTok is being banned on gov’t phones in US and beyond
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued...
New China committee debuts with eye on major policy shifts
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — A special House committee dedicated to countering China will make its debut on Tuesday, the opening act in what lawmakers hope...
Israel steps up Jerusalem home demolitions as violence rises
JERUSALEM ((DailyNews)) — Ratib Matar’s family was growing. They needed more space. Before his granddaughters, now 4 and 5, were born, he built three...
EXPLAINER: Why Japan is boosting its arms capability, budget
TOKYO ((DailyNews)) — Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy that includes determination to possess “counterstrike” capability to preempt enemy attacks and...
Seoul arrests ex-top security official over border killing
SEOUL, South Korea ((DailyNews)) — South Korea’s former national security director was arrested Saturday over a suspected cover-up surrounding North Korea’s killing of a...
FBI director raises national security concerns about TikTok
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok, warning Friday that control of the popular video sharing app...
Hong Kong publisher’s national security trial postponed
HONG KONG ((DailyNews)) — The trial of a Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested in a crackdown on a pro-democracy movement was postponed...
How Michael Flynn goes local to spread Christian nationalism
VENICE, Fla. ((DailyNews)) — It was less than three weeks before the Sarasota County, Florida, school board election when the former White House national...