by John M. Curtis | Jun 15, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Retiring U.S. informal ambassador to Taiwan Sandra Oudkirk, head of the American Institute in Taiwan, said she worries about a broader conflict with China in the Taiwan Strait. Oudkirk said the U.S. was “profoundly devoted” to the status quo in...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 15, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Stuck in Russian prison facing trial for espionage, 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has very little chance to getting out Russia anytime soon. Gershkovich was arrested in Yekaterinberg March 29, 2023 by Russia’s Federal...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 14, 2024
LOS AGNELES.–U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 71, speaking for the White House, rejected 71-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin’s truce overture, saying that Putin was in no position to dictate terms of any peace. “He is not in any position to dictate...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 14, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Calling Russian President Vladimir Putin’s truce offer “absurd” and “manipulative,” 46-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talked tough with U.S. cash. Zelensky acts like he’s calling the shots on where the war goes because he received a...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 13, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Wasting more time during an Election Year, 34-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) and 61-year-old Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sought to denigrate the Supreme Court talking of the need to pass legislation regulating Supreme Court ethics,...