by drjmcurtis | 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 drjmcurtis | 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 drjmcurtis | 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 drjmcurtis | 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 drjmcurtis | 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,...