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Trump Justifies Reversal On Chinese Student Visas

Trump Justifies Reversal On Chinese Student Visas

September 1, 2025 7:13 pm

President Donald Trump is standing by his decision to approve 600,000 student visas for Chinese nationals, brushing aside criticism from some of his closest allies who argue the move undercuts his America First message.

In an interview with the Daily Caller, Mr. Trump called it “insulting” to deny entry to students from China, insisting the policy would boost U.S. universities, particularly smaller institutions that rely heavily on international tuition revenue.

“I have a very good relationship with President Xi,” Mr. Trump said, referring to China’s leader. “I think it’s very insulting to a country when you say you’re not going …

Another American Journalist, Zakrzewski Killed In Ukraine

Another American Journalist, Zakrzewski Killed In Ukraine

March 16, 2022 5:28 am

Another American journalist whose name was given as Pierre Zakrzewski was on Wednesday killed in Ukraine after the vehicle in which he was travelling with a Ukrainian journalist was struck by incoming fire.

Zakrzewski, who is a cameraman for Fox News reportedly died alongside Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra ‘Sasha’ Kuvshynova.

Zakrzewski, 55, was reporting with fellow Fox News journalist, Benjamin Hall, yesterday when they came under attack near the capital Kyiv, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said in a note to staff.

Meanwhile, Hall is still in hospital.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Zakrzewski was a veteran war-zone photographer …

'We want to breathe, too' - solidarity from Iraq

‘We Want To Breathe, Too’: Solidarity From Iraq

June 6, 2020 5:04 pm

Seventeen years after US troops invaded their country and eight months since protests engulfed their cities, Iraqis are sending solidarity, warnings and advice to demonstrators across America.

Whether in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square or on Twitter, Iraqis are closely watching the unprecedented street protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis as a police officer knelt on his neck.

“I think what the Americans are doing is brave and they should be angry, but rioting is not the solution,” said Yassin Alaa, a scrawny 20-year-old camped out in Tahrir.

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Kanye West Sets Up College Fund For George Floyd’s Daughter

Kanye West Sets Up College Fund For George Floyd’s Daughter

June 5, 2020 6:38 am

Amidst protest in America, Popular rapper, Kanye West has donated $2 million to support the grieving families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbrery, and Breonna Taylor.

The 42-year-old rapper, who has been mute on social media amid the ongoing protests over George Floyd’s death, also set up a college fund to cover the tuition for Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, Gianna Floyd.

A representative of the rapper confirmed his contribution to CNN.

Read Also: #GeorgeFloyd: Family’s GoFundMe Raises Over $10.3million

He added that Kanye West has also offered to cover the legal fees for the families of Arbery and Taylor.

The killing of

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Trump Should Be Worried About November

Trump Should Be Worried About November

May 2, 2020 12:47 pm
Even amid a roaring pandemic, there are currently two Americas: “Unemployment America” and “Stock Market America”, dueling lenses to view the same country.

Unemployment America is bleak but in Stock Market America things are looking up. Taken together, this split reality portends a rough ride for the president’s re-election bid and even greater national discord. Donald Trump has every reason to worry.

First, Unemployment America. On Thursday, the labor department reported that another 3.8 million people filed first-time unemployment claims, bringing the total of those who are recently out of work to more than 30 million.

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Sports Can Come Back But Without Fans - Fauci

Sports Can Come Back But Without Fans: Fauci

April 16, 2020 6:03 pm

The top US health and infectious disease specialist says the key to reopening professional sports leagues in America is to have the athletes play games in front of empty stadiums.

Anthony Fauci, who is helping coordinate the US response to the global coronavirus pandemic, said reliable antibody testing and fast results are also crucial to the return of sports.

“There’s a way of doing that,” Fauci told US Snapchat show “Good Luck America.” “Nobody comes to the stadiums. Put (athletes) in big hotels, wherever you want to play.

“Keep them very well-surveilled, but have them tested like every week and …

You Misled The World - Fauci US Virus Expert Blasts China

You Misled The World: Fauci US Virus Expert Blasts China

April 12, 2020 2:27 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s leading virus expert has hammered China for misleading the world about the coronavirus.

Fauci, an influential member of President Trump’s coronavirus task force, spoke on Fox TV on Saturday night.

He said human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 diseases erupted in China in mid-December.

Yet China told the U.S. and the world the virus was only being transmitted animal-to-human.

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China, he said, also claimed in mid-January that human contagion was minimal.

This was at a time the disease had spread to more people in China’s Hubei Province and …

Coronavirus Fears In New York, But Trump Clams Nerves

Coronavirus Fears In New York, But Trump Clams Nerves

March 24, 2020 5:04 pm

Anxiety ratcheted up Monday across an eerily deserted New York, America’s coronavirus epicenter, but President Donald Trump said he’d soon call for lifting the lockdown in some parts of the country.

Trump — who faces reelection in November and is keen to avoid extended economic damage — told reporters he would be “opening up our country to business because our country was meant to be open.”

The relaxation could be announced early next week when a 15-day period recommending tight restrictions on social distancing expires, he said, stressing that governors would make final decisions in their own states.

Health officials …

Is America Overreacting To Coronavirus

Is America Overreacting To Coronavirus

March 16, 2020 11:48 am

As an America desperate to stem the coronavirus outbreak put in place sweeping restrictions last week on every facet of public life, the University of Wyoming economist Linda Thunstrom asked what felt like a taboo question: “Are we overreacting?’’

It helped that Dr. Thunstrom was in her kitchen, drinking coffee with her husband, Jason Shogren, a fellow economist who studies how much Americans are willing to pay to reduce risk of threats like terrorism, food-borne illness and climate change.

Calculating the economic costs of curtailing social interaction compared with the lives saved, he agreed, might yield a useful metric for …

Amotekun

Nigerians In America Back S’West Governors On Amotekun

January 22, 2020 12:37 pm
Nigerians resident in the United States of America, have appealed to the Federal Government not to frustrate the consummation of the South West joint security network christened operation Amotekun.

Also, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, said no highly populated country like Nigeria would rely solely on its conventional security architecture to guarantee the protection of its citizens, saying community policing is gaining traction globally and that the country must key into this.

The USA based Nigerians under the banner of Nigeria Coalition for Change, in a statement by its chairman, Mr. Samuel Ayodele and made

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Kim Jong Un Likes Trump, America Deceived Us – North Korea

January 11, 2020 1:15 pm
North Korean President Kim Jong Un received birthday greetings from U.S. President Donald Trump, state news agency KCNA reported on Saturday.

Kim Kye Gwan, an adviser to the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said in the statement that Kim could personally like Trump, but would not lead his country on the basis of personal feelings.

“Although Chairman Kim Jong Un has good personal feelings about President Trump, they are, in the true sense of the word, `personal’.

“We have been deceived by the United States, being caught in the dialogue with it for over one year and a half, and that

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War: Saudi Arabia Attacks Iran, Backs America

January 10, 2020 2:53 pm

Saudi Arabian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, has condemned Wednesday’s missile attacks by Iran on US bases.

Qassem Soleimani, who was the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was killed in a US airstrike on his convoy at Baghdad airport last week rising the tension of another World War.

The airstrike, which was an order from US President Donald Trump, has since generated a lot of controversies and reactions from world leaders.

Read Also: Kogi: How Gov. Yahaya Bello Reacted To Death Of PDP Chair

On Wednesday, Iran retaliated by launching over

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