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Why China is so tough for U.S. tech companies

  Why is China such a discouraging place for American technology companies? One reason, Robert  Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, told the Los Angeles  that: “Since President Xi Jinping took office, they have...

Greek-Turkish Cypriot talks on reunification may be a model

  Map by konact Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders  have made  progress in talks aimed at the political reunification of the island  (part of which is effectively occupied by Turkey) on the basis of establishing a two-zone, two-community federal...

Chinese military even more aggressive than Xi

China’s increasingly aggressive military is pushing the nation's also aggressive Communist political  leadership to be willing to attack the U.S. and other nations that are pushing back against China's attempt to take over the South China Sea through military threats....

South African election may redraw political map

  South Africans will vote on Aug. 3 on elections for mayors and local councillors and in so doing they might end up redrawing the nation's political map. The Guardian reports that for the first time since taking power in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)...

French premier wants controls on mosque financing and training of imans

  French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on  July 29 that he would consider a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques after a wave of  lethal attacks by Muslim terrorists. In an interview with French daily Le Monde, Mr. Valls said he was “open to the idea...

FBI chief warns of terror ‘diaspora’

  Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey warned that if the Islamic State  is defeated in the Middle East: a "diaspora'' of the group’s fighters could infiltrate Western Europe and the U.S. and stage many terror attacks there. “This is an order of...