A House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday raised alarm bells about China’s use of surveillance technology to control its population and cement its authoritarian system of government, and the possibility that China was conributing to the rise of authoritarianism around the world by exporting these systems abroad. “Citizens of China today live their lives bounded by the guardrails of ubiquitous surveillance and pervasive influence operations—all in the name of the Chinese Communist Party’s desire to retain political control,” Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said during Thursday’s hearing. “Leveraging advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and facial recognition…

On March 3, Trump and Putin held a telephone conversation. They spoke for an hour and a half. The discussions were described by Trump as “positive”. Trump “unofficially” discussed “The Russian Hoax” with Vladimir Putin. “Very Productive Talk”. “Getting along with Russia and China, getting along with all of them is a very good thing, not a bad thing, it a good thing, it’s a positive thing,” (to reporters on May 3) https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-05-at-01.47.48-300x207.png 300w, https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-05-at-01.47.48-400x276.png 400w" sizes="(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px" style="margin:0px auto 10px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:635px;display:block"> https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-05-at-05.17.32-300x163.png 300w, https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-05-at-05.17.32-400x218.png 400w" sizes="(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px" style="margin:0px auto 10px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:635px;display:block">Trump confirmed that he was…

It has been almost 2 weeks since Ramadan left us and I am starting to miss the month. Fasting and performing the night prayers in congregation creates an atmosphere for a spiritual highness that I yearn for throughout the year. One of the best things about the month of Ramadan is fasting from food and water from sunrise to sunset. This may seem like a surprise to some people but most of my Muslim friends would agree with me that there is a real magic to fasting. I started fasting when I was a kid and in all honesty, I…

ranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted a group of four individuals looking to push their countries toward war with Iran. Zarif spoke Wednesday at the Asia Society in New York, condemning what he called the "B-Team" at a time when the U.S. and its regional allies were attempting to isolate Iran. The hypothetical grouping included White House national security adviser John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "I think there's cause to be concerned," Zarif said. "I doubt that President Trump wants conflict, he ran…

Paris — Like the police captain in “Casablanca” feigning outrage at gambling in Rick’s Café before being handed his winnings, France was “shocked, shocked” to find that the Libyan generalissimo whose forces it has covertly helped arm and train was marching on Tripoli. The timing of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s offensive earlier this month against the U.N.-recognized unity government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj — just as the United Nations secretary-general was in town to prepare for a long-delayed peace conference — may indeed have embarrassed Paris. But Haftar’s intention to seize, rather than share, power can have come as no surprise. Paris has been…