Neocon Grandee Robert Kagan Issues Surprise Scathing Critique Of Iran War

Wage-Cuts Hit Hospital Workers In China As Financial Pressures Mount Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times, Workers at hospitals in several parts of China are facing cuts to wages and performance bonuses, with some medical workers reporting monthly base salaries of less than 2,000 yuan ($298) as public institutions struggle under mounting financial pressure. A nurse moves a bed through a corridor at a hospital in Duan Yao autonomous county in Guangxi region, China, on Jan. 9, 2025. David Kirton/ReutersThe reductions are adding to financial concerns for workers already dealing...

Has Concern Over Hormuz Made Us Forget The Red Sea? Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, Wartime concerns about the security of maritime energy traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—connecting the Indian Ocean/Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf—have overshadowed the fact that the related issue of Red Sea security is far from resolved and is, in fact, becoming more dynamic. The Red Sea–Suez link between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean is of equal strategic importance to global trade as the Hormuz choke point and is, through geography and...

War Zones Converging? Zelensky Says Ukraine Hit Ship "Transporting Military Cargo" From Iran Ukraine has rapidly expanded its one-way attack-drone campaign from the Sea of Azov into the Black Sea, claiming strikes against more than 180 vessels and maritime targets around the Crimean region over the past three weeks, according to Reuters. The widening maritime offensive follows a summer campaign in which Ukrainian drones struck dozens of Russian energy assets, warehouses and logistics hubs. The risk of the Russia-Ukraine conflict merging with the US-Iran conflict seems plausible, but remains low at...