Category: International News

Warsaw plans to host a permanent US military presence on its territory. That deployment would breach the Russia-NATO Founding Act (1997), in which NATO pledged not to seek “additional permanent stationing of substantial combat forces” inside Russia’s neighbors “in the current and foreseeable security environment.” But, Poland wants a US armored division permanently deployed on its soil and is willing to pay $2 billion to help construct the installation.

Following a visit to the White House by North Korean envoy, Kim Yong Chol, President Trump announced that the previously canceled summit with Kim Jong Un was back on schedule, and would take place in Singapore on June 12. 

At least one person has been killed and eight others have been injured, according to police. So far, Paris police have confirmed that the knife-wielding assailant is dead.

Thanks to their longstanding birth restrictions, shrinking fertility rate and exploding elderly population, China’s workforce is shrinking and the population is rapidly aging. By 2050, there will be 1.3 workers for each retiree, according to official estimates, compared with 2.8 now. “They should have lifted all birth restrictions before 2010,” says Baochang. “Whatever steps they take now, China’s low-fertility trend is no longer reversible.”

The Syrian government is being blamed for another gas attack. Then, Israel is blamed for a missile strike on a Syrian air base killing 14 people including Iranians. There are major problems with what is being played out in the Middle East that other media are ignoring. Ben Swann gives the issue a Reality Check.