China, meanwhile, has rejected widespread accusations of abuses against Uyghurs. Starbucks is facing criticism in the United States after opening its first two outlets in China’s Xinjiang region, with a US lawmaker urging the company to shut them down over alleged repression of Uyghurs.John Moolenaar, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Select Committee on China, … Read more
Melania Trump appears to have reversed her husband Donald Trump’s controversial decision to exclude multiple news organizations from White House access before her scheduled participation in New York for the UN General Assembly, which commences on September 22. Melania Trump has allowed CNN’s Betsy Klein to cover her initiative in New York, reversing Donald Trump’s … Read more
Guinea’s media regulator banned French media outlet France 24 from broadcasting Thursday after a presenter called the country’s leader a “putschist president”. Guinea bans French TV outlet over ‘putschist president’ label The west African nation is ruled with an iron fist by President Mamady Doumbouya who first came to power via a coup, and dissenting … Read more