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Something weird was happening Just days after American President Joe Biden ordered the downing of a Chinese spy balloon that had flown over the United States, something weird started to happen. Three ...

UFOs are being shot down left and right, causing a political and foreign policy dilemma for President Biden.

The entire country watched as a surveillance balloon floated across the continental United States earlier this month. While the Chinese Communist Party claimed the balloon was being used to track ...

The US had been tracking the Chinese spy balloon ever since it left Hainan Island near China’s south coast – meaning it was under surveillance for almost a week before it entered American airspace, ...

Ignoring charges of spying, Beijing says Washington’s “overreaction” is a symptom of the country’s broken politics.

Foreign Office says officials would have been prepared to meet with Erkin Tuniyaz to raise human rights concerns
The governor of China’s western region of Xinjiang will not be visiting Britain this week, according to the UK Foreign Office, after a backlash from MPs over alleged human rights abuses in the region.
British officials had said if Erkin Tuniyaz visited this week, they would have been prepared to meet with him to raise concern over the human rights situation in Xinjiang. But those plans faced backlash from politicians who highlighted human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in the region.

American academic and scientific institutions are routinely weaponized by the Chinese government for its own military and economic benefit.

Ricky Lam has always stayed away from guns. But since two mass killings in the space of a couple of days rocked California's Asian community, this 35-year-old Chinese-American is thinking again.

Flying objects could be commercial- or research-linked, while US military admits first shot at object over Lake Huron missed
Three unidentified objects shot down by US fighter jets since Friday may turn out to be balloons connected to “benign” commercial or research efforts, a White House official said on Tuesday.
The US has not found any evidence to connect the objects to China’s balloon surveillance program nor to any other country’s spy program, national security council spokesperson, John Kirby, .

Negotiators make progress in Canberra but thorny issue of geographical indicators is believed to remain a sticking point
Australian and European Union negotiators believe they are getting closer to clinching a free trade agreement as they race to meet a mid-year deadline, but the Albanese government warns it will “not sign a deal for the sake of it”.
Guardian Australia understands officials finalised three chapters of the agreement – on competition, telecommunications and maritime services – during a round of negotiations last week in Canberra.

Warning in surveillance commissioner’s report comes after Chinese CCTV cameras banned from government property
British police are leaving themselves open to spying by Beijing because of their reliance on Chinese-made cameras, according to a report from the government’s independent watchdog on surveillance.
Most forces across England and Wales use camera equipment that is either made in China or contains important Chinese components, the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner has warned.

Also, the balloons over the U.S. and India’s raid on the BBC’s offices.