Tag: 2025

U.S. Library of Congress closes on Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo/China News Service)

US: Warning as Government Shutdown Deepens Impact on Travel & Livelihoods! (8.11.2025)

Baker noted that the U.S. has experienced shutdowns in the past decades, during which both parties had real differences but they also recognized the need for compromise. However, in this case, “that recognition does not seem to be there with the Trump administration and the Republicans.”

In his view, the Republicans “are mostly to blame in that they have not approached the deadlock in good faith”.

In order to streamline government and expand its own executive power, the U.S. administration wanted to use the “government shutdown” to advance large-scale layoffs of federal employees and closure of agencies related to the Democrats, according to U.S. media.

The Democrats also have their own calculations. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) noted the standoff has become a messaging battle, with each party betting the public will blame the other.

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The Washington Monument is closed to tourists due to the government shutdown, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo/China News Service)

US: Ticking Time Bomb as Debt Reaches New High! (8.11.2025)

“The reality is that we’re becoming distressingly numb to our own dysfunction. We fail to pass budgets, we blow past deadlines, we ignore fiscal safeguards, and we haggle over fractions of a budget while leaving the largest drivers untouched. Social Security and Medicare, for example, are just seven years from having their trust funds depleted – and you don’t hear anything from our political leaders on how to avoid such a disaster,” Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas said in a statement.

The critique lays bare America’s fiscal predicament, that is, political numbness toward systemic failures has become normalized.

While both parties remain deadlocked in partisan disputes over budgetary deals, they persistently avoid addressing the root cause of debt expansion.

The U.S. is stuck in a perpetual cycle of issuing new debt to service existing obligations—a spiral with no exit in sight. This relentless accumulation suggests the national debt bomb is destined to keep growing.

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Thailand: Buddhists Call for “Banning” of Israeli Tourists Due to Ongoing Racist & Criminal Behaviour! (4.11.2025)

Videos circulating on Thai social media show confrontations between locals and Israelis, including one viral exchange where a restaurant worker told an Israeli tourist, “You’re not welcome here,” and she replied, “My money builds your country.”

Local officials confirmed rising concern over Israelis operating illegal businesses, including restaurants and tour agencies. A petition signed by over 200 residents was submitted to Surat Thani’s governor calling for restrictions on “Israeli activities causing distress to local communities.”

Thailand’s Immigration Bureau says Israelis now form the largest foreign group under investigation for unauthorized business operations, with more than 2,600 visa extensions filed on Koh Phangan alone.

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China & Cuba Explore Further Business Opportunities!

China: Cuba Explores New Business Opportunities! (4.11.2025)

Duenas views the expo as an effective platform for initial contact with Chinese institutions, which has yielded over 30 cooperation projects for the company, some of which originated during previous expos.

“China is a strategic ally in the field of pharmaceutical cooperation, offering a framework for exchange with entities that share common objectives,” he said.

The executive also noted that participation in the expo is a key element in the future projection of relations between Cuba and China, within the framework of the China-Cuba community with a shared future and the Belt and Road Initiative.

“For us, this is undoubtedly a strategic element, part of a forward-looking vision for future relations and potential development,” said Duenas.

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Onsite photo from the Jasper County Sheriff's Department on facebook.

US: 28 Days Script Unfolds in Mississippi! (30.10.2025)

No wonder these animals are “aggressive to humans” if humans have treated these creatures in a barbaric manner. I understand that animals have been used in the development of human science – but I am also aware of how this process has been abused – quite often for commercial reasons (profit before well-being or even research relevance and research robustness). Why would monkeys that weigh around 3 stone – be infected with all these diseases – all at once? Why would they be transported like this – as if in a slaughter-house lorry? What other diseases – if any – do these monkeys possess? I suspect they will all be killed for daring to escape. This is not surprising as the underlying conditions that have led to this situation is a mixture of uncaring ignorance and advanced science.

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St Peter & St Paul Church - Market Overton

Market Overton: Visiting St Peter & St Paul Church! (28.10.2025)

Culture is an interesting thing – as it often changes and switches. When Henry VIII abolished the Roman Catholic Church in the UK in 1534 (Act of Supremacy) – followed by the Dissolution of the Monasteries – these were tremendous Revolutionary acts that must of shocked the entire population. Even before this, Henry V annulled all foreign-owned abbeys and monasteries (as many English church establishments had been given as gifts to ecclesiastical authorities in other countries) – bringing them into the ownership of the English State. Perhaps the Revolutionary writing was on the wall. Still, out of all this, the “Anglican” (Protestant) movement development – and most of the churches in the UK today are “Protestant” (the Catholic Church was only permitted back into the UK during the early 20th century – but it remains very much a minority religion).

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