Wanted: Those Who Want Freedom

United States
Pentagon: Don’t Bow Down To China Hollywood

🎥 The Department of Defense has had enough of Hollywood’s censorship to please the Chinese Communist Party. The Pentagon recently declared that it will no longer collaborate with filmmakers who surrender to Beijing's demands regarding what can or cannot be depicted on the silver screen.

Do you remember when trailers for Top Gun: Maverick mysteriously snipped off the Taiwanese and Japanese flags from Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell's iconic flight jacket? Or when China forced Spider-Man: No Way Home to give the Statue of Liberty the chop from its trailer?

How did we ever let the symbol of freedom and the stalwarts of the West fall victim to communist censorship?

Chechnya
Sick or Alive: Kadyrov?

🤔 Is Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov really sick? Rumors about his health have been swirling, but he recently teamed up with his close ally Delimkhanov to put the speculations to rest. Yet, in the video, his discolored hand and something mysteriously wrapped around his finger have caught everyone's attention, adding more fuel to the fire of speculation.

Delimkhanov flaunts the date on his phone as proof that it's not a pre-recorded stunt, further adding that Kadyrov is “healthy and full of energy.” However, skeptics aren't easily convinced and are quick to comment that something feels "off" about the video. It seems the plot thickens, leaving us all guessing. You can judge for yourself.

Hong Kong
Wanted: Those Who Seek Freedom

🚨 Hong Kong police are on the hunt for eight pro-democracy activists who are known to have fled the city after Beijing imposed a strict National Security Law in 2020. Critics have labeled this law as the final nail in the coffin for Hong Kong's democracy, signaling the beginning of China's takeover of the city.

World
Top of the News World

🔥 Israeli forces launch the largest military operation in West Bank in over 20 years. At least eight people were killed and more than 50 others were injured during the operation. Among them were children. but Israeli army radio described at least 8 of those killed as “militants”

🚢 China and Russia are taking their friendship to the next level. The two countries recently held high-level talks in Beijing to discuss expanding their naval cooperation. But Xi Jinping still has not held public talks with Putin since the coup attempt.

🇫🇷 France’s fire seems to be dying down. More than 150 people were arrested on Sunday as opposed to 700 the day before. A statistically lower number, but this is only after a firefighter died trying to put out a fire, more than 45,000 police officers were deployed, thousands of cars were burnt and hundreds of buildings were set ablaze.

🔥 China fires back at the West by restricting exports of rare elements. China is the world’s biggest producer of gallium and germanium - two key ingredients for making semiconductors.

China produces around:

• 98% of gallium

• 70% of germanium.

Starting next month, China will require exporters of these metals to get special permission from the state, citing national security.