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Great piece of politics by Xi. And building BYD cars in Cambodia to help secure good jobs for Cambodians. I'm sure there'll be a few pluses and minuses in this politicking, but it seems politicking rather than bullying. Unlike some behaviour I could mention.

I generally get your point. Trump found a way to "persuade" some of the US's southern neighbours, but I doubt the UK has the determination to act in a similar way. The first target for the UK should be the EU, as the EU is happily passing on the problems to the UK whilst failing to acknowledge their obligations under the relevant UN Charter on asylum, i.e. a seeker needs to seek asylum in the first safe country they land at. I'd have little issue if the EU & the UK negotiated a deal whereby the UK helps out on this, but it seems at the moment the UK has an unfair burden on this issue, and by that I mean it's legal citizens and taxpayers.

Can anyone explain why this is not illegal? Surely this is obstruction of justice? https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obstruction_of_justice. The quote from the link is "Obstruction of justice broadly refers to actions by individuals that illegally prevent or influence the outcome of a government proceeding". So I guess as it stands the actions of these cities is not illegal, so why hasn't Trump gone to the Supreme Court to make it illegal? How can a city Trump the presidency or a Federal institution? Pun intended.

Yeah, not great language. In fact I think it is extremist. But in general I understand why federal funding gets cut to look after illegal immigrants. A quote from the OP relating to this is "They protect the Criminals, not the Victims.". This might get read in a way that depicts immigrants as all criminals, which they actually if they entered the US illegally. What I don't like is the inference that they are carrying out further criminal acts whilst in the US. Some may have, but I very much doubt it's a majority, and I doubt that most will be engaged in any acts that "create public safety risks".

Obviously this article doesn't contain all of the evidence to support its assertions, but I'm unsure what your full opinion is? Not trying to troll, I'm just just interested for balance.

Smart move. Now Musk should re-hire or replace all of the staff he is accountable for firing, but only the techs who actually do the cybersecurity and definitely NOT the HR people who are responsible for the DEI bovine excrement. And all at Musks's expense with zero charge to the US tax payer.

The "it was all a misunderstanding" defence again. 🤣

I wonder if this $4m got spent on shares just before Trump announced a delay to the tariff increases? Would have been a complete coincidence of course.

I've got as much confidence in this as I do in the UK's COVID purchasing corruption inquiry and in the ICC.

Again!!!

Were they carrying any boxes full of paperwork from a certain collapsed building in Bangkok?

Yup. It's already started.

What a terrible bunch of cynics you all are! It's all a simple misunderstanding! Ahem... 🤣

With the 2-tier sentencing guidelines I shouldn't be surprised they are released on bail. Guess if it was a couple of white guys they wouldn't get bail?

Wonder who the next US target will be...

Here's a list I found - it's quite long and a bit old. https://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2012/Economic/AEM/document/22692.pdf A more detailed search that may be more up to date. I searched on vehicles the rates differ from one type to another. Also pork & chicken (Thais protecting their farmers.) http://itd.customs.go.th/igtf/en/main_frame.jsp

Great story AN!! I had zero idea that this is one of the methods used for detecting mines.

What a woke joke. USAfencing should be disbanded, and restarted with Martina as its chief - she is saying what 99.99999999% of the sporting world will agree with. What has been done in USA sport since the President issued his Executive Order on this on Feb 5th 2025? 2 months have gone by with what action? https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/ I know the National Governing Bodies look after their own sports, but (apart from the President) who in the US Government oversees this? I know the Department of State looks after some aspects, e.g. sports diplomacy, but who looks after sports in the US?

The ICC is a joke. Zero credibility. Politically biased, harbouring alleged criminals and arresting far too few of those who have committed crimes that the ICC was set up to process. Disband the ICC now, they are a waste of time and money.

OP is the rightest view. Here's the leftist view about someone in the previous Government. On balance Lammy is neither better nor worse. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/31/sunak-private-jet-trips-cabinet-office-flight-costs In summary, the've all had their noses in the trough, they're all useless scumbags and there is no political party in the UK that is fit to govern and hasn't been for as long as I can remember. At least Lammy hasn't bought a duck island - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/23/mps-expenses-conservatives. Yet.

Not many on-topic posts on this thread! 😆.

I'd better not type what I think on this, I may get a visit from 10 British police officers. Even though I'm in China...

https://tridenstechnology.com/tesla-sales-statistics/ Some more evidence of slowing sales and production. Figures on this link are only up to the end of 2024. The OP , I guess, has verified numbers showing the further decline.

Well done to this journalist! If this guy has committed a crime then I'm sure Pakistan can apply for extradition, not sure if someone committing a criminal act can use Article 3; people shouldn't be able to use this Article if they've broken the law.

All the very best Meen, hope you are successful and your children grow up being very proud of you.