Investigators for a U.S. House committee released a report on Tuesday detailing what they describe as new evidence the Chinese government is continuing to &;quot;directly&;quot; subsidize &;quot;the manufacturing and export of illicit fentanyl.&;quot; According to the report‚ Chinese officials encourage production of precursor chemicals by giving &;quot;monetary grants and awards to companies openly trafficking illicit fentanyl materials.&;quot; Specifically‚ researchers found companies making fentanyl precursors and...

China is directly subsidizing production of illicit fentanyl precursors for sale abroad and fueling the U.S. opioid crisis‚ a U.S. congressional committee said on Tuesday‚ releasing findings from an investigation it said unveiled Beijing's incentives for the deadly chemicals. China continues to provide subsidies in the form of value-added tax rebates to its companies that manufacture fentanyl analogues‚ precursors and other synthetic narcotics‚ so long as they sell them outside of China‚ the...

Beijing’s communist government is supporting illicit trade in deadly fentanyl by offering tax rebates and other incentives to manufacturers in China‚ according to a bipartisan report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. An investigation by the committee‚ based on data gathered from the Chinese government’s internet‚ revealed extensive links between fentanyl trafficking and the Chinese government which is under tight control by the CCP....

In a year of elections‚ populist leaders from Europe to the Americas are pushing a narrative that migration is out of control. Yet for all the hysteria‚ the number of international migrants worldwide according to the latest United Nations estimate remains a small minority of the total population. Movement within national borders is still “overwhelmingly the norm‚” it says.

Tesla said Wednesday it will ask shareholders to reinstate CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package‚ which a Delaware judge voided earlier this year after ruling that the record-setting compensation deal was “deeply flawed.” Tesla also said it would ask shareholders to approve moving the company’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas. Musk had suggested the move after his pay package was ruled illegal. The announcement Wednesday came days after the...

Researchers unveiled images of the brain from the world’s most powerful MRI‚ which could lead to breakthroughs in treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Source: Researchers used the world’s most powerful MRI to get brain scans that are 10 times as detailed as a hospital MRI — take a look Fascinating.

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