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The Pitfalls of Negative News and How to Avoid Being Overwhelmed

News is a crucial part of your life because it helps you stay updated and informed. This enables you to make informed decisions about your interactions, business, and life. However, consuming too much news affects your mind and body, mainly because of sensationalization and too much focus on negative news. Something about the shock factor ...

Nathan Machoka

Good and bad news.

What ‘Really’ Makes You Share Online? Researchers Now Know

Newspapers, television, and radio used to be the places you went to for your current affairs stories. Now, you mostly share online through handheld devices and social media. This dramatic change means that the way media spreads is unpredictable and more people-led than ever before. Simply by sharing a story, you are potentially spreading an opinion, fact, or ...

Emma Lu

Cute dog in funny hat with background of the autumn forest.

Comedy News Programs Make Young Adults More Likely to Remember and Share

In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the stern faces of newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather as trusted sources for news of the important events in America and around the world, delivered with gravitas and measured voices. The rise of comedy news programs, helmed by the likes of ...

Troy Oakes

A press conference.

U.S. Lawmakers Demand Answers From Disney Over Mulan Xinjiang Scandal

Twenty U.S. lawmakers have asked the CEO of Disney for an explanation as to why the movie Mulan was filmed with the assistance of Chinese security forces in Xinjiang where over a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims are being held in reeducation camps. Congressman Christopher H. Smith, along with Senators Marco Rubio and Tom ...

Raven Montmorency

Detention of Australian Journalist Further Exposes China’s Secretive Jail System

The detention of a China-born Australian journalist has further revealed China’s secretive jail system reportedly used to disappear thousands of people. Mid-last month, business journalist Cheng Lei, 45, vanished from her usual place on television state-run CGTN (China Global Television Network). It wasn’t until August 31 that the Australian government revealed that she is being ...

Max Lu

Cheng Lei

Police in China Use Torture to Get Televised Confessions

Torture is commonly used by Chinese security to force a person to participate in a televised confession, says a new report submitted to the United Nations. Rights group Safeguard Defenders and several other NGOs submitted a comprehensive review on forced televised confessions before trial in China to nine United Nations Special Procedures on August 11. ...

Max Lu

A coerced TV confession.

Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Target the Vatican

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have targeted the Vatican and other Catholic organizations since May this year, a U.S. cybersecurity firm has said. The Vatican and the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong were among several Catholic Church-related organizations hacked by RedDelta, a Chinese-state-sponsored threat activity group, said a report by Insikt Group, which tracks state-backed cyberattacks. “Our ...

Jack Roberts

People looking at the vatican's fountain.

FBI Director: Chinese Regime ‘Engages in Broad, Diverse Campaign of Theft and Malign Influence’

The FBI Director has spoken openly, and at length, about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) threatens the economic and national security of the U.S. “The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray ...

Jack Roberts

FBI Director Christopher Wray..

The Tide Is Turning Against Huawei, Pompeo Says

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says more countries are rejecting doing business with tools of the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance state, such as telecoms equipment giant Huawei. Due to security concerns, Pompeo has long fought a campaign against Huawei, which was recently named by the Trump administration as being one of 20 companies owned ...

Jack Roberts

Mike pompeo speaking in front of a U.S. flag.