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He Weidong was China second highest ranking official in the militaryThe Chinese Communist Party has expelled nine top generals in one of its largest public crackdowns on the military in decades.Nine men were suspected of serious financial crimes, a statement released by China's defence ministry said.Most of them were three-star generals and part of the party's decision-making Central Committee. They have also been expelled from the military.While the statement cast the expulsion as part of an anti-corruption drive, analysts say it could also be seen as a political purge. It comes on the eve of the party's plenum where the...

Britain, France and Germany all joined pleas for Joe Biden to delay the US withdrawal from Afghanistan today. As the desperate evacuation continues, the PM will use a virtual meeting of world leaders tomorrow to push for more time to save people from the clutches of the Taliban - something the US president has so far refused to commit to. Nearly 6,000 Britons, Afghan staff and their families have now been airlifted out by the RAF - but there are plans to fly out a further 6,000 this week. French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he was 'concerned' about...

If you ask ten different conservatives to rank the most important issues to them, you’ll likely get at least ten different responses. The issues named at least once by your small sampling would probably include some variation of abortion, tax policy, deregulation, gun rights, judicial activism and immigration, among others. Each issue is important in its own right, of course, and each will have its defenders happy to explain why their top ranked choice is the most critical issue to the future of our country. And if you listen to the case for any one absent the others, none would...

There was a time when I got much of my news from the Drudge Report. It seemed to be conservative, and while it also liked to mix in conspiracy theories, Hollywood news, and an unhealthy dominance of Tom Brady fan stories, it generally got the stories right. Today, the news aggregator is nothing like it once was. Today, it’s doing three things that should make America-loving patriots absolutely furious.