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Corporate America’s China addiction has become a national security threat

• SEC petition seeks mandatory disclosure of corporate China supply chain risks.
• China controls most rare earth mining and processing globally.
• China supplies most key pharmaceutical ingredients, posing health-crisis risk.

An opinion piece published by Fox News argues that corporate America's heavy reliance on Communist China for manufacturing and materials has become a serious national security vulnerability. The article highlights a recently filed petition with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that urges the regulator to require publicly…

AOC-backed candidate ripped for ‘bizarre response’ to transparency question: ‘Pretty basic’

• El-Sayed won't release tax returns until after Michigan's 4 August primary.
• Rival Haley Stevens accuses him of hiding his wealth.
• He blames complexity from his wife's foreign property holdings.

Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Michigan who is backed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders and other progressive figures, has come under fire for declining to release his tax returns before the state's Democratic primary on 4 August. His rival, Representative Haley Stevens, has…

America’s top destination for new taxpayers is quietly getting poorer, IRS data reveals

• Manhattan gained filers but lost $922m in income as high earners left.
• Queens and the Bronx saw among the nation's biggest filer outflows.
• Departing New Yorkers largely moved to lower-tax Florida and Texas.

Wealthy Americans are continuing to leave high-tax states, and New York City is feeling the effects, according to newly released IRS data covering 2022 to 2023. Manhattan attracted more new tax filers than anywhere else in the country during that period, yet still lost roughly $922 million in…

Baffling moment Channel 5 news presenter Dani Sinha caught furiously rolling eyes after announcing Bonnie Tyler’s death

Channel 5 News presenter Dani Sinha was filmed rolling her eyes on Thursday shortly after announcing the death of singer Bonnie Tyler during a live broadcast. The moment drew attention because it followed a run of on-air stumbles, including her misnaming Tyler's signature hit, and because it appeared…

The row over just how many penises appear on the Bayeux tapestry continues to rage as famous artefact arrives in UK for first time in 1,000 years

• Bayeux Tapestry returns to Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.
• It goes on display at the British Museum after a covert security operation.
• Historians dispute the tapestry's tally of penises, with one counting 93.

The famous Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in almost 1,000 years, going on display at the British Museum after a tightly guarded, high-tech operation that saw the 11th-century artefact moved in overnight and brought across the Channel. Its arrival has reignited a long-running…