Nick Schifrin

1 week ago | pbs.org | Nick Schifrin

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Taiwan is strengthening its military and society to fend off aggression from mainland China. In recent years, the people in Taiwan have increasingly identified themselves as Taiwanese, not Chinese, in everything from food to sports. Nick Schifrin reports for our series Taiwan: Risk and Resistance.

3 weeks ago | globalresearch.ca | Nick Schifrin |William Perry |Michel Chossudovsky

[This video was published by PBS in August 2020.]On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima, Japan. Eighty years later, the NewsHour revisits how the president became the sole authority on when nuclear weapons are used. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to former Secretary of Defense William Perry, co-author of “The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump.”. . *Click the share button below to email/forward this article.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Nick Schifrin

U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at GuantánamoFive senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there over the weekend as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month. The Senate delegation on Friday toured Immigration and Customs …

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Nick Schifrin

3 hours agoIntel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan seems ready to get right to work to turn around the struggling company. The semiconductor giant’s new executive is considering sweeping changes for the company’s chip manufacturing and AI strategies, according to Reuters, including cutting middle management staff and …

1 month ago | pbs.org | Nick Schifrin

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio The U.S. and Ukrainian national security advisors spoke on Wednesday, with both sides stating that talks are moving in a positive direction to secure a minerals deal and accelerate peace talks with Russia. But U.S. officials also confirmed the U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, which it has relied on in the battlefield. Nick Schifrin has the latest.