"The US president said he stood by his description of Xi Jinping as a “dictator,” hours after meeting him in San Francisco.....The Chinese Foreign Ministry has described as erroneous and irresponsible Joe Biden’s characterization of Xi Jinping as a “dictator.” The US president doubled down on the description, however, hours after meeting his Chinese counterpart in San Francisco.
Biden was asked during a solo press conference following the talks whether he would still use the term “dictator” to describe Xi, as he did in June.
“Look, he is. He’s a dictator in the sense that he’s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that’s based on a form of government totally different than ours,” he responded.
When asked about Biden’s comments during a press briefing on Thursday, Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said the statement was “absolutely wrong” and that Beijing objected to this “irresponsible political manipulation.” She condemned attempts to “sow discord between the two nations.” RT
"Several arrests have been made outside the DNC offices in Washington, DC, where pro-Palestinian protesters violently clashed with police on Wednesday.....“The protesters had gathered outside of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) just south of the Capitol before authorities said several dozen demonstrators got into a shoving match with officers.” Breitbart
"Russian shelling on Nov. 15 struck a thermal power plant in Donetsk Oblast and damaged a gas pipeline in Kharkiv Oblast." MS
"Iceland has been getting rattled with hundreds of minor earthquakes per day in what meteorologists think portends a coming volcanic eruption, and they don't appear to be slowing down. As CBS News reports, the island nation weathered 700 temblors on Tuesday, then another 800 between midnight and dawn Wednesday. What's more ominous: The presence of sulfur dioxide, which indicates magma is not far away from the surface. If the gas is detected while a volcano is not erupting, the USGS says its presence means an eruption is likely coming "soon." Iceland has also increased its aviation alert to orange; volcanic eruptions in the past have wrought havoc with air travel over the country." Newswer
"The Russian Mirea University of Technology has purchased a SkyEye radar detector fordrones from the Canadian company Skycope Technologies Inc. worth 4.5 million roubles (about US$50,000). According to the manufacturer, the radar detector can detect more than 330 models of drones at a distance of up to 35 km in open areas and up to 10 km in the city. Roman RaĊĦimas, a lawyer in the sanctions practice of the British company Zorge Partners Limited, the supply of SkyEye falls under restrictions imposed by the Canadian authorities." MS
"Israel has released video of what appears to be weapons and military capabilities inside of Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, which Israeli forces raided this week after claiming the medical facility was the site of a major Hamas operation." TheHill
