The Daily Populous

China has described its shock at comments from Slovenia's prime minister Janez Jansa criticizing Beijing's economic coercion and vowing to strengthen relations with Taiwan.

He also warned that continued Chinese pressure against the democratic island and its newfound friends in the European Union would backfire.

The Chinese leadership has threatened to seize the island by force if it declares formal independence under the name "Taiwan.". »

The Florida Department of Health Medical Director that oversees areas of Orange County including Orlando has been put on leave for encouraging his own staff to get vaccinated.

Orange County Medical Director Dr. Raul Pino wrote an email to staff on Jan. 4th encouraging them to get vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.

In it he wrote, “I have a hard time understanding how we can be in public health and not practice it.”. »

A Muslim woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for sending caricatures of Prophet Muhammad over WhatsApp, a court said.

Blasphemy is an act punishable by the death sentence in Muslim-majority Pakistan, although an execution has never been carried out for the crime.

Pakistan has strict blasphemy laws which carry a death penalty for people who insult the Prophet Muhammad, Islam, the Quran or certain holy people. »

Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr, and Vice President-elect Mike Pence look on as President-elect Donald Trump conducts a press conference at Trump Tower in January 2017.

A judge forced the Trump Organization to hire an independent firm to oversee its compliance with subpoenas from the New York State attorney general’s office in its fraud investigation, according to a filing made late Tuesday.

If the attorney general’s office determined those actions were insufficient, the Trump Organization would have to retain, at its own cost, an independent firm to oversee its compliance. »