## Eileen Wang resigns, will plead guilty to acting as Chinese agent

Authored by cnn.com

A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position, officials said Monday.

Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government.

She was accused of doing the bidding of Chinese officials, such as sharing articles favorable to Beijing, without prior notification to the US government as required by law.

The 58-year-old was elected in November 2022 to a five-person city council, from which the mayor is selected on a rotating basis.

Federal officials said she has agreed to plead guilty to the felony, which comes with a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

Wang has also communicated with John Chen, who also pleaded guilty to being an agent for the Chinese government and was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Wang was expected to appear in federal court Monday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles and plead guilty in the coming weeks. »

### New Therapy Rewires the Brain To Restore Joy in Depression Patients

Authored by scitechdaily.com

For millions of patients, however, one of the most disabling symptoms is different: a reduced ability, or complete inability, to feel positive emotions.

For decades, depression treatment has focused mainly on reducing negative emotions, leaving the loss of positive emotion largely overlooked.

That makes the findings especially notable: patients improved on both positive and negative measures, even though the therapy did not directly target negativity. »

### First on CNN: New report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel

Authored by edition.cnn.com

The report includes firsthand testimonies from more than 10 survivors who endured extreme sexual violence and sexual abuse during the attack, their abduction or while held in captivity in Gaza.

Pramila Patten, UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the report of sexual violence during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

“These men and women, victims of sexual violence, have been silenced in the worst way and cruelest way possible. »

### Europe moves to replace Trump-backed missiles with new EU project

Authored by newsukraine.rbc.ua

This will help Europe close gaps in its defense following the shift in US policy, according to the Financial Times.

Read also: Defense stocks fall in Europe and the US as wars stop delivering big profits.

This is less than the range of American Tomahawk missiles, but Europe needs its own resource. »

### NYC woman declined to press charges against subway shover 'because she didn't want to put another black man in jail'... weeks later he allegedly killed retired teacher, 76, at station

Authored by dailymail.com

She claimed the 'scary guy' she declined to press charges against initially approached her and her friend in a subway car, trying to engage in conversation.

Rhamell Burke, 32, was charged with murder on Friday after he allegedly shoved the retired teacher down a flight of stairs of a subway station.

Despite the repeated arrests, Burke had been granted supervised release after at least one of the incidents, according to police. »

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