Trump designates illicit fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on December 15 designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction, framing the synthetic opioid as a national security threat akin to a chemical weapon. “Today, I’m taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding […]

China introduces three-child policy in response to 2020 census results

With the consequences of its previous family planning policies rapidly approaching, China hopes that its new three-child policy will resolve their rising labor costs, shrinking working class, and aging population. China implemented its one-child policy in the late ’70s in an attempt to control its enormous population growth. Any couple that broke this policy could […]