“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

THREE CHINESE RESEARCHERS INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY IMPORTING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS INTO U.S.(PHOTO).


 Three Chinese researchers indicted for illegally importing biological materials into U.S

Three Chinese researchers at the University of Michigan have been charged with conspiring to smuggle biological materials into the United States, according to federal authorities.

The researchers—Xu Bai, 28; Fengfan Zhang, 27; and Zhiyong Zhang, 30—held J-1 research visas and were working in the laboratory of Xianzhong “Shawn” Xu at UM. Investigators say that in 2024 and 2025, Bai and Fengfan Zhang received shipments from China containing biological materials linked to roundworms, which were sent by Chengxuan Han, a Chinese citizen and Ph.D. student at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan.

Han later traveled to the U.S. to work in the same laboratory, pleaded no contest to three counts of smuggling and one count of making false statements, and was subsequently sentenced and deported. Federal authorities allege that Bai and Fengfan Zhang continued to receive packages from Han even after her removal.

Attorney General Pam Bondi called the alleged scheme a serious threat to U.S. national and agricultural security and emphasized that authorities remain vigilant against foreign nationals attempting to exploit U.S. research programs for illicit purposes.


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