Month: April 2021

China’s Profiteering From Fake Money and Other Products Must End

Commentary Despite assurances that it would crackdown on counterfeit goods and intellectual property flowing from its country, communist China continues to reap billions from the sale of fake merchandise and it’s now affecting an area of the U.S. economy that many would not suspect. Multiple studies have shown that little appears to significantly stem the…


Daily Mail Owner Files Lawsuit Against Google for Monopoly Over Digital Ads

The parent company of the Daily Mail and Mail Online is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive behavior by manipulating search results and ad auctions that cause harm to online publishers. The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal court in Manhattan, alleges that Google built a dominant position in the digital advertising market and is using…


Daily Mail Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Google for Monopoly Over Digital Ads

The parent company of the Daily Mail and Mail Online is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive behavior by manipulating search results and advertising auctions that cause harm to online publishers. The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal court in Manhattan, alleges that Google built a dominant position in the digital ad market and is using…


Canada-US Land Border Restrictions, Hotel Quarantine Extended

OTTAWA—Canada and the United States on Tuesday extended a land-border closure for non-essential travelers, and air passengers arriving in Canada will continue to be tested for COVID-19 ahead of a hotel quarantine period, authorities said. The land-border restrictions, imposed in March 2020, have been extended to May 21. Now in place for 13 months, they…


Victoria to Manufacture mRNA Jabs

Australia is set become the first country in the southern hemisphere to manufacture mRNA coronavirus vaccines, with the Victorian government committing $50 million to the project. Acting Premier James Merlino said the funds would help establish a facility able to manufacture coronavirus vaccines, such as those produced by Pfizer and Moderna, in Melbourne. He said…


US-Backed Afghan Peace Meeting Postponed

KABUL, Afghanistan—Turkey announced early Wednesday that a conference Washington had hoped would move Afghanistan’s warring sides to a final peace agreement was postponed, as fresh violence rattled the Afghan capital. The postponement of the conference, which was to have begun Saturday in Istanbul, underscored the difficulties the Biden administration is facing in orchestrating an orderly…


Victorian COVID-19 Lockdowns Cause Kids to Fall Behind in School

Education experts are calling for calm after it was revealed that many children in Victoria have fallen behind their peers, with some as old as seven starting the school year without knowing the alphabet. To help, the Victorian state government has employed more than 5000 tutors in schools to help kids catch back up after…


Refugee Son Exposes Persecution of Father in China: ‘The Communist Party Is Evil’

A young Chinese refugee in Australia, who fled the communist country with his mother in 2012, hopes that one day they will reunite with his father who has been severely persecuted in China for his faith. Eric Jia, originally from Shaanxi Province, China, was just 11 years old when he last saw his father, Ye…


Chauvin Transferred to Minnesota Correctional Facility After Guilty Verdict

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been transferred to the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights. Chauvin arrived at the facility at 4:55 p.m. CT, shortly after twelve jurors found the 45-year-old guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, Minnesota Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sarah Fitzgerald told CNN….


Australians Taking Advantage of the Loophole in Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble May Face Prison

Australians who choose to travel onwards from New Zealand to other destinations through a loophole in the newly-opened trans-Tasman travel bubble could face prison under new biosecurity legislation. On Monday, a change to the Biosecurity legislation warns that Australians may face a “civil penalty” if they travel onwards from New Zealand to other countries. According to the…